The Righteous Gemstones season 4 shockingly starred Bradley Cooper as Elijah Gemstone, Eli's Civil War ancestor who was a con man turned chaplain.

The story includes mild spoilers from the Season 4 premiere of HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones. The Righteous Gemstones fans tuning in for the Season 4 premiere may be doing a double take or checking ...

In the next episode coming up, "rivals invade Gemstone land," and "Jesse plans retaliation while Kelvin gets recognized." How ...

SPOILER ALERT: The story includes mild spoilers from the Season 4 premiere of HBO‘s ... with a surprise leading man, Bradley Cooper, playing a Gemstone ancestor. He carries the entire episode ...

"I never thought we’d get a guy of his stature to wear a period piece wool costume in 90 degree weather for 10 days straight," McBride says of casting his surprise Civil War-set final season opener.

Prelude, plays like a Civil War movie. Graphic, violent, touching, and a tiny bit sadistic. Bradley Cooper plays a Gemstone ...

Danny McBride on collaborating with his 'Aloha' costar for th ambitious Civil War-themed prologue that opens the show's ...

An even bigger surprise was who McBride and the rest of the creative team were able to tap to play Elijah Gemstone – none other than Bradley Cooper ... by starting the season with a prequel ...

I sent him the script and he called me back pretty quickly,” McBride tells PEOPLE before explaining what happened next ...

That wasn’t The Righteous Gemstones ... thrilling addition to the final season premiere. That said, the last thing I expected was Bradley Cooper’s Elijah Gemstone to take him out before ...

SPOILER ALERT: The story includes mild spoilers from the Season 4 premiere of HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones. More from Deadline 'The White ... a Civil War movie — graphic violence included — with a ...