Noah Hawley is nothing if not versatile. The prolific writer, director, producer and novelist has won an impressive group of awards for his work in TV including Emmys, Golden Globes, Critics Choice and Peabody honors for his most acclaimed series: FX’s crown jewelThe series has once again been generating strong Emmy buzz for its fourth iteration as a limited series, this time starring Chris Rock in a change-of-pace role as a 1950s crime boss.
Hawley joined me this special edition of my Deadline video series Behind the Lens to talk about his career, why he keeps getting tempted to continue telling thestories, its meaning in the dark American landscape of today, the casting of Rock and Jason Schwartzman in this battle between Italian and African American crime families, and what the show says about race, immigration and the ‘big lie of America.