Dominic Cooper Officially Cast As Jesse Custer In Preacher

Seth Rogan has made it official: Dominic Cooper will play Jesse Custer in AMC’s Preacher television series.

Cooper, who played young Howard Stark in Marvel’s Captain America: The First Avenger movie and Agent Carter TV series, has been rumored to be in negotiations for the role for weeks. Rogan tweeted the news today, saying Cooper “is gonna save our souls,” as seen below.

AMC’s Preacher is based on the Vertigo Comics series by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon. After Custer, a small town preacher, becomes possessed by a heavenly creature with power to rival God’s, he sets out to find the Almight and hold him responsible for everything He has and hasn’t done.

The series will co-star Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.‘s Ruth Negga as Custer’s fiery girlfriend, Tulip, and Misfit’s Joseph Gilgun as Custer’s Irish-vampire best friend, Cassidy.

The series is being created and produced by Rogan and Evan Goldberg.