AMC's Preacher: Everything You Need To Know

6. The Main Characters

Preacher Jesse Custer Arseface Cassidy Tulip
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The protagonist of the series is Jesse Custer, the small-town preacher who begins a journey to find God, and he's joined in the main trio of characters by Tulip O'Hare, his gun-toting ex-girlfriend, and Cassidy, an Irish vampire, alcoholic, and best friend of Custer.

Custer will be played by Dominic Cooper, who's known for his role as Howard Stark in the MCU, after breaking through in The History Boys. Cooper's certainly done some good work as Stark, notably on TV in Agent Carter, and he's probably ready to really make the step-up into a true leading man, and it'll be interesting to see just how he handles the character.

Ruth Negga will play Tulip, and that seems like a good fit based on the good work she did previously on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and she'll get to cut loose and kick a lot more a*s here. Perhaps most excitingly the always-fun Joe Gilgun (Misfits, This Is England) will be Cassidy, and looks to be having a great time in the role based on the trailers and the way he talks about it - don't be surprised if he's the breakout star of this.

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