Actor Danny McBride is ready to set a record amid some of Hollywood's misunderstandings about the South. Born in Georgia, he attended the University of North Carolina School of Art in Winston-Salem, and eventually headed to Hollywood.

McBride's career was a writer, actor and producer, with a keen sense of the ridiculous aspects of masculinity and ambition. But he noticed that he often got some type of character - a type based on stereotypes.

"Every character I play is just a person with a name, like 'Tater' or 'Dips ***', and he never stood by," McBride said. "I was like, 'It's not me, I can't do it.' ...We have a lot of different types of people in the South, it's not just a kind of person."

McBride The gem of justiceIt's a dark comedy about a wealthy Southern TV broadcast family. Despite their talk about redemption on TV, the Gem Family is trapped in dysfunction, greed, scandal and crime. Much of the series was filmed in and around Charleston, South Carolina, with McBride sculpting his own version of the South Hollywood with his longtime collaborators David Gordon Green and Jody Hill.

“McBride