Juno Temple Had Trouble Switching Between Her ‘Ted Lasso’ and ‘Fargo’ Dialects: ‘It Took Me a Minute’

After a three year run playing Keeley Jones on “Ted Lasso” that earned her three Primetime Emmy nominations, Juno Temple’s role in the critically acclaimed Season 5 of “Fargo” should keep her in the prestige TV limelight for another awards season. Both shows saw the British actress stretch her acting chops to perform in an unfamiliar dialect — and working on both shows at the same time came with its own slate of unexpected challenges.

In a new interview with Business Insider, Temple recalled doing the work of developing her Minnesota accent to play Dorothy “Dot” Lyon on “Fargo” while simultaneously filming “Ted Lasso” with her character’s distinct Essex accent. While she eventually learned to keep the voices separate, the actress admits to having some initial confusion.

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“I remember when I first started doing dialect sessions, I was still doing Season 3 of ‘Ted Lasso,’ so I was speaking Essex, while also being Juno in real life,” Temple said. “And then there’s Juno’s inside voice. And then Dot was coming to life.”

She also laughed about showing off the early versions of her “Fargo” accent and recalled that the earliest reviews were not always positive.

“My brothers came over to see me, and I tried out the Minnesota accent on them, and they both just looked at me and were like, ‘How long is it before you start this?'” she said. “And I was like, ‘Oh, no.’ So, it took me a minute.”

But once she was able to figure things out, Temple said that she enjoyed immersing herself in the distinct Midwestern dialects that have long been an essential part of the “Fargo” franchise. The actress said that the experience even expanded her vocabulary by forcing her to learn a few new words.

“It’s kind of funny sounding, oh yeah,” she said. “The new words as well. Commode — did not know what that was. Or a vestibule. I was like, ‘What is that?’ This was all new.”

New episodes of “Fargo” Season 5 air weekly on Tuesdays at 10pm E. T. on FX.

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