diff --git a/ansible_mitogen/connection.py b/ansible_mitogen/connection.py
index 1686cbde..78e0f932 100644
--- a/ansible_mitogen/connection.py
+++ b/ansible_mitogen/connection.py
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ def _connect_ssh(spec):
         }
     }
 
+
 def _connect_buildah(spec):
     """
     Return ContextService arguments for a Buildah connection.
@@ -174,6 +175,7 @@ def _connect_buildah(spec):
         }
     }
 
+
 def _connect_docker(spec):
     """
     Return ContextService arguments for a Docker connection.
@@ -600,16 +602,33 @@ class Connection(ansible.plugins.connection.ConnectionBase):
         does not make sense to extract connection-related configuration for the
         delegated-to machine from them.
         """
+        def _fetch_task_var(task_vars, key):
+            """
+            Special helper func in case vars can be templated
+            """
+            SPECIAL_TASK_VARS = [
+                'ansible_python_interpreter'
+            ]
+            if key in task_vars:
+                val = task_vars[key]
+                if '{' in str(val) and key in SPECIAL_TASK_VARS:
+                    # template every time rather than storing in a cache
+                    # in case a different template value is used in a different task
+                    val = self.templar.template(
+                        val,
+                        preserve_trailing_newlines=True,
+                        escape_backslashes=False
+                    )
+                return val
+
         task_vars = self._get_task_vars()
         if self.delegate_to_hostname is None:
-            if key in task_vars:
-                return task_vars[key]
+            return _fetch_task_var(task_vars, key)
         else:
             delegated_vars = task_vars['ansible_delegated_vars']
             if self.delegate_to_hostname in delegated_vars:
                 task_vars = delegated_vars[self.delegate_to_hostname]
-                if key in task_vars:
-                    return task_vars[key]
+                return _fetch_task_var(task_vars, key)
 
         return default
 
@@ -708,8 +727,8 @@ class Connection(ansible.plugins.connection.ConnectionBase):
             )
 
         stack += (CONNECTION_METHOD[spec.transport()](spec),)
-        if spec.become() and ((spec.become_user() != spec.remote_user()) or
-                              C.BECOME_ALLOW_SAME_USER):
+        if spec.become() and ((spec.become_user() != spec.remote_user())
+                              or C.BECOME_ALLOW_SAME_USER):
             stack += (CONNECTION_METHOD[spec.become_method()](spec),)
 
         return stack
diff --git a/ansible_mitogen/mixins.py b/ansible_mitogen/mixins.py
index eee1ecd7..c268f2be 100644
--- a/ansible_mitogen/mixins.py
+++ b/ansible_mitogen/mixins.py
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ class ActionModuleMixin(ansible.plugins.action.ActionBase):
       that crop up due to this. Mitogen always runs a task completely within
       the target user account, so it's not a problem for us.
     """
+
     def __init__(self, task, connection, *args, **kwargs):
         """
         Verify the received connection is really a Mitogen connection. If not,
@@ -103,6 +104,8 @@ class ActionModuleMixin(ansible.plugins.action.ActionBase):
         if not isinstance(connection, ansible_mitogen.connection.Connection):
             _, self.__class__ = type(self).__bases__
 
+        connection.templar = self._templar
+
     def run(self, tmp=None, task_vars=None):
         """
         Override run() to notify Connection of task-specific data, so it has a
@@ -178,7 +181,7 @@ class ActionModuleMixin(ansible.plugins.action.ActionBase):
         return os.path.join(
             self._connection.get_good_temp_dir(),
             'ansible_mitogen_action_%016x' % (
-                random.getrandbits(8*8),
+                random.getrandbits(8 * 8),
             )
         )
 
diff --git a/ansible_mitogen/planner.py b/ansible_mitogen/planner.py
index 96b06995..9a5227b9 100644
--- a/ansible_mitogen/planner.py
+++ b/ansible_mitogen/planner.py
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ class Invocation(object):
     Collect up a module's execution environment then use it to invoke
     target.run_module() or helpers.run_module_async() in the target context.
     """
+
     def __init__(self, action, connection, module_name, module_args,
                  task_vars, templar, env, wrap_async, timeout_secs):
         #: ActionBase instance invoking the module. Required to access some
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ class Planner(object):
     file, indicates whether or not it understands how to run the module, and
     exports a method to run the module.
     """
+
     def __init__(self, invocation):
         self._inv = invocation
 
@@ -193,6 +195,7 @@ class ScriptPlanner(BinaryPlanner):
     Common functionality for script module planners -- handle interpreter
     detection and rewrite.
     """
+
     def _rewrite_interpreter(self, path):
         """
         Given the original interpreter binary extracted from the script's
@@ -311,10 +314,10 @@ class NewStylePlanner(ScriptPlanner):
         * the module is known to leak like a sieve.
         """
         return (
-            super(NewStylePlanner, self).should_fork() or
-            (self._inv.task_vars.get('mitogen_task_isolation') == 'fork') or
-            (self._inv.module_name in self.ALWAYS_FORK_MODULES) or
-            (len(self.get_module_map()['custom']) > 0)
+            super(NewStylePlanner, self).should_fork()
+            or (self._inv.task_vars.get('mitogen_task_isolation') == 'fork')
+            or (self._inv.module_name in self.ALWAYS_FORK_MODULES)
+            or (len(self.get_module_map()['custom']) > 0)
         )
 
     def get_search_path(self):
diff --git a/ansible_mitogen/strategy.py b/ansible_mitogen/strategy.py
index 8f093999..99d365a7 100644
--- a/ansible_mitogen/strategy.py
+++ b/ansible_mitogen/strategy.py
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ def _patch_awx_callback():
     EventContext._local = threading.local()
     EventContext.add_local = patch_add_local
 
+
 _patch_awx_callback()
 
 
@@ -181,6 +182,7 @@ class AnsibleWrappers(object):
     """
     Manage add/removal of various Ansible runtime hooks.
     """
+
     def _add_plugin_paths(self):
         """
         Add the Mitogen plug-in directories to the ModuleLoader path, avoiding