As revealed in a recent interview with THR, the third episode of “Preacher’s” second season sees “Game of Thrones” veteran Noah Taylor stepping into the role of Hitler, who now resides in hell and lives just a few cells down the hall from fellow inmate Eugene (Ian Colletti), who was unwittingly banished to the underworld by Jesse Custer (Dominic Cooper) back in season one.
What can fans expect? Get this: “We’re not trying to rehabilitate Hitler,” says series showrunner Sam Catlin, “but I will say, by the end of the season, hopefully, people will have a degree of affection for at least our ‘Preacher’ version of Hitler.”
Last night’s episode shared a new origin for “Arseface” (Eugene) who, instead of being a jackass that imitates his idol Kurt Cobain, is now a sympathetic teenager put in a horrible position by a suicidal friend. In Hell, he’s reliving this horrifying moment over and over. Meanwhile, Hitler is about to introduce himself as shown in this sneak peak at next week’s episode, “Viktor”:
And speaking of the episode’s title, Viktor is a character that’s been hunting Tulip (Ruth Nega) and finally captured her in New Orleans. The next episode puts Tulip in front of one of the season’s antagonists who is clearly torturing someone in this teaser clip. “Preacher” has completely deviated from the comic at this point and I couldn’t be happier. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg have done a tremendous job of keeping the spirit of Garth Ennis’ comic alive while injecting it with their own venom.