Bruce Campbell To play Ronald Reagan In 'Fargo' Season 2.

Bruce Campbell has been roped in to play the role of Ronald Reagan in “Fargo” Season 2, which is set in the late 70s. Campbell’s Reagan, who has yet to become the President of United States, will be seen on his first Presidential campaign.

John Landgraf, CEO at FX Networks, said to TV Line that in the new season of “Fargo,” Reagan is on his “first campaign [and he] makes a swing through Fargo.” He will be seen interacting with some of the characters and also some of his films are part of Season 2.

As previously reported, the actors from the critically acclaimed “Fargo” Season 1 are not returning in the new season, though the character of Lou Solverson will be seen in a leading role. The Vietnam war veteran will be seen in his younger avatar and Patrick Wilson has been cast to play him. Keith Carradine played the role in the first season. Lou’s daughter Molly is four-years-old in the upcoming season. Ted Danson has signed on to play Lou’s father-in-law, Hank Larsson, who is the Sheriff of Rock County, Minnesota. The new season will see Lou returning from Vietnam and investigating a local gang and a mob syndicate, according to Entertainment Weekly (EW).

Jesse Plemons and Kirsten Dunst have also been roped in to play prominent roles. Dunst is playing a beautician with big-city dreams, Peggy Blomquist, while Plemons will be seen as Peggy’s supportive husband and a butcher’s assistant, Ed. Nick Offerman has been cast to play local lawyer Karl Weathers.

Veteran actor Michael Hogan will be seen as Otto Gerhardt, a first generation immigrant from Germany who transforms his father’s small trucking business into a criminal empire. Jean Smart’s character, Floyd Gerhardt, is the matriarch of the Gerhardt crime family. The family consists of the eldest son Dodd Gerhardt, played by Jeffrey Donovan, Angus Sampson is playing Bear Gerhardt, the inarticulate middle son while Kieran Culkin will be seen playing the youngest son, Rye Gerhardt, EW has reported.

“Fargo” Season 2, consisting of 10 episodes, is expected to premiere this fall. The show is set against the cultural transformation that was taking place in the late 1970s.

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