Is AGENT CARTER's Dominic Cooper Front-Runner To Play 'Jesse Custer' In PREACHER?

Is AGENT CARTER's Dominic Cooper Front-Runner To Play 'Jesse Custer' In PREACHER?

Apparently no offer has officially been made, but word is that AMC wants Dominic Cooper (Captain America: The First Avengers, Agent Carter) to lead their small-screen adaptation of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's Preacher as the Reverend Jesse Custer.

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By MarkCassidy - Mar 12, 2015 04:03 PM EST
Filed Under: Preacher
Source: The Tracking Board

We'll have to treat this one as a rumor until we get something more solid, but according to The Tracking Board, Dominic Cooper is the man AMC want for their Preacher pilot, which is currently being developed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. They specify that no offers have been made yet, but that the Agent Carter actor is wanted for the lead role of Jesse Custer -- a small-town preacher possessed by an all-powerful entity known as Genesis. The only other tidbit of casting information we've had about this show so far, is that they're apparently looking for an African American actress to play Jesse's gun-toting girlfriend Tulip.

If this is on the level, do you think Cooper is a good fit for the role? Preacher will be produced by Goldberg and Rogen through their Point Grey banner, along with Neal Moritz’s Original Film. The pilot was written by Sam Catlin (Breaking Bad) and has Rogen and Goldberg attached to direct.
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DeusExSponge
DeusExSponge - 3/12/2015, 4:58 PM
Interesting, would love to see him as a main character.
KilledHal9000
KilledHal9000 - 3/12/2015, 4:59 PM
Crazy I thought Rogen & Goldberg wrote it and were producing.
jerryblake
jerryblake - 3/12/2015, 5:02 PM
i can't see him as Jesse. Sorry.
jerryblake
jerryblake - 3/12/2015, 5:04 PM
neverless he will do surely do a fine job. He was great in "The Devil's Double".
I wonder who they gonna cast as John Wayne.
jerryblake
jerryblake - 3/12/2015, 5:09 PM
@Jollem

no, i got my eyes wide open. Any ideas about John Wayne casting ?
Baka
Baka - 3/12/2015, 5:13 PM
Cant believe him and matt smith were almost Will in Inbetweeners
KnobGoblin
KnobGoblin - 3/12/2015, 5:13 PM
I like Cooper, but not for this role. Should be someone more rugged and weary.
jerryblake
jerryblake - 3/12/2015, 5:15 PM
i think James Franco got that Jesse look. Shame that he has tendency to [frick]ing up almost every roles he is given. He's too much of a risk.
jerryblake
jerryblake - 3/12/2015, 5:17 PM
@Jollem

yea. really good idea. Cast Val, AMC.
jerryblake
jerryblake - 3/12/2015, 5:20 PM
also i bet Andy Serkis could really own this as John Wayne.

Toby Kebbell as Jessie ?
jerryblake
jerryblake - 3/12/2015, 5:21 PM
DeusExSponge
DeusExSponge - 3/12/2015, 5:23 PM
I think Walton Goggins would be a good choice for Jesse.
SpideyQuad
SpideyQuad - 3/12/2015, 5:36 PM
They are called "actors" for a reason. At least if there any good at their trade, they can be anything the producer or director wants. So if it's rugged in weary I'm sure Dominic can handle it. Just saying…
MrCBM56
MrCBM56 - 3/12/2015, 5:36 PM
Timothy Olyphant.
SpideyQuad
SpideyQuad - 3/12/2015, 5:37 PM
In the spirit of the other comment earlier. Walter is to bald
jerryblake
jerryblake - 3/12/2015, 5:38 PM
Goggins is 43, Kebbell is 32, Cooper - 36, Franco - 36
jerryblake
jerryblake - 3/12/2015, 5:39 PM
Olyphant is the oldest one - 46
GhostDog
GhostDog - 3/12/2015, 5:40 PM
He'd be solid but please...TOBY KEBBEL WOULD BE AMAZING. Goggins would be cool too but that seem like typecasting territory
jerryblake
jerryblake - 3/12/2015, 5:41 PM
i think they are looking for someone who is 30 - 35 years old.
jerryblake
jerryblake - 3/12/2015, 5:44 PM
Marsden was once linked to the role.
Zordan
Zordan - 3/12/2015, 5:44 PM
is this first marve/dc crossover acting in the same time?
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 3/12/2015, 5:48 PM
All great actors, all too old. They'll be casting 25 - 35.
jerryblake
jerryblake - 3/12/2015, 5:49 PM
@Ror

change your avatar because i can't take you seriously now.
ForcedAccount
ForcedAccount - 3/12/2015, 5:59 PM
I can dig it.
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