Danny McBride about how Bradley Cooper signed for ‘Justeous Gemstones’ Season 4 (exclusive)

Bradley Cooper may have needed just a little nudge to log in to show up in the fourth and last season of The righteous gems.

Danny McBride -who created the HBO comedy series and plays the oldest Gemstone Sibling Jesse -opened exclusively to People about Casting Cooper, 50, during the Season 4 premiere in Los Angeles on March 5.

“Do you know what? I can imagine that I would have had to convince him, says 48-year-old McBride, who participated in the premiere with wife Gia Ruizby Cooper’s appearance in section one. “I sent him the script and he called me back pretty quickly. He liked what was presented. “

“What was interesting is (Cooper) actually never seen The gemstones Earlier, but he didn’t want to look at it until we were ready, ”McBride adds. “He didn’t want it to affect him, which I appreciate. I thought it was a good way to approach this. ”

McBride and Cooper have previously worked together, along with the 2015 movie Aloha, Like also stars Emma StenThe Rachel McAdamsThe Bill Murray and John Krasinski.

The righteous gems, Like also stars Adam becomes and John GoodmanFollows a family of televangelists who find wealth in running a known megachurch and trying to protect their religious empire.

McBride acknowledged it The righteous gems Have taught viewers to “expect the unexpected” and that the first episode of the last season shows a certain level of unexpected intensity.

“It was part of it when we went over the past season – I wanted to run ourselves so as not to fall into the formula and routine,” he says. “There was something interesting about starting this season with something that goes so far back in time and shows you a glimpse of maybe how it all started.”

As The righteous gems The end looks back on writing the show, which premiered in 2019 and will end in May.

“When you work with a group that is as talented as this one and these characters as these actors have brought life, they have much more dimension than I could ever have imagined to sit in my room myself,” explains McBride. “Part of the trick to write this is to control it in the direction you imagine, but then also look around you and use everything else that everyone has taken to this.”

He adds that the role surprised him with “humanity” that they brought to “these types of contemptible characters.”

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“What I will miss the most is honest just to see all these faces every day,” McBride says about their role. “This was a beautiful job. It was a lot of fun. I had an explosion to do it, and I really got some amazing friends on this thing. ”

“I mean, some of these people we work with are just so kind and so talented and so fun that, yes, I will miss the church’s lunch,” he continues. “Those days were always very fun, but I’ll make sure I stay with some of these cats again. Absolutely.”

Season 4 off The righteous gems Premiere at HBO on March 9.