Trivia / Fargo: Season Three

• Acting for Two: Emmit and Ray Stussy are both played by Ewan McGregor.
• All-Star Cast: Ewan McGregor, Carrie Coon, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Michael Stuhlbarg, Scoot McNairy, David Thewlis, Shea Whigham, Ray Wise, Rob McElhenney, Hamish Linklater, Fred Melamed, Mary McDonnell, DJ Qualls.
• Banned in China: Scenes mentioning Vladimir Putin were excised from airings in Russia.
• California Doubling: The series is set in Minnesota, as the opening title cards make abundantly clear. But the show is filmed in Alberta, Canada, despite Minnesota having its own film industry.
• Dyeing for Your Art: Ewan McGregor's paunch as Ray Stussy is normally achieved with padding, but he gained weight for his bath scene in the Season Three premiere.
• Fake American: Ewan McGregor is Scottish.
• Promoted Fanboy: David Thewlis is an admitted fan of the original Fargo film.
• Real-Life Relative: The character of Vivian Lord is played by Frances Fisher in the 2010 scenes and by her real life daughter Francesca Eastwood in the 1975 scenes.
• Romance on the Set: Ewan McGregor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead fell in love while working on the show, and wound up leaving their significant others at the time to be together.
• Those Two Actors:
  • Michael Stuhlbarg and Fred Melamed, who both appeared in the Coens' A Serious Man.
  • Stuhlbarg also starred in Boardwalk Empire with Shea Whigham (Moe Dammick).
• What Could Have Been: Jim Gaffigan was cast as Donny, but ultimately dropped out due to a scheduling conflict, as well as his wife getting a brain tumor.