Trivia / Fargo: Season One

• All-Star Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks, Martin Freeman, Bob Odenkirk, Keith Carradine, Kate Walsh, Glenn Howerton, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Stephen Root.
• Breakout Role: Allison Tolman was an unknown in a cast of otherwise established stars and earned additional high-profile roles as a result of her performance.
• California Doubling: The series is set in Minnesota, as the opening title cards make abundantly clear. But the show is filmed in Alberta, despite Minnesota having its own film industry.
• Disabled Character, Disabled Actor: Russell Harvard (Mr. Wrench) really is deaf, and was previously seen as the adult H.W. in There Will Be Blood.
• Fake American: Martin Freeman is English.
• Hostility on the Set: Glenn Howerton revealed in his podcast that the director of one of his episodes tried to humiliate him in front of the crew after he asked a question. According to him, Howerton didn't need the job, so he stood up for himself, and the director didn't bully him again.
• Missing Trailer Scene: There's a short scene in the trailer for Season 1 where a robber, played by Paul Wood, tries to hold up a convenience store, with Mr. Wrench and Mr. Numbers present. Numbers offers him a Scrunion, and the scene ends. Interviews with Paul Wood clarify it was a short scene where the two hit men shoot him during his attempted robbery.
• Shout-Out: Stavros Milos was the name of the sheep-loving Armenian from Woody Allen's Everything You Wanted To Know About Sex, raising the question to whether this counted or not.
• Significant Name Overlap: Also Lou Solverson shares the same first name as Lou in the film. The parallel is more prominent in the second season.
• Production Posse: Adam Goldberg was in Noah Hawley's previous show, The Unusuals.
• Spiritual Successor: To The Unusuals, a Noah Hawley written and created crime dramedy featuring Kai Lennox and Adam Goldberg.