Juno Temple on Character Transformation into Dot on Fargo

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00:00I think that Dot is one of the most beautiful, brave, loving women I've ever gotten to walk

00:06around in the shoes of.

00:07And I am so, so grateful for her.

00:11She's certainly complex.

00:12Oh, man.

00:14What about the accent?

00:15That took a minute.

00:17I'm wondering, because that's a very particular thing.

00:21You're living in the shadows of Frances McDormand and everybody else.

00:26Yes.

00:27I got lucky, and I got to work with the most incredible dialect coach, who also worked

00:31with Frances McDormand in the movie, and has done each installment since.

00:35Liz Hemelstein, who is his, like, she's a ninja warrior.

00:40She's amazing.

00:41And it took a minute.

00:42It really, it took a minute.

00:43I think I started about six weeks before going, and I remember having my brothers over for

00:47dinner and trying out the accent on them.

00:49Oh, really?

00:50And they just looked at me.

00:51How long have you got till you start?

00:54I was like, oh, no.