Fargo featurette explains how Martin Freeman's new show is different to the film

Fargo, the 1996 Coen Brothers black comedy about murder in Minnesota, will be expanded by Fox into a spin-off that stars Martin Freeman and Billy-Bob Thornton as, respectively, insurance salesman Lester Nygaard and a drifter called Lorne Malvo.

Thornton explains that, “It’s the kind of movie that lends itself to expanding. Same place, same type of people… new stuff happens.” Suggesting that the TV series will still maintain the unique tone of the film, but will carry on with an entirely new story.

Executive producer Noah Hawley also explains that the hope was to create a “movie cast and not a television cast”, before going on to say that the goal is to create "10 hour movie."

Freeman, meanwhile, says that he thinks "people will be surprised by it." Judge for yourself below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnTlfxZ_nMA

Co-starring Bob Odenkirk, Colin Hanks, Oliver Platt, Allison Tolman and Adam Goldberg, Fargo will air in the UK on Channel 4 later this year.

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