We have all the details as the Preacher TV series on AMC adds to its cast. Get ready for Arseface!
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Hot on the heels of Ruth Negga being announced as the first official castmember for AMC's PreacherTV series comes this little gem. Get ready, because it's not series lead Jesse Custer or Irish vampire Cassidy...it's Arseface. That's right, folks. Arseface is going to show up in the first episode of Preacher.
Arseface will be played by Ian Colletti.
Who is Arseface? He's a guy who has a face like an arse, of course. But more than that, he's Eugene Root, the troubled son of a dickhead sheriff who botched a suicide attempt with a shotgun leaving him with the aforementioned face like an arse. Here's the official casting breakdown (via Deadline):
"Even with his horribly disfigured face and severe speech impediment, Eugene’s still the nicest kid you’ll ever meet and really looks up to Jesse. Stomach-churningly difficult to look at, Eugene’s the town’s reviled Frankenstein’s monster, but that won’t change his earnest, sweet and pure outlook on life. However, he is troubled by something terrible he’s done in the past — something he fears might have turned God himself against him."
Folks, if you were wondering whether or not the PreacherTV series would be willing to push the envelope the way the comic did, I'd just like to state one more time for the record: Arseface is in the first episode.
We'll keep updating this as new castmembers are announced!
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Ruth Negga is Tulip O'Hare, Jesse Custer's girlfriend, who can kick serious ass and who is a menace with a handgun when needed. In fact, what I just wrote clearly doesn't do her justice. This appears to be from the official breakdown, which describes Tulip as:
"a volatile, action-packed, sexified force of nature, a capable, unrepentant criminal with a love of fashion and ability to construct helicopter-downing bazookas out of coffee cans and corn shine who’s not afraid to steal, kill or corn cob-stab her way out of a bad situation."
Yes, that sounds about right. Comic fans certainly know Ms. Negga from her role on Agents of SHIELD, although Preacher will certainly be less "safe" than that show. It's interesting that they've (at least officially) found Tulip before Jesse Custer, but make no mistake, Tulip is far, far more than just "the hero's girlfriend" in this story.
Now we just have to find out if that Dominic Cooper as Jesse Custer thing is actually happening...
Source: Deadline
