'Fargo' casting director Rachel Tenner and executive producer Warren Littlefield tell EW how they cast the dark comedy's fifth season, from the mysterious Juno Temple to the 'menacing' Jon Hamm.
at the forefront of Hawley's next great Midwest mystery. Ahead of its premiere later this year, Tenner and Littlefield pulled back the curtain on how they put together season 5's cast and the, you want someone who has both comedic skills and dramatically that can hold up [and] has ballast and strength, but they need to be nimble," Littlefield adds. "Noah's dialogue really, really forces them to be nimble and understand that in the middle of that tragedy, there is comedy.
Tenner, Hawley, and Littlefield first focused their attention on finding the actors to play this season's core trio: mysterious housewife Dorothy "Dot" Lyon, her stern mother-in-law Lorraine Lyon, and domineering preacher and sheriff Roy Tillman. "Those were the first three that we approached," Tenner, who cast's previous four seasons, says.
He calls Hamm's portrayal "wonderfully menacing" throughout the season. "We feel his muscle, his dramatic muscle," he says, "but he's also Jon Hamm, so you're like, 'Oh my god, did he do that?'" Littlefield similarly recalls thinking it would be a "huge win" for the show if they could land Leigh, who has starred in several Coen Brothers films in the past, as Dot's antagonistic mother-in-law and successful businesswoman Lorraine. "She steals a lot of scenes. Noah wrote great words for her," he adds. "She really, really enjoyed playing the character and she just loves it.
After securing their trio, they found their remaining key players through the audition process, including
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