Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons Join Cast Of `Fargo’

Actress Kirsten Dunst (Interview with the Vampire) and Breaking Bad’s Jesse Plemons will join the cast of FX’s miniseries Fargo, the network said Wednesday.

Dunst will play Peggy Blomquist, a small town beautician with big city dreams, while Plemons will play her husband. The miniseries will return for a 10-episode second season in the fall of 2015.

Fargo executive producers Noah Hawley, Joel & Ethan Coen, Warren Littlefield and John Cameron will all return for the sophomore season of the series, which will follow a younger version of the series' key character, state police officer Lou Solverson.

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