The newest preview for Fargo’s next episode, 3×05 is now out and you can view it below.
I will update the post with stills when they become available.
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New Fargo Interviews
Mary is doing lots of press for Fargo now that the third season has wrapped. Yesterday, Mary did a Q&A for The Los Angeles Times which you can watch here and KPCC’s “The Frame” radio show which you can check out here. I’ve also updated the gallery with a few photos she’s taken during the press tour.
Tonight, they’ll also be an Emmy’s FYC event for the FX show so check back soon for tons of new pics! 🙂
THE FRAME Interview highlights:
On why she initially shied away from TV series earlier in her career:
For me, it was really the idea of committing to something for years and years — that you could potentially not love — was very, very scary to me, and I didn’t understand why [laughs]. I was sort of like, I don’t understand why anybody would do that! What if you get into it and then a year later you decide you don’t like it anymore?
But the past few years, as the majority of the good material that I’ve seen has been on television, it’s become really exciting.
How she’d describe Nikki to people who haven’t seen the show:
She’s a competitive bridge player, which I think says a lot about her. [laughs] I mean, ex-con, competitive bridge player speaks volumes. She’s a strategic thinker in every way of her life, she’s always one step of everybody around her. She’s incredibly smart, but she’s also incredibly loving and passionate, and she’s very much in love with her partner, Emmit Stussy, played by Ewan McGregor. She has all these dreams and hopes for their life together, and she’s willing to do whatever it takes to make those dreams come true.
On her possible entry into musical theater:
There’s been a couple of Broadway shows that I’ve gone down the road with, and then scheduling’s sort of made things fall apart. But I would love to do that eventually. I think that would be the next scary thing for me to tackle. It would be really nerve-wracking, but I’d love to try it.
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Time Interviews Mary About Fargo
Time.com interviewed Mary about playing the role of Nikki Swango on this season of FX’s Fargo. Click the link to read the full Q&A:
Did Noah Hawley have a particular vision for Nikki?
The main question that I had for him in order to really know her was whether or not her love for Ray was real. He immediately, without having to think about it at all, said, “Yes. It’s completely genuine. They’re completely in love and it’s a true, real relationship.”
Then it all kind of clicked in for me because that was the only thing that, to me, could have turned the performance one direction or another. So once I knew that their love was real, then I was able to really move forward with this sort of sweet, bubbly, optimistic version of a femme fatale.
Did you actually learn or know how to play bridge?
I had no idea how to play bridge, and I still have no idea how to play bridge. I took a couple lessons and Ewan and I went and watched a bridge tournament together right before we started shooting here in Calgary, which was very eye-opening. I mean, I will never understand this game. But when we went and watched people play, then we could go okay, yeah, that’s right, we’re actors. We can pretend we know what we’re doing.
A lot of people have theorized that the two female characters, Nikki and Gloria, represent that kind of light side and dark side in this season. Do you think that that’s an accurate portrayal of those two characters?
I think it is. I think in some ways throughout the season they’re sort of on these parallel trajectories. We don’t get that much stuff together, but the characters are connected in some way as the season goes on. I think it’s interesting because they do sort of represent the light and the dark, but it’s interchangeable.
In some ways, Gloria’s the light because she’s the moral center. She’s the one who’s not doing bad things like everybody else on the show is. But in other ways, Nikki’s the light because she’s quite a bit more optimistic and gutsy and full of spirit, whereas Gloria is going through a dark period of her life. She’s a bit more cynical and her worldview maybe isn’t as bright as Nikki’s. So I think it’s really interesting that they both kind of represent the light and the dark for different reasons.
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Mary at the MTV Movie Awards
Mary attended the 2017 MTV Movie and TV Awards at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Sunday and I’ve added a bunch of new photos of her from the event into the gallery. The first 60 are HQs. There’s also a video of her walking the red carpet which you can see below, however, it doesn’t have audio.
She looks so beautiful!
