FARGO: Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons on Peggy and Ed’s Complicated Relationship

Peggy and Ed did a bad, bad thing in FARGO’s second season premiere.

After Peggy (played by Kirsten Dunst) accidentally hit Rye Gerhardt — who had just gone on a murder spree — with her car. And after she dragged Rye’s body home (and tried to ignore what happened), Peggy’s husband, Ed (played by Jesse Plemons), was forced to finish the job to protect them.

Outside of that, Peggy and Ed’s relationship was a bit rocky to begin with. On the show’s Calgary set, Dunst and Plemons shared some insight into their characters and that relationship… Read more

Ted Danson on FARGO Season 2: ‘All Hell is Breaking Loose’

Ted Danson has become one of the busiest men on TV, as he appeared in the CSI series finale TV movie, moved over to the crime drama’s latest spinoff, CSI: CYBER, and has a starring role on FX’s FARGO.

“Now, for something completely different, which is what an actor loves; [FARGO] was very different than CSI,” Danson said on FARGO’s Calgary set this spring, before he made the transition from CSI to CSI: CYBER. “The writing is just scrumptious. It’s a great part, a great group of people.”

Danson acknowledged he had his own doubts about adapting the 1996 FARGO film into a TV series before he watched the Noah Hawley created series.

“I watched the first season, and was like, ‘Wow,'” he recalled. “What I thought was going to be, ‘Why do a TV show when you have the movie?’ was swept away after about 20 minutes. This is why you do it — there’s more to be told, and it’s delicious and wonderful.”

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FARGO Season 2 Trailer

The first full-length FARGO season 2 trailer is here!

It’s 1979 in Sioux Falls, and season 2 is diving into the incident that was referenced by Lou Solverson (who was played by Keith Carradine) in season 1.

Lou will be portrayed by Patrick Wilson in this limited series, and he’s joined by fellow FARGO newbies Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Ted Danson, Nick Offerman, Jean Smart, Jeffrey Donovan, Kieran Culkin, and Nick Offerman.

Check out the season 2 trailer now… Read more