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It's Bullseye, I'm Jesse Thorn.

Kerry Coon, the actor, is said to exude a Midwestern pragmatism.

At least that's how one New Yorker article describes it.

I guess you can say it's in the way she carries herself.

As a performer, she's confident, every timid, usually warm, not always.

You can see it in some of her most iconic roles.

As Nora, in the leftovers, she's angry and kind of tightly wound, traumatized by the

loss of her family.

On season three of Fargo where she played police chief Gloria Bergle, brave in the face

of danger but also baffled at humanity's capacity to be so violent and cruel.

She starring in the new film The Nest, the Nest was directed by Sean Durkin, who previously

made the acclaimed film Martha Marcy May Marlene.

In The Nest, Kerry plays Allison.

Allison is married to Rory, played by Jude Law.

Together they and their two kids move from upstate New York to an estate outside London

where Rory grew up.

And directly, the move causes their marriage to crumble.

I say indirectly because as you see in the film, the new home doesn't create any new issues

for the couple.

It just brings up their existing problems.

Before we get into the interview, which is conducted by the wonderful Linda Holmes from

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