Sherlock and The Hobbit star Martin Freeman is coming to American TV. He has joined the cast of FX’s Fargo as lead character Lester Nygaard. His character will be put through the ringer by Lorne Malvo, played by Billy Bob Thorton.

The show will be based on the Coen Brothers 1996 film. It will premiere next spring on FX. For anyone that has not seen Martin Freeman in BBC’s insanely good Sherlock, you are in for a treat. You can’t ask for a better lead then add in Thorton and the show already has high expectations from me.

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