He added, “It’s a different feeling, and it can be very meditative and healing spending that much time with a dog and a horse in nature all at once.”

Last year, Sklenar shocked fans with a separate reveal—his birth name. Indeed, he shared that his onscreen moniker isn’t his real name. After all, that would be Brandon Feakins.

As for why he made the switch?

“I took it because growing up, everyone would always mispronounce my last name,” Sklenar told People in an April 2025 interview. “It drove me absolutely crazy.”

That’s why instead of “something completely arbitrary,” the Drop actor opted to take his mom Francine’s maiden name when it came to choosing a professional moniker.