Screening followed by a Q&A with Carrie Coon.
Moderated by Jarett Wieselman, BuzzFeed.
SYNOPSIS
Set in 2010, the third installment of Fargo centers on “Emmit Stussy” and his slightly younger brother “Ray” (Ewan McGregor in dual roles).
Emmit, the “Parking Lot King of Minnesota,” is a handsome, self-made real estate mogul with a perfect family – a real American success story. His slightly younger brother Ray is more of a cautionary tale. Wilted from a lifetime of living in Emmit’s shadow, Ray is a balding, pot-bellied parole officer with a huge chip on his shoulder about the hand he’s been dealt – and he blames his brother.
The only bright spot in Ray’s life is the love of a not-so-good woman, “Nikki Swango” (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), one of his parolees. Nikki has brains, beauty and a deep and abiding passion for competitive bridge. She decides to help Ray turn his fortunes around, by essentially stealing back his good karma. Unsurprisingly, things quickly get out of hand and petty theft leads to murder.
When the mayhem crosses county lines, Eden Valley Police Chief “Gloria Burgle” (Carrie Coon), a newly divorced mother, is called upon to investigate. Normally steady and imperturbable, Gloria is shaken when the case takes an unexpectedly personal turn. Meanwhile, Emmit’s perfect life is upended when he receives an unwelcome business proposal from a mysterious loner and true capitalist, “V.M. Varga” (David Thewlis), whose bosses plan to become business partners with “The Parking Lot King,” whether Emmit likes it or not.
Emmy®Award winning Executive ProducersNoah Hawley (showrunner/writer/director), Joel & Ethan Coen, Warren Littlefield and John Cameron all return for the third installment of the 10-episode limited series. Fargo is produced by MGM Television and FX Productions, with MGM Television serving as the lead studio.
GUEST BIO
Coon is one of Hollywood’s most exciting emerging talents. With a wide variety of roles across film, television and theater, she has garnered acclaim throughout her career and fostered an impressive body of work.
Coon can currently be seen co-starring in the HBO series The Leftovers as “Nora Durst.” Based on the bestselling novel by Tom Perrotta, The Leftovers tells the tale of a community’s struggle with grief and faith after two percent of the world’s population abruptly disappears without explanation. Season three of the series is set to premiere April 16, 2017.
Recently, Coon wrapped production on Jonathan and Josh Baker’s Kin alongside Zoë Kravitz, James Franco and Dennis Quaid. The film follows an ex-con and his younger brother on the run, the feds, and various otherworldly obstacles along the way. Coon plays an FBI agent who recently relocated to a small town who is forced to investigate strange occurrences that seem to follow the ex-con and brother across the West Coast. Lionsgate is set to release the film in 2017.
Prior to that, Coon lensed Karen Moncrieff’s The Keeping Hours opposite Lee Pace, as well as Christian Papierniak’s Izzy Gets The F*Ck Across Town opposite Haley Joel Osment and Alia Shawkat.
Her breakout role was in the highly critically acclaimed film Gone Girl opposite Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike and Neil Patrick Harris. Based on the best-selling novel by Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl tells the story of a man in a rocky marriage whose life implodes when his wife goes missing and he becomes a suspect for murder. Coon portrays “Margo ‘Go’ Dunne,” Nick’s twin sister.
In television, her credits include Intelligence, Ironside, Law and Order: SVU and The Playboy Club.
On stage, Coon’s regional credits include Our Town and Anna Christie at The Madison Repertory Theatre, four seasons with American Players Theatre in Spring Green, Wisconsin, and Reasons to be Pretty and Blackbird with Renaissance Theaterworks. She made her Chicago debutin Magnolia at the Goodman Theater, directed by Anna Shapiro, followed by The Girl in the Yellow Dress at Next Theatre, and “Annie” in The Real Thing at Writers Theatre. In 2013, after performing in Three Sisters and The March at the renowned Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Coon reprised the role of “Honey” in their production of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? on Broadway, for which she received a Tony Award® nomination for Featured Actress as well as a Theater World award. More recently in 2015, Coon had her off-Broadway debut as “Louise” in Placebo at Playwrights Horizons and in 2016, she returned to Steppenwolf in Chicago where she starred as the title role in Mary Page Marlowe.
Born and raised in Copley, Ohio, Coon received her B.A. from the University of Mount Union and her M.F.A. in acting from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2006. She currently resides in Chicago with her husband and creative collaborator, Tracey Letts.
