‘Fargo’ Season 3 Adds Jim Gaffigan
TheFargoseason 3 cast just keeps getting better and better. The latest addition to the cast isJim Gaffigan, joiningCarrie Coon,Mary Elizabeth Winstead,Ewan McGregor, andEwan McGregoragain. (Yup, McGregor has two roles.) Find out who he’s playing below.
As previously reported,Fargoseason 3 will take place in 2010, putting it a few years after the events of season 1. McGregor plays the dual roles of Emmit Stussy, the handsome and successful “Parking Lot King of Minnesota,” and his brother Ray Stussy, who’s got a chip on his shoulder about being the less successful one. Coon stars as Gloria, the pragmatic chief of police in Edna Valley and a newly divorced mother.THRwrites that Gaffigan has been cast as Donny Mashman, a police deputy who works with Gloria.
Rounding out the cast so far are Winstead as Nikki Swango, “a crafty and alluring recent parolee” who enjoys competitive bridge playing and always has a plan to put her one step ahead of her opponents; andScoot McNairyin an unspecified recurring role.
It remains unclear how (or even if)Fargoseason 3 will connect to the two previous seasons. None of the characters from season 1 are expected to appear in season 3, but an older version of a season 2 characterwill probably show upunless showrunnerNoah Hawleyhas changed his mind.
Gaffigan is coming off ofThe Jim Gaffigan Show, a TV Land sitcom that he created, wrote, executive produced, and starred in. He and his wife Jeanie Gaffigan, who also wrote and executive produced the series, announced recently that they had decided to walk away after two seasons to spend more time with their family. Gaffigan will soon be seen inThe Bleeder(not to be confused with that other boxing biopic,Bleed for This) and John Curran’s Ted Kennedy movieChappaquiddick.
Fargoseason 3, produced by MGM Television and FX Productions, shoots later this year for a 2017 premiere on FX.
