‘It was really incredible to shoot a scene from a movie’: How Fargo Season 5 will pay tribute to the Coen brothers’ masterpiece

Attentive viewers of the new season of Fargo, currently airing on Canal+, may have noticed the beautiful homage the series pays to an iconic scene from the Coen brothers’ film.

Creator Noah Hawley confirms that Dottie’s (Juno Temple) kidnapping in the first episode of Fargo’s fifth season is a deliberate reference to Jean Lundegaard’s (Kristin Rudrud) kidnapping.

in the given interview Entertainment WeeklyNoah Hawley explains how they constructed the scene in the film where Jean Lundegaard is kidnapped from her home in broad daylight by criminals Carl Showalter (Steve Buscemi) and Gear Grimsrud (Peter Stormar).

“It was really incredible to be behind the camera and shoot a scene from a movie”

“We literally recreated the beginning of the kidnapping with Juno while she knits and watches the morning show“, Hawley explains.We designed the house not to be the same, but to have the same views from the outside on the porch and the boy who comes. I have to say that after 41 Hours in Fargo, it was really amazing to be behind the camera and shoot a scene from the movie“.

He goes on to say that the season was built around the original film, but reversed to highlight a lesser-known character. Although the film centers on Jean’s husband Jerry (William H. Macy), the two criminals he hires to kidnap her, and the cop (Frances McDormand) who sees through their lies, Jean herself is a minor character and is ultimately killed off. camera.

“We’re going to do a different version of it.”

This is not the case with Dot Lyon. :”I thought it was an interesting opportunity to say, “Okay, let’s put the audience in a position where they’re watching something they’ve already seen, and their brain is going to tell them what’s going to happen next. …” But we’re going to do a different version of it, and the story is actually about a womanHawley says.

The main difference is that the two men who enter Dottie’s house to kidnap her aren’t as nickel-and-dime as they are in the movie. One of them is Ole Munch (Sam Spruell), a killer who doesn’t fit into any box but is remarkable for his determination and radicalism. His unusual appearance is reminiscent of another famous killer of the Coen brothers: with Javier Bardem, more frightening than ever.

Fargo season 5 airs on Canal+ on Thursdays at 9:10 p.m.; Episodes are also available on MyCanal.