Warning: contains spoilers forPreacherseason 2.
As the shows titular character Jesse Custer, Dominic Cooper has been at the heart of it all.
So, youve really been throwing yourself into action sequences of late.
Your upcoming film,Strattonreleases soon, which casts you in a Bond/Bourne throw in of role.
Im looking forward to that.
I hope you enjoy it.
Yeah, hes cool.
In this area TV is having to raise the bar somewhat.
It is having to.
Theres a great fight scene in the New Orleans mansion in episode four.
That was all done in one single tracking shot.
He is certainly pretty handy with his fists.
Both the comic version of the character and your incarnation share this seemingneedfor violence.
In season two ofPreacherwere seeing Jesse choosing to use violence when its far from a final resort.
Yeah, thats so true.
Ive just seen episode four where he beats the crap out of Reggie, his friend in the flashbacks.
He does seem somewhat self-involved.
Youre much more alone.
Totally, and it makes him kind of unbearable.
And it leads to the most kind of narcissism.
Is that what hes developing?
You do sometimes start to wonder why are those other two sticking around?
(Laughs) But they do, because they all need each other so much.
I think its very revealing though and a great point.
At some point he also makes a reference to not liking swamps.
Something extraordinarily dramatic happens at the end, that you wont believe could ever possibly happen.
Im looking forward to nothing more than seeing that family who used to place him in that coffin.
Will seeing further into his past help to humanise Jesse perhaps, given his direction this season?
I think so, and that will be a really good thing.
Were seeing a similar talent migration in the film industry at the moment.
The British comic book industry never really recovered from that talent drain.
What could be done?
Its a very difficult one because the moneys a problem here.
A lot of our writers are there at the moment.
I have no idea, we have great studios here.
Our facilities are amazing.
Yeah, it all starts with the writing, doesnt it?
Like the French model?
Like the French model.
Do the French model.
Like Canal Plus where channels have to put revenue back into homegrown film.
And theyre making some brilliant films.
I dont think theyve ever had a problem doing that.
Its a completely new world.
Its why foreign filmmakers who makes films about London often have a really interesting take on it.
I think they can be satirical.
He of course producedBreaking Bad,which was also very observant of certain aspects of American culture.
You cant help but feel sorry for the people there whose environment has just turned into chaos and carnage.
Whats your favourite easter egg so far inPreacher?
Im a bit shit at realising them!
(laughs) Someone always has to point them out to me.
That one did use the same place though, that ones really cool.
Same van as well.
So as Jesse Custer and Walter White technically exist in the same universe, whod win in a throwdown?
Jesse would win, wouldnt he?
Hes got super powers!
Do you think he uses his powers a little too liberally?
Yes, I think its another really bad aspect of his character.
Its bad and it becomes even worse.
Have you noticed yet, that by selling part of his soul, it stops?
Can we talk about the hair in those flashback sequences?
That mullet was the look Jesse sported in the comic books.
Did you ever talk about doing the hair all of the way through the show?
I wanted that hair all the way through.
Thank fuck I didnt!
(Laughs) I wouldnt wear that piece.
I mean, you cant really be a man and have that hair now, could you?
(Diplomatically) I think the updated look works.
I did want to.
Are we going to see the white jeans at any point do you reckon?
Yeah, Im really trying to get them in.
Im going to get them in next season, if there is one.
It seems to me that three-headed dragons would have been cooler.
What would you stick on the Custer coat of arms?
Barrels are pretty depressing, arent they?
What would Jesse Custer have on his coat of arms?
Itd be that skull wouldnt it?
That awful LAngelle skull.
So what should we stick on the Cooper coat of arms then, if barrels arent up to scratch?
Did you know that Fassbender is the German equivalent of a Cooper?
A Fassbender is a barrel maker.
Have I just made that up?
I dont know what would be on our coat of arms, what do you think Cooper?
Erm… dont know?
It rhymes with super.
It rhymes with pooper-scooper.
Did you used to get called pooper-scooper?
That used to be a big one.
My friends used to sing it to the sound ofSuper Trooperby Abba.
(Laughs)
(sings) Pooper-Scooper, life like a…
Like a lump of poo.
(Laughs)
Which seems like a great place to finish.
Thank you Dominic Cooper!
Preacher Series 2 is available on Amazon Prime Video now.
