PREACHER Casts RAKE Actor Ian Colletti As 'Arseface'

PREACHER Casts RAKE Actor Ian Colletti As 'Arseface'

Yesterday we found out that Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Ruth Negga would be playing Tulip in AMC's Preacher adaptation, and now they've added 18-year old Ian Colletti as poor, unfortunate, hilarious Arseface. Click on for more...

By MarkCassidy - Mar 19, 2015 05:03 PM EST
Filed Under: Preacher
Source: Deadline

Another cast member has been added to AMC's small screen take on Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's insanely brilliant comic series, Preacher. Taking on the role of "Arseface" (aka Eugene Root) will be young Ian Colletti, who played the title role in the 2013 film Jimmy, and was a regular on Fox's Rake last year. This is a unique character to say the least, and his depiction on screen will almost certainly be met with some controversy. He's nicknamed Arseface because after a failed suicide attempt... well, his face resembles an arse! Here's how Deadline describe his Tv incarnation: "Even with his horribly disfigured face and severe speech impediment, Eugene's still the nicest kid you'll ever meet who 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 may have turned God himself against him."
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MrCBM56
MrCBM56 - 3/19/2015, 5:35 PM
So they couldn't have picked someone who look like an ass? I'm so done, whatever.
SoFresh
SoFresh - 3/19/2015, 5:38 PM
"You're the top pick for Arseface"

Only time I wouldn't wanna hear news from a casting agent.
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 3/19/2015, 5:38 PM
I've never read "Preacher" is it good? I'm really thinking about checking it out now
JamesMann
JamesMann - 3/19/2015, 5:40 PM
Well this will be an interesting addition to his filmography.
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 3/19/2015, 5:40 PM
This show is going to be amazing. Lol
Mercwitham0uth
Mercwitham0uth - 3/19/2015, 5:41 PM
@DrKinsolving

It's one of the best written comics ever.
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 3/19/2015, 5:43 PM
@Jollem

Cool, thanks, will do, I'll definitely pick it up
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 3/19/2015, 5:43 PM
@Mercwitham0uth

Nice, thanks man
CombatWombat
CombatWombat - 3/19/2015, 5:48 PM
@McGee, they cast you in a TV show!
Meteor
Meteor - 3/19/2015, 5:50 PM
Haha, I'm wondering how they sell this role ^^ Can't wait to see the show nevertheless
MrMartyMarvel
MrMartyMarvel - 3/19/2015, 5:51 PM
That'a what they used to call Gusto way back when.
Gulon180
Gulon180 - 3/19/2015, 5:56 PM
wow really shitty pic for tulip, on amc too this has the makings for a crap adaptation, seriously though taking the preacher material and watering it down to fit basic cable is a [frick]ING SHAME!
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 3/19/2015, 5:59 PM
@Jollem

Nice, can't wait to read it, I'm kind of getting a "From Dusk Till Dawn" vibe from it, at least from the visuals

Gulon180
Gulon180 - 3/19/2015, 6:04 PM
@drkinsolving one or the other man, the show is not going to be the comic by a long shot.
WhiteSAMURAI
WhiteSAMURAI - 3/19/2015, 6:08 PM
Thuhh pruhhy cuhh. Uhhm gluhh thuhh funulluhh cuhhhuh thuh
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 3/19/2015, 6:10 PM
AMC can get as violent as [frick]ed up as they like, the only thing they'll have to tone down is the F-bombs which might take away from some of the humor I guess, but I'm optimistic.

And Tulip is good casting imo. Ruth Negga is a great actress, and I'm not just basing that on her fairly minor role in SHIELD. Check out an Irish tv series called Love/Hate, as well as a movie called Breakfast On Pluto.
campblood
campblood - 3/19/2015, 6:21 PM
I wonder who will play the saint of killers
Gulon180
Gulon180 - 3/19/2015, 6:23 PM
@ror, the extreme sex will be absent along with the fbombs, and amc violence , hehe , my mom hits harder then that. Negga is a "good" casting but as there are so many other better choice , "Katee Sackhoff", she is a shitty choice not because of her acting ablity, Breakfast on Pluto? love/hate? Ddoesnt scream badass female persona.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 3/19/2015, 6:35 PM
Gulon, have you seen the Walking Dead? I don't think TV gets more gruesomely violent than that.

Plus, these people can play characters that don't necessarily have much or anything in common with their own personalties... it's called acting!
Gulon180
Gulon180 - 3/19/2015, 6:50 PM
ror, have to disagree, hbo is more suitable for preacher, the walking dead, how much of that gruesome violence is directed toward already dead zombies vs still breathing human in that Show, makes a big difference when it comes to the censors. And you're missing my point entirely on the casting issue.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 3/19/2015, 7:07 PM
Actually, lots. People are torn open and eaten all the time..they're guts spilling out for zombie din dins. Did you see the last ep?

Don't think I'm missing your point...you're saying this girl doesn't come across like a badass and I'm saying she doesn't have to -- she's a good actress, that's what they do.
Gulon180
Gulon180 - 3/19/2015, 7:19 PM
guts maybe doubt we'll see a demon and angel [frick]ing or a man [frick]ing a fish, or a gorilla beat'n to death with a baseball bat, or GOD having his brains blown out.

there are better female actors (not many), proven in the action genre that would ACT better in the role
sameoldthing
sameoldthing - 3/19/2015, 7:23 PM
This guy will neverget
Gulon180
Gulon180 - 3/19/2015, 7:25 PM
if you truly believe that an AMC made SETH ROGEN/GREEN HORNET lead PREACHER adaptation will TOTALLY RULE BRA, sha... to this I say AAAAAAAMERICAAAAA [frick] YEAH!!!!
PapaEmeritus
PapaEmeritus - 3/19/2015, 7:30 PM
Yep, that's a real dude.
BloodyHell
BloodyHell - 3/20/2015, 4:34 AM
Just FYI- You pronounce the Ne in Negga as you would in Nebraska and Not the N-word you hear in rap music.
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