Hallelujah,Danny McBrideis back on HBO!
The star and co-creator ofEastbound & DownandVice Principalsis going from the baseball field and classroom to church.
It made me curious about what church is like now, because its been a while since Ive been.
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And that to me is what this megachurch world is.
I read that the original idea had the Gemstones as the antagonist.
And if so, what made you switch directions?Yeah, that was the original idea.
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On those other shows, we rarely would follow any other characters besides my character.
We sent it to him and I ended up on a phone call with him like the next day.
Listening to his voice, it was just surreal.
I mentioned Adam, you, him, and Edi Patterson have such great chemistry as the Gemstone siblings.
He got that it was important that we all have good chemistry.
We need to talk about Walton Goggins, who plays your uncle, Baby Billy.
Did you just really want to include him here?
Or did you have the character first?
He was just worried whether hed be able to pull it off.
It was amazing to watch him transform into this 67-year-old man.
Youve now pulled off a third HBO comedy series in basically the same amount of time thatGame of Thronesran.
The Righteous Gemstonespremieres Sunday at 10 p.m.
