'Fargo' Season 3 adds Mary Elizabeth Winstead to the cast

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By Darian Scalamoni

            Fargo has continued to be quite a pleasant surprise of a series. The award-winning anthology series that is broadcast on FX is based in the same universe of the Coen brothers film of the same name and has done very well critically and in the ratings through the first two seasons. According to Collider, Mary Elizabeth Winstead has been added to the cast of season 3 that is already sparkling with talent.

            Winstead joins Ewan McGregor and Carrie Coon in the junior season in the crime series. She is set to play a character named Nikki Swango who is a crafty alluring recent parolee with a passion for competitive bridge playing. She is a woman with a plan, focused on always being at least one move ahead of her opponents.

            The third season is not expected to be released until 2017 and creator, Noah Hawley is working on post-production on the debut season of the X-Men drama on FX, Legion. Winstead was seen and criminally underrated in the film, 10 Cloverfield Lane that was released earlier this year. In addition to that major motion picture, she has co-starred in indie darlings Swiss Army Man and The Hollars this year. Winstead will join a show in which their second season just earned 18 nominations at the Emmy’s this weekend. Maybe this time in 2017, Winstead will be nominated for the show as well.