1923 Actor Brandon Skenlar Believes Spencer Dutton Has A Death Wish
Spencer Appeared To Have PTSD & Coped In Dangerous Ways
Prior to the events of 1923, Spencer Dutton fought in World War I, where he was subjected to many horrors, which left him traumatized and likely suffering from PTSD. In Africa, Spencer lives recklessly, drinking heavily and going on dangerous hunting missions. In an interview with Daily Express, Brandon Skenlar said, “he was coping with his PTSD by chasing danger and putting himself in harm’s way.” Spencer discovers a newfound purpose when he falls for Alex, but true love isn’t a cure for a serious mental health condition. Skenlar also said,
[Spencer’s] kind of, almost, trying to kill himself. He’s drinking himself to death, he’s putting himself in these circumstances because it’s the only way he knows how to feel anything. It’s the only way he knows how to feel alive.
Now that he and Alex have been ripped apart, Spencer has even more hardships to cope with, which may see his riskier behavior increase. It’s unknown whether Spencer and Alex will reunite, or even if he’ll make it back to Montana, in 1923 season 2, but the show’s sophomore installment could very well drop some hints as to how Spencer Dutton dies — if not show it completely.
Where You’ve Seen Spencer Dutton Actor Brandon Skenlar Before
His Broke Out With 2024’s It Ends With Us
The New Jersey-born Brandon Skenlar has been acting since 2011, and his early-career credits include New Girl (as “Loner”), Mapplethorpe (as Edward Mapplethorpe), and Vice (as Bobby Prentace). Skenlar also memorably portrayed Burt Reyolds in the Paramount+ miniseries The Offer, about the development and production of The Godfather.
