The series "Fargo": reviews. Actors and roles

To take as a basis for the plot the once-released full-length films and to remake them into the format of the series have recently become a very common trend on television. This also applies to the cult picture of the Coen brothers of 1996, which in 2014 was transformed into the TV series "Fargo". Reviews of viewers and critics can not be called otherwise as enthusiastic, and after such a loud triumph of the first season it was decided to release the second, but already with other actors and characters. Judging by the ratings, it made an even bigger sensation, so the announcement of the continuation was quite expected.

Creators

Inspired by the films of the Coen brothers, Noah Hawley developed the idea of a series in which the events would unfold in the same locality as in the picture "Fargo". In addition, he provided the script for each series with numerous references to other director's works, among which "The Old Men Are Not Here" and "The Big Lebowski." Houly had previously worked on four other television projects on the back. The most successful, perhaps, is "Bones", which continues to go out for 10 years. In the director's team, Noah has a dozen other people who have implemented the series "Fargo". Critics' comments after the first series warmed up the audience's interest, and the fact that Ethan and Joel Cohen, as well as the serial guru Adam Bernstein, as executive producers, further strengthened the position in the ratings.

Season 1: The Story

One of the central characters, so to speak, brewed all the porridge, which the heroes were trying to deconstruct all season, was the loser Leicester Nygaard (Martin Freeman). He works in an insurance company, but things are going badly, and every day a dissatisfied wife is waiting at home. One day he accidentally meets on the street a former classmate who beats him in front of his children. Once in the hospital, Lester meets a mysterious stranger, who played Billy Bob Thornton. The hero tells him of his sad situation, but does not even suspect that his interlocutor is a clever killer and a criminal. After this conversation, mysteriously, the offender Naigard is brutally murdered, and he is sure that it was the mysterious man who did it. Meanwhile, the police are racking their brains over what happened. Initiative Molly Solverson (Ellison Tolman) actively helps his boss and builds truly plausible guesses. However, soon the boss is killed by an absurd accident. Molly is sure that here Lester is involved, but apart from it no one supports this version. But after a couple of episodes she meets a conscientious officer Gus Grimley (Colin Hanks), who will help her.

Season 2: the plot of the series

In the second season, spectators are transferred to the town of Sioux Falls in the 1970s, which is familiar from the first ten episodes. In addition, one of the heroes will return, too, though, much younger than remembered. He will take the place of the main protagonist Lu Solverson, Molly's father. Also you will see his wife - Betsy. The city is hostile to the criminal family of Gerhards, the youngest of whom, due to his extravagance, is organizing a bloodbath in a small diner. Lu, under the supervision of the police chief, and part-time son-in-law, Hank Larsson, is investigating this case. Also in the series appear minor characters, suddenly turned out to be involved in crime (in the person of a butcher named Ed and his mysterious wife Peggy, played by the famous actress Kirsten Dunst).

The main roles of the first season

As mentioned above, the role of the protagonist is played by Martin Freeman. Last years became for him peak in an acting career. On his account, a lot of cash and world-famous projects, including: "The Hobbit", "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and the television "Sherlock". The main antagonist in the performance of Billy Bob Thornton you can know not only as an actor from the films "Bad Santa" and "The Monster Ball", but also as a screenwriter and director, and very talented. He even has an "Oscar" for the best script (for the picture "Perfect Blade"). And after the series "Fargo" appeared on the screens, reviews of his brilliant game flooded the Internet, made him one of the best villains in history. In the filmography of Tolman, who played the deputy sheriff, Molly, before participating in the project, there were very few roles, and all exclusively on television. However, now her career is rapidly rising. Colin Hanks, who embodied the image of Gus, boasts more than 40 films and serials, but the actor did not have much significant work.

The main roles of the second season

The second season can boast an even more star composition. Father of the family Gerhard, Otto, played Michael Hogan, on account of which about a hundred roles on television, including "Supernatural" and "Star Cruiser Galaxy." His eldest son Dodd (Jeffrey Donovan) can be seen in the films "Substitution", "The Assassin" and " Edgar". Medium, named Bear, you will notice in all parts of the picture "Astral", as well as in the new "Mad Max". But the younger, Paradise, performed by Kiran Kalkin lit up in "Scott Pilgrim", and also is the brother of the movie star "Alone at home". The father of the heroine Ellison Tolman, or rather his young version, was embodied on the screen by Patrick Wilson, who starred in such high-profile pictures as "Keepers", "Prometheus", "Enchantment", "Astral". His boss, Hank, was played by the owner of three "Golden Globes" Ted Denson, whom many remember in the comedy "Three Men and the Baby", as well as in its sequel.

Other actors

Among other performers who have an order of magnitude less screen time than those listed above, one can name Bob Odenkirk, who in the first season played the role of the new chief of police. The actor is known in the image of Saul Goodman from the series "In All Grave", and now has his own project "Better call Sol". It is noteworthy that Jesse Plemons, the butcher Ed from the second season, also starred in the series "In All Grave." His wife, Peggy, was played by one of Hollywood's most successful actresses - Kirsten Dunst. She has more than 60 roles, for example, in such films as "Melancholy", "Interview with the Vampire", "Spider-Man", "Maria Antoinette", etc. The elderly father of Molly reincarnated the famous actor and musician Keith Carredin, who received "Oscar" for the song to the film "Nashville". And his wife from the second season was played by Christine Milioti, the same heroine, about which her father tells the children from the popular TV series "How I Met Your Mother".

Reviews and criticism

As soon as the series "Fargo" appeared on the screens, reviews about it were filled both by the Internet and the press. Despite the fact that by the first season there were some complaints about the unhurried manner of narration, excessive cruelty and abundance of blood, he instantly gained incredible popularity with the audience, and he was immediately prophesied for the title of one of the best serials of the year on a par with " A real detective. " But the criticism of the continuation has become almost one hundred percent positive. According to most users, the new 10 series turned out to be more dynamic, and the characters came out much more realistic and brighter. With each episode, the ratings continued to grow. That's why, without waiting for the final, the creators of the series were extended for the third season, which should be released in 2017.

Awards

There were a lot of nominations for prestigious prizes, in which a lot of victories won the first season of "Fargo". The series, the actors involved in it, the strong plot lines and the manner of shooting made it possible to receive one of the most prestigious awards of the world of cinema - the Golden Globe. In addition to the main victory, in 2014, Billy Bob Thornton was noted as the best actor at the same ceremony. We can assume that the second season will also repeat the success of its predecessor and win many statuettes, but this will happen in 2016, when most awards will be held for all sorts of successes and achievements in the cinema.