When AMC announced “The Walking Dead,” it was a pivotal moment in my life. Not only was Robert Kirkman’s comic one of my all-time favs, but to see a horror show following in the footsteps of greg series like “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad” made my nipples hard. But as much as I loved “The Walking Dead,” my heart belonged to Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s cult 1990s comic “Preacher.”
I could barely breathe when Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg announced the start of production. And now, just two days later, Rogen has shared the first ever look at Dominic Cooper and Ian Colletti in the series as Jesse Custer and Arseface, respectively.
This is a millennial moment for television series as the religious implications are going to be massive. If Rogen and Goldberg stay true to the comics, it’s going to piss a lot of people off. And that’s good. We need to start pushing the boundaries, which bizarrely feels impossible with the amount of people who get “offended” and scream about it on Twitter.
” ‘Preacher’ centers on Jesse Custer (Dominic Cooper), a conflicted preacher in a small Texas town who merges with a creature that has escaped from heaven and develops the ability to make anyone do anything he says. Along with his ex-girlfriend, Tulip (Ruth Negga), and an Irish vampire named Cassidy (Joseph Gilgun), the three embark on a journey to literally find God (to make him answer for abandoning mankind).”
W. Earl Brown will portray ‘Sheriff Hugo Root’, the mean-hearted father of Eugene Root aka Arseface (Colletti), a flinty-eyed, conspiracy-credulous redneck who is not a fool and has a vulnerability to him.
Jamie Anne Allman will play Betsy Schenck, a meek wife who appears to suffer beatings by the hand of her husband, Donny. When the Preacher checks up on her, though, she tells a different story. Derek Wilson is Donny Schenck, a Civil War re-enactor and abusive thug who gets into altercations with Jesse Custer (the Preacher) but nevertheless shows up to church on Sundays.
I can't believe we are fucking doing this!!!! #Preacher pic.twitter.com/PR0LjZD8wh
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) May 13, 2015