Chris Rock signed on to star in the fourth installment of FX’s Fargo before creator Noah Hawley had written a single word. Rock’s "yes," which was immediate and emphatic, had everything to do with the quality of what had come before — specifically, the show’s nuanced treatment of another Black character, season two’s mob henchman Mike Milligan, played to perfection by Bokeem Woodbine. "No matter how good somebody is, you don’t know how they’re going to handle Black," says Rock, noting that writers and directors too often "cut corners" when they’re not in their comfort zone. "I knew that wasn’t going to happen here because that character was so Black, but not one ounce of it was stereotypical." Rock would come to feel the same way about his.
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