STACK #187 May 2020

TV FEATURE

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PREACHER DOWN UNDER

STACK paid a visit to the Melbourne Docklands Studios’ set of the fourth and final season of the wickedly irreverent and gloriously grotesque cult series, Preacher . Words Scott Hocking W ill Jesse Custer finally find God and the answers he seeks? And what’s next for the preacher if he does? about the death of his father and where his family is and if they are safe. He wants answers and is prepared to go to any lengths to get those answers, and you really see him go through some need to be tied up. It’s a real adventure this one, and because this is the last, everything is pushed to the extreme. Fans will find this season even more peculiar.” Peculiar is certainly a word that defines

These are just some of the questions STACK hopes to have answered when we catch up with star Dominic Cooper during a break in filming on the Melbourne set of Preacher , which is shooting under the production title KLAUS – a nod to the series’ prime villain, Herr Klaus Starr (Pip Torrens). “Jesse goes through everything a human could possibly go through, I think, in a short period of time,” offers Cooper. “He’s extraordinarily determined to get the answers that both himself and other people deserve. He wants answers from this unknown quantity that is God; he wants to know why this so-called God is capable of doing the things that he does. “In a more selfish way he wants to know

the show – an adaptation of the comic books by Garth Ennis and artist Steve Dillon, from showrunners Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. In fact, Preacher is a series that virtually defies categorisation, so we ask Australian actor Lachy Hulme – who joins the cast in season four – to give it his best shot. “I tried to explain it to some family members,” he laughs. “‘Well, it’s about a guy who’s a preacher, obviously, who’s looking for God to prove his existence. And God does exist but he’s a bit of an a–hole, and then Hitler takes over from Satan to run Hell, but it’s all happening on Earth. There’s a vampire as well, and a bit of a love

It's a real adventure this one, and because this is the last, everything is pushed to the extreme

suffering, trauma and risk. He’s prepared to lose those closest to him to get those answers. “The story itself goes off in so many tangents and it has to, because we now have so many characters that we’re following and whose stories

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