"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. "And for no money.

This show has managed to survive — through COVID, through strikes — and we were able to still tell the story we wanted to tell and end it on our terms and wrap it up in a way

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

The HBO series, which follows the hijinks of a famous televangelist family, is wrapping up with its fourth season.

Note: This story contains spoilers "The Righteous Gemstones" Season 4, Episode 1. From its very first episode, "The Righteous Gemstones" has had no shortage of top-tier actors behaving ridiculously. After all,

I sent him the script and he called me back pretty quickly,” McBride tells PEOPLE before explaining what happened nextBradley Cooper may have needed just a little nudge to sign on to appear in the fourth and final season of The Righteous Gemstones.

Danny McBride's HBO comedy 'The Righteous Gemstones' goes out on a heavenly high, praise be to the cast, crew, and, in particular, Walton Goggins.

Not following the career of Danny McBride? If you’re a fan of comedy, you really should be. Over the past 20 years, particularly in his work with HBO, he’s become poet laureate of the American id. In Eastbound and Down (2005-2009),