Anyone who watches “The Righteous Gemstones”, or really any of Danny McBride’s work, knows to expect a penis or two. But have you ever wondered how those penises appear on screen? McBride opened up about the whole wild process during his most recent appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
It was Jimmy Kimmel who broached the subject of male genitalia as the fourth and final season of “Righteous Gemstones” includes a full frontal scene of Walton Goggins’ character, Uncle Baby Billy. An older man, Baby Billy is the self-involved and bombastic uncle of the three Gemstone children who always has a scheme up his bedazzled sleeves.
“Walton is a very dear friend of mine, so if he’s going to be in my show, I want him to show his penis. Why shouldn’t he?” McBride told Kimmel on Tuesday night. But the HBO show ran into a problem when it came to Baby Billy’s revealing scene: Because Goggins plays a character who’s much older than he is, they needed a penis that would match that of an “elderly man.”
“We ended up casting a penis double for Walton. It’s not really his penis,” McBride revealed. “But one thing we ran into on the show is, really, when you cast a penis double, you’re not allowed to see what the penis looks like.”
The series’ star and creator then speculated that the reason for that is no one wants to show their unmentionables if they’re not going to get a paycheck. But because of that, each of the many times the show has cast a penis, it’s been a “leap of faith.”
“We kind of never know what we’re going to get. And honestly, we’ve never used the same penis twice because we never really enjoy what we get,” McBride admitted. “It always is a quest to find the bigger and better penis.” That’s the magic of showbiz, baby. Watch the PG-13 conversation, above.
