FARGO Season 2 Casting: Jeffrey Donovan and Nick Offerman
If you haven’t watched the first season of FX’s Fargo, you are really missing out on something special. That series was fantastic, and I’m really happy that it’s getting a second season.
According to The Wrap, Rachel Keller has been cast in the series, Jeffrey Donovan (Burn Notice) is nearing a deal, and Nick Offerman (Parks and Rec) could be joining him. The report says that Donovan will play a man named Dodd, Keller has been cast as Simone, and if Offerman signs up, he’ll take on a character named Carl. Also up for roles are Mike Bradecich and Allan Dobrescu, but descriptions of their roles were not given.
Series creator Noah Hawley already offered some details on the story, which will be set in Sioux Falls in 1979 and feature Lou Solverson, who is the father of Molly Solverson from Season 1. He is a 33-year-old veteran returning from the Vietnam War in the series. Hawley explained a little about why he went this route.
“That time period is interesting — post-Vietnam, post-Watergate … the best of America versus worst. That sense, I think, that this war had come home with people, and the violence and brutality of it. Lou Salverson went to Vietnam and came home, but now he’s come back and it’s here — it’s domestic.”
The series will most likely premiere sometime in 2015, and I’m looking forward to it.