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Oct 26, 2015 · Fargo Season 2 claims to be a true story, but it is not. It uses the \"true crime\" genre as a storytelling device and incorporates some real events, such as a windshield ride and a UFO sighting, into the plot.
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Jun 10, 2016 · Fargo creator Noah Hawley reveals the inspiration behind the UFOs in season 2, which are based on a true story from the Coen brothers' film. He also explains how the UFOs add untidiness and imagination to the storytelling.
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Main
1. Kirsten Dunst as Peggy Blumquist, a hairdresser focused on improving herself through self-actualization and pop psychologytechniques. 2. Patrick Wilson as Lou Solverson, a Minnesota State Patrol trooper and the father of Molly Solverson, one of the main characters of season one. Keith Carradineportrayed the older version of the character in the first season. 3. Jesse Plemons as Ed Blumquist, Peggy's husband and the local butcher's assistant. 4. Jean Smart as Floyd Gerhardt, wife of Otto Ge...
Special guests
1. Kieran Culkinas Rye Gerhardt, the youngest of the three Gerhardt brothers. 2. Martin Freemanas Narrator 3. Allison Tolman as Molly Solverson 4. Joey Kingas Greta Grimly 5. Colin Hanks as Gus Grimly 6. Keith Carradine as older Lou Solverson
Development and writing
Details of a new season first emerged in the media following a Television Critics Association (TCA) press event, and by July 21, 2014, FX commissioned ten episodes for Fargo'ssecond season. As an anthology, each season of Fargo is engineered to have a self-contained narrative, following a disparate set of characters in various settings. Noah Hawley and his team of writers used the second season to expand the scope of the show's storytelling—from its narrative to its characters. They increased...
Casting
A principal cast of five actors received star billing in the show's second season. Hawley did not tailor his characters with any specific actors in mind, though Nick Offerman, Brad Garrett, Patrick Wilson and Kirsten Dunst were among the few he considered for starring roles in the season's early stages. The search for talent was sometimes an exhaustive process that required advertising via custom built websites and social media. Once actors were hired, their agents were made aware of the frig...
Filming
Preliminary scouting was well underway by the time Fargo was renewed. Principal photography began in Calgary, Alberta on January 19, 2015, and took 85 days. The city's central business district and Kensington neighborhood doubled for Kansas City, Sioux Falls, and Luverne. Production crew constructed the Waffle Hut set on the CL Ranch in neighboring Springbank. Elsewhere in the area, shooting took place in Didsbury, High River, and Fort Macleod. Initially, the weather posed a challenge for the...
Ratings
Fargo premiered to 1.59 million U.S. viewers; 609,000 were in the 18–49 demographic. Viewership was down by 40% after the series premiere, and 19% from the season one finale.From then on, ratings for the second season fell in the 1.13 to the 1.32 million range until the final episode, which peaked with 1.82 million viewers.
Reviews
Fargo was considered among the best television shows of 2015 by the American press. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the second season holds a 100% score based on 53 reviews, with an average rating of 9.19 out of 10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Season two of Fargo retains all the elements that made the series an award-winning hit, successfully delivering another stellar saga powered by fascinating characters, cheeky cynicism, and just a touch of the absurd". The season also hol...
Accolades
Fargo was a candidate for a variety of awards, most of them recognizing outstanding achievement in writing, cinematography, directing, acting, and special effects. The series received eighteen Emmy nominations for the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony. It was named Television Program of the Year by the American Film Institute, and received three Golden Globe nominations—including for Best Actor and Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film (Wilson and Dunst respectively). Other accola...
On February 23, 2016, 20th Century Fox released the second season of Fargo on DVD and Blu-ray formats in region 1. In addition to all ten episodes, both DVD and Blu-ray disc formats include five featurettes; "Lou on Lou: A Conversation with Patrick Wilson, Keith Carradine and Noah Hawley", "Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls", "The F...
Fargo – list of episodes on IMDbJan 3, 2024 · Michelle Faye/FX. Fargo may be in its fifth year at FX, but the anthology series from showrunner Noah Hawley continues to raise the never-ending question: Is this a true story? At the...
Dec 28, 2020 · But the directors and writers wrote so much around those crimes they created their own fictional story. As a result Fargo ‘s “true story” claim is actually a lie, one that adds to the...
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Oct 27, 2015 · Tracy Mumford. October 27, 2015 12:20 PM. Listen Episode 3 recap: A real 'High Noon' day. Val Johnson sat inside a new Marshall County squad car two months after the incident. Regene Radniecki |...
Dec 12, 2015 · 'Fargo': An incredibly true story about making season 2. We asked 'Fargo' showrunner Noah Hawley to let us follow him for two days. Amazingly, he agreed. By. James Hibberd. Published on...
