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<i>Preacher<i> Red Carpet Premiere at SXSW 2016 – Dominic Cooper and Ruth Negga

Preacher at SXSW

I attended the red carpet premiere of AMC’s new series Preacher while at this year’s SXSW Festival where I spoke to Dominic Cooper and Ruth Negga about their new series.

Based on the DC Comic of the same name, Preacher is the tale of Jesse Custer (Cooper), a small town preacher who is inhabited by a mysterious entity that gives him supernatural powers. Negga plays Tulip O’Hare, Custer’s badass ex-girlfriend.

Seth Rogan

On the red carpet, executive producer Seth Rogan addressed fans’ concerns about him overseeing such a complex character given his comedy background. “I watch more dramatic movies and TV shows than I do comedic ones. It’s fun to finally get to participate in it. It just never felt organic. This was the first thing where we were like, I actually think we might be the most qualified people to do this at this moment… With Preacher, I think the version we want to do, we might be the best people to do it.” 

Preacher debuts Sunday, May 22 at 10:00 pm ET/PT immediately following the mid-season finale of Fear the Walking Dead. There will be multiple airings of Preacher’s series premiere throughout the Memorial Day weekend, and new episodes will resume Sunday, June 5 at the series’ regular time, 9:00 pm ET/PT.

Check out my interviews and the Preacher trailer below.

 


Photo and video © 2016 YEC.   Video © 2016 AMC

 

 

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Greg Staffa

I provide testosterone to the site. You won’t be reading about how nice a actress looks in a dress or how much of a hunk Matt Bomer is in my reviews. I describe colors using words like brown, not taupe. My twitter name is @staffaroadtrip because I love road trips and have done two different 48-state road trips since 2008. My favorite show is White Collar.