Could Fargo fans see a return of former Dallas resident Allison Tolman in the third season of FX's anthology series?
"Potentially." That's the only hint that writer-producer Noah Hawley gave to Entertainment Weekly when the topic of the season 3 time period came up.
OK, then. He's not telling. Yet.
Tolman, who is co-founder of Dallas' Second Thought Theatre, played Molly Solverson, a small-town Minnesota police deputy. Hawley told EW.com that the third season will be set a couple of years after the first season, presumably around 2008.
Tolman, a Baylor University alum, earned Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for her role. But because the second season would be set in 1979, Tolman, 34, would be stretched to play a 6-year-old version of herself.
At the TV writers' tour last year, Hawley threw himself on his sword about not bringing back Tolman and her co-star Collin Hanks, who played former policeman Gus Grimley.
"I would like nothing more than to see the continuing adventures of Molly and Gus," he told the writers. "But it felt like it would just be disingenuous, in the service of truthiness, to give them another crazy Coen Brothers case."
Tolman, who lives in Chicago, has kept busy. She will star in the ABC pilot of Downward Dog, which starts filming soon in Pittsburgh. After Fargo, she had a two-episode guest role on The Mindy Project. She also is starring in Krampus, a dark comedy that opened in theaters Friday nationwide.
FX renewed the series last week. Hawley is not tipping off anyone about the cast.
