Bob Odenkirk, the star of the action-comedy Normal, has had fun with his portrayal of Ulysses Richardson, a new sheriff in Normal, Minn. Richardson who temporarily takes over the position after the previous sheriff's death. The film, directed by Ben Wheatley and written by Derek Kolstad, has been compared to the Coen brothers’ Fargo and the subsequent TV series. Despite its derivativeness, the film has a high-energy, with an extravagant bloodbath set in an old-school restaurant and a jukebox full of guns and animals stuffed with animal heads. The director also conceived the story with Kolstad.