This week, Common and Christopher Heyerdahl talk about Hell on Wheels characters and awards with Gold Derby, and Common snags the lead role in a Francois Truffaut remake. Keeping reading for more Hell on Wheels news.

• In an interview with Gold Derby, Common talks about his hopes for an Emmy and says playing Elam in Hell on Wheels "enriches me."

• Gold Derby also chats with Christopher Heyerdahl, who calls The Swede a "rich, well-defined, slightly quirky character."

• Movieline reports that Common will star in the lead role of a remake of Francois Truffaut's 1977 film The Man Who Loved Women.

• In a review of the Hell on Wheels Season 1 DVD, WNCT praises the show's writing: "The storylines keep audiences gripped from Cullen's first shot to the end of the season finale."

• Anson Mount's gritty movie Cook County is out on iTunes and DVD this week.