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Fargo 3×04 Stills and Preview
A preview for Wednesday’s latest episode of Fargo has been released which you can watch below. Additionally, stills for ep 4 have also been released, but they’re the same ones that have been out from the first look pictures that I uploaded back in March.
The synopsis is as follows:
Emmit and Sy try to figure out what they’ve gotten themselves into, Nikki and Ray track down some collateral, and Gloria learns more about Maurice.
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Mary Drives Around ‘Santa Monica’ in Honus Honus’ New Music Vid
After being featured in Portugal. The Man’s video for “Noise Pollution”, Mary is back in the music video scene, this time starring in Honus Honus’ video for “Santa Monica”. Her and Honus Honus, a.k.a Ryan Kattner of Man Man, recently worked together on the musical short “So It Goes”, which you can view here.
Sit back and let Mary take you for a ride around Santa Monica.
I also screencapped it into the gallery.
The song is featured on his 2016 solo album “Use Your Delusion” which you can buy over at honushonus.com
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So It Goes Short is Here!
Back in 2015, Mary and her friend Justin Carlton, as well as Ryan Kattner from Honus Honus did a kickstarter for a short musical film previously titled “Studio Apartment” which was later changed to “So It Goes”. The film follows Mary’s character, who loses her creative spark, but finds it along the way after meeting a stranger.
Check out the lovely little musical below!
The short eventually went on to premiere at the Seattle Shorts Film Festival and the Napa Film Festival last year.
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Fargo Season 3, Episode 2 screencaps
Screencaps of Mary in the second episode of Fargo have been added to the gallery. Check them out here:
A preview of next week’s episode:
Emmys, FX to Host A Fargo FYC Event
The Emmys, in conjunction with FXP will be hosting a special screening and discussion with the cast of FX’s Fargo. The event, scheduled to take place on May 11 at 7pm, will feature the cast of Fargo including:
- Ewan McGregor
- Carrie Coon
- Mary Elizabeth Winstead
- David Thewlis
- Olivia Sandoval
- Noah Hawley, executive producer
- John Cameron, executive producer
- Warren Littlefield, executive producer
Only Television Academy National Active Members with valid membership cards will be admitted. Seating is subject to availability; first come, first served. Admittance is not guaranteed. Registering must be done by May 5.
The 2017 Emmys ceremony will happen on September 17, 2017.
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Mary Is Redefining the Femme Fatale Role
Elle Magazine interviewed Mary on how she was initially skeptical to join the world of Fargo, take on television projects, breaking the mold of the femme fatale role, and hoping to work with more female directors in the future. Click the link to read the interview in full. Some highlights are below:
On being skeptical of turning Fargo into a TV series:
“I’ve been a huge fan of the movie since I was really young. I remember falling so in love with everything about it, particularly Frances McDormand’s performance as Marge. So when I heard they were doing a series, I was terrified. I actually met with [showrunner] Noah Hawley about the first season, but I ended up not being available, and then when I saw the show I was like, ‘Okay, I need to make myself available!’ So when he called about this season I said yes without hesitation, without reading anything or knowing anything about my character.”
On taking her time to take on television projects:
“I was slow to get on the TV bandwagon, because I was so attached to doing movies, and I’m still not willing to completely let that go. But at the same time, as movies and the way they’re made has started to change, the fact that television exists as a platform for creative people to tell the stories they really want to tell is a blessing. As soon as I caught onto what was happening, I embraced it wholeheartedly, because really it doesn’t matter. We just want to do good work, and if TV is the place that’s giving us those opportunities then so be it. I hope to continue to do both, and I also hope that maybe some of this TV success that’s been happening will rejuvenate the film industry a little bit too, and bring back some non-action blockbuster movies to theaters.”
On playing the role of Nikki Swango:
She’s incredibly smart and morally ambiguous, but she has such a positivity and a warmth underneath the hardened ex-con exterior. I didn’t have to try and play her as some sort of femme fatale cliché. That ‘Life’s a journey’ line she has…she just has such a bubbliness about her! I would have been bored if she had to be this sexy, serious bitch character, and I hope the audience will grow to like her despite her actions throughout the season.”