Steve Buscemi as Carl Showalter & Peter Stormare as Gaear Grimsrud, "Fargo"
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A lengthy list could be made solely of quirky Coen characters Buscemi has played, but it’s hard to top Carl, the weaselly, perpetually exasperated chatterbox whose partner in crime, Gaear, is a broodingly silent, chain-smoking thug with an appetite for pancakes and hookers. Together, they make a Minnesotan kidnapping team so dysfunctional it’s no wonder they’re foiled by a stubborn, pregnant cop.
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