Killarney’s Jessie hits screens as TG4 airs ‘Fargo’
IN case you hadn’t heard, the brand new season of ‘ Fargo’ hit Irish screens last week with our very own Jessie Buckley as one of the lead characters.
The first episode in the fourth season of award-winning series aired its first episode on TG4 on Tuesday night; this season sees Jessie - in her first television role since the critically acclaimed ‘ Chernobyl’ joining Chris Rock as the lead roles.
This latest run of ‘ Fargo’ is set in 1950 Jim Crow Missouri, where an uneasy peace between two Kansas City crime syndicates is threatened by an untimely death.
The 31-year-old Killarney native plays the role of a very irresponsible nurse named Oraetta Mayflower who is a Minnesota native with a sunny dispositionl; as this is ‘ Fargo’ though, things are never as nice as they seem.
Buckley’s character is a self-described “Angel of Mercy,” who believes that her purpose on this “earthly realm” is to bring peace and comfort to the patients in her care.
The episiodes are airing at 10:30pm every Tuesday night with the second episode having aired last night.
People have been quick to praise Buckley’s performance online with one Twitter user describing her as “god damn talent” while another said that she is “stealing the show” with her stellar performances.
While filming, creator of the show, Noah Hawley also had huge praise for Jessie’s ability.
“Physically, she’s an incredible improviser. She finds things to do in the scenes that totally affect it and change it. It’s almost like she’s driving the action, like she’s a rudder. It doesn’t even feel like improvisation - it feels like she’s that person doing whatever it is they’re doing in each take.”
He told the Los Angeles Times he was amazed at how the 31-yearold got into the complex role, walking the line between farce and drama in nearly every scene.
“She was great at even the most absurd things,” Hawley said, citing a scene in which Oraetta gets in a car with Jason Schwartzman’s gangster, Josto Fadda, and engages in a sex act while warbling a patriotic American song.
“She’s literally a dominatrix to Jason’s character and yet she has this veneer of Minnesota nice. “You can really go wrong with that. You can go way too broad, but she didn’t.”