FX has revealed the fullFargoSeason 4 cast as production gets ready to begin in Chicago this fall. The anthology series adaptation of the iconicCoen Brothersfilm hails from creator/showrunnerNoah Hawley, and each season has revolved around a different set of characters—albeit loosely inhabiting the same universe. As previously revealed, Season 4 will be anchored byChris Rockand takes place in 1950, where it chronicles the rivalry between two gangs in Kansas City, Missouri: one Italian, one African-American. To cement their peace, the two gangs trade their youngest sons.
Joining Rock in the ensemble areJack Huston,Jason Schwartzman,Ben Whishaw, andChernobylandWild RosebreakoutJessie Buckley. Character names are provided below, along with the rest of the ensemble:
Jack Hustonas Odis Weff
Jason Schwartzmanas Josto Fadda
Ben Whishawas Rabbi Milligan
Jessie Buckleyas Oraetta Mayflower
Salvatore Espositoas Gaetano Fadda
Andrew Birdas Thurman Smutney
Jeremie Harrisas Leon Bittle
Gaetano Brunoas Constant Calamita
Anji Whiteas Dibrell Smutney
Francesca Acquarolias Ebal Violante
E’Myri Crutchfieldas Ethelrida Pearl Smutney
Amber Midthunderas Swanee Capps
The official synopsis forFargoSeason 4 is below. The series returns to FX sometime in 2020.
In 1950, at the end of two great American migrations — that of Southern Europeans from countries like Italy, who came to the US at the turn of the last century and settled in northern cities like New York, Chicago — and African Americans who left the south in great numbers to escape Jim Crow and moved to those same cities — you saw a collision of outsiders, all fighting for a piece of the American dream. In Kansas City, Missouri, two criminal syndicates have struck an uneasy peace. One Italian, one African American. Together they control an alternate economy — that of exploitation, graft and drugs. This too is the history of America. To cement their peace, the heads of both families have traded their youngest sons.
Chris Rock plays the head of one family, a man who — in order to prosper — has surrendered his youngest boy to his enemy, and who must in turn raise his enemy’s son as his own. It’s an uneasy peace, but profitable. And then the head of the Kansas City mafia goes into the hospital for routine surgery and dies. And everything changes. It’s a story of immigration and assimilation, and the things we do for money. And as always, a story of basically decent people who are probably in over their heads. You know,Fargo.
