‘Fargo’s’ Mary Elizabeth Winstead Talks ‘Painful’ Getaway Shoot, Learning Sign Language on Set

“I had a lot of cuts and bruises on my wrists,” actress tells TheWrap

Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Nikki Swango
Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Nikki Swango

(Spoiler alert: Please do not read on if you haven’t watched Wednesday’s episode of “Fargo”)

Nikki Swango was on the run during Wednesday’s “Fargo,” and actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead tells TheWrap that the action-packed, breathtaking episode was even tougher to shoot than it may have looked.

The FX drama series’ latest installment picked up from last week’s bus crash that left Nikki and seat partner Wes Wrench (Russell Harvard) fighting for their lives while Varga’s henchman tried to take them out. This led to Nikki and Wrench — whom fans will remember as the deaf assassin from Season 1 — racing through the frigid woods while shackled together, struggling to communicate and dodging arrows from a crossbow.

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