The making of Fargo at 30: ‘Man, you don’t give me this role, I’m gonna shoot your dog’

W illiam H Macy was originally slated for the modest role of a detective in Fargo. Then the film’s directors, Joel and Ethan Coen, asked if he would like to read for the lead part of Jerry Lundegaard. “I said: ‘Boy, do I!’,” recalls Macy. He memorised the script that night and impressed the Coens bu...

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