'Fargo' season 2 spoilers: Patrick Wilson plays lead; Ted Danson joins cast
The hit show "Fargo" is the newest anthology series to hit the small screen. The show is inspired by the movie of the same name. The series has just ended its first season and is now headed to the second one.
The forthcoming season will feature a whole new cast and will tackle a whole new story line, which is set in a different era. It will take place in 1979 as they feature a new character named Lou Solverson (Patrick Wilson), a young state police officer, the younger version of the character in season 1. The season will revolve around a crime that involves a gang and a prominent crime syndicate.
The new season will feature a stellar cast, including actress Kirsten Dunst as Peggy Blomquist, a beautician with big city dreams; actor Jesse Plemons as Ed Blomquist, the husband of Peggy; actor Ted Danson from the series "CSI" as Hank Larsson, the sheriff and father-in-law of Lou; and actress Jean Smart as Floyd Gerhardt, the matriarch of the Gerhardt crime family. Other notable cast members who are set to do recurring roles are Nick Offerman as Karl Weathers, Brad Garret as Joe Bulo, Kieran Culkin as Rye Gerhardt, Bokeem Woodbine as Mike Milligan, Jeffrey Donovan as Dodd Gerhardt, Angus Sampson as Bear Gerhardt, and Bruce Campbell as Ronald Reagan.
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The impending season will look and feel different from the first one according to series creator Noah Hawley. "The look of it is much different. I found my way to '70s filmmaking paradigms," he said. "I had a much bigger cast [this year], and I wanted to keep track of all of them," he added. As for the pre-Reagan era being the backdrop of the new season, "I didn't just want the year to be the backdrop against which we did the story," he said. "I wanted to find the way that we experience America at the moment and turn it into a crime story," he added.
Actor Patrick Wilson spoke about the upcoming season. He said that this season will be unbelievably epic. He also said that only the way the story is told will be the same, and everything else will be completely different. Furthermore, he said that his character is more earnest than the weary man fans met in season 1.
Fargo will return on Oct.12 at 10 p.m. on FX.
