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The Quarantined Talent: Glynn Turman on the New Season of “Fargo”

March 25, 2020
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Helen Hoehne

"Times New Roman"’>Glynn Turman (The Wire, House of Lies, Queen Sugar) was working on the highly anticipated new season of FX’s Fargo, opposite Chris Rock, when the filming was indefinitely suspended due to the Coronavirus outbreak. He went back to his ranch outside of Los Angeles in mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"’> where he is now spending time with his family. We spoke to the actor on the phone about the impact of the pandemic and what he is doing to keep his spirits up.

We live in strange times. How are you coping with the current situation?

Almost all television and film productions have shut down. You’ve been personally affected.

Noah Hawley – was shut down. We were filming in Chicago just a couple of weeks ago with three more episodes to go when we were suddenly told, this is the end. We had a big premiere planned in April and this has to be postponed now. Sadly, it will affect the Emmy nominations that everybody was hoping to be eligible for. We have so many wonderful contributions and nobody knows now when it can be presented. There are a lot of logistical things that have to be changed all across the mediums.

Were you a fan of the first three seasons of Fargo?

What’s your role in Fargo?

This series is set in 1950 in Kansas City, Missouri. What was it like for you stepping back into that time period?

Your latest film The Way Back has an early video on demand release (March 24) due to the nation’s movie theater shut down. How do you feel about that?

It was a very personal film for Ben Affleck. What was the mood like on the set?

Your other film Justine, now streaming on Netflix, is a thoughtful tale of loneliness and its remedies. Very fitting for these times. What’s your remedy against loneliness?