With Fire Country consistently finding ways to cast country singers in key roles, the cast has discussed the perfect way to bring Shania Twain into the universe.
Diane Farr, who plays Sharon, spoke exclusively to Us Weekly about her idea, saying, “I just asked Morena [Baccarin] yesterday because we have different birth mothers [on the show] if she could see herself with Shania Twain as her mother.”
Farr, 56, acknowledged that Twain might “be too young” for the role — but the potential is still there.
“Just this idea of finding a country singer who can come on and further that [would be great]. Northern California is so different from Southern California,” she noted about the tone of Fire Country compared to spinoff Sheriff Country. “It has pieces of Idaho, of Montana and it almost feels like it has pieces of Tennessee. The door keeps opening wider and wider.”
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Fire Country, which premiered in 2022, follows Bode (Max Thieriot) as he gets a chance to shorten his prison sentence by volunteering for the California Conservation Camp Program. Three seasons in, Fire Country has featured cameos from country stars such as Kane Brown and Jelly Roll.
“[Jelly Roll] was finishing drying his hands with a towel in the bathroom at the CMTs [in April 2024]. I ran into him in the bathroom straight up at the CMT Music Awards,” Thieriot, 37, recalled exclusively to Us in April about how he got Jelly Roll, 40, involved. “I said, ‘Thank you for letting us have some of your songs on the show.’ And he’s like, ‘Dude, how do I get on the show? I’ve been petitioning online and talking to my people and you got to get me on that show.’”
Thieriot didn’t have more musicians lined up yet but noted he would be thrilled to have more familiar musical faces. “I have to wait for the next awards show, and I’m just going to set up a chair in the bathroom to start greeting them as they come in,” he quipped. “But there’s a few that we’ve been talking with for a while now. Honestly, it would be fun to maybe see both [Kane and Jelly Roll] bring their characters back in some form.”
Season 4 of Fire Country, which premiered in October, hasn’t announced more country singer cameos as the show continues to focus on the aftermath of Vince’s (Billy Burke) death and Gabriela’s (Stephanie Arcila) departure.
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“[Before the season started], I said I really would not like to have a love interest,” Farr said about honoring her onscreen husband. “If men get married the day after their wife dies, people will be like, ‘They needed that.’ Women, we are meant to observe our loved ones after they are gone — and there was no way I’m ever going to replace this.”
Farr wanted to properly portray Sharon’s loss. “I think you can probably see that I’m still wearing my wedding ring on the show,” she added. “I was like, ‘We can’t just brush this away.’”
As Sharon continues to grieve, Farr is open to anything with enough time devoted to honoring her marriage.
“We’ll see how it goes. But I love where it is so far. She’s really working through this right now. But also it’s this idea [of falling in love so young]. This isn’t my own life — I didn’t meet my partner at 20 years old,” Farr explained. “I’ve never shared my life with just one person. I’ve shared my life with so many. So just trying to explore what it’d be like to be a one when you’ve been part of a two for more years than you were ever single.”
Fire Country airs on CBS Fridays at 9 p.m. ET. New episodes will be streaming the next day on Paramount+.
