PREACHER Casts MISFITS Actor Joseph Gilgun As 'Cassidy'

PREACHER Casts MISFITS Actor Joseph Gilgun As 'Cassidy'

"Yer Ma's a hooer!" In an inspired bit of casting, This Is England's Joe Gilgun has joined AMC's small screen take on Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's controversial Preacher comic as hard drinking Irish vampire, Proinsias Cassidy. More past the jump...

By MarkCassidy - Mar 24, 2015 01:03 PM EST
Filed Under: Preacher
Source: Deadline


AMC's Preacher pilot has cast another lead role. Deadline report that British actor Joseph Gilgun (Misfits, This Is England) will join Ian Colletti (Arseface) and Ruth Negga (Tulip) as century old vampire, Cassidy. In the comics Cassidy hooks up with Jesse as he attempts to hunt down God, and quickly becomes his best pal... though he hides a few dark secrets.

The TV incarnation of the character is described as "the most wild-ass, bestest “bro” you’d ever want to meet. He may be 100 years dead but no one’s more boisterously alive than Proinsias Cassidy. An incorrigible mischief-maker, Cassidy’s up for anything — joyriding, bungee-jumping, bank robbing, peyote dropping. He’s also a relentless conversationalist with opinions on everything from religion to politics to pop culture to theories on why people are better able to tolerate the odor of their own flatulence."

Sounds about right. Gilgun will probably be best known to CBMers for playing Rudy in the final couple of seasons of E4's Misfits, and he will next appear alongside Vin Diesel in The Last Witch Hunter. It'll be interesting to see if he alters his strong Lancashire accent and goes Irish, or if this take on Cassidy won't be from the Emerald Isle at all? The only other major protagonist left to cast is the Preacher himself, Jesse Custer.
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BritishMonkey
BritishMonkey - 3/24/2015, 1:13 PM
I expect to see that one gif in the comments somewhere...
You know the one I mean.
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 3/24/2015, 1:13 PM
Cool, he was good in Lockout.
Ofniee
Ofniee - 3/24/2015, 1:18 PM
RUDY!!

SeanMPC
SeanMPC - 3/24/2015, 1:18 PM
Uuuggghhhh I am so conflicted, like Joe Gilgun is brilliant for the role, but CASSIDY NEEDS TO BE IRISH. PROPER IRISH.

Not some actor from anywhere else doing a shite "diddly dee potatoes" accent.

I'll wait and see....really hope Gilgun can do a convincing Irish accent. If he can pull it off, it'd be perfect.
Growler
Growler - 3/24/2015, 1:27 PM
Inspired casting.
Can't wait to see him nail the role.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 3/24/2015, 1:27 PM
I would have preferred an Irish actor, but at the end of the day all that matters is they cast someone right for the role and they most definitely did that..so we'll see.
YeezusWept
YeezusWept - 3/24/2015, 1:33 PM
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 3/24/2015, 1:33 PM
They should have cast Colin Farrel.

He's the best Irish actor I know of.

He's the only Irish actor I know of.
Luther
Luther - 3/24/2015, 1:35 PM
DEFINITELY works!! Also, hopefully this catapults Gilgun for more major film roles. He's fitting for A LOT of characters. They guy was awesome in the This is England series, can't wait to catch up with '90. Hope it's as good as the last bunch.
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 3/24/2015, 1:41 PM
Gus, I believe that was also Colin Farrel. He's very versatile.
McGee
McGee - 3/24/2015, 1:46 PM
krayzeman
krayzeman - 3/24/2015, 1:46 PM
Great choice! I loved Misfits!
YeezusWept
YeezusWept - 3/24/2015, 1:49 PM
@TheAmbassador

Yup, that's him in Misfits.
SuperSomething616
SuperSomething616 - 3/24/2015, 2:01 PM
Spot on that...
McGee
McGee - 3/24/2015, 2:05 PM
CherryBomb
CherryBomb - 3/24/2015, 2:10 PM
Awesome, loved him in Misfits! Fantastic show.
More of the cast need to get some attention too!
CherryBomb
CherryBomb - 3/24/2015, 2:11 PM
MericawithanM
MericawithanM - 3/24/2015, 2:13 PM
best thread of the day haha.

and Gus,

leprechaun's name is warwick davis.
Humperdink
Humperdink - 3/24/2015, 2:19 PM
Perfect.
theknight618
theknight618 - 3/24/2015, 2:30 PM
I'm surprised no one has mentioned that Ruth Negga also had a pretty significant role in Misfits. Cool to see those actors moving on and up!
blazebyrne
blazebyrne - 3/24/2015, 2:30 PM
Typical bullshit. Casting an Irish mixed race girl for Tulip and now an English man as Cassidy. If the accent is wrong I riot.
Ofniee
Ofniee - 3/24/2015, 2:38 PM
@blazebyrne

CombatWombat
CombatWombat - 3/24/2015, 2:44 PM
Hey, he's that dude from that gif.
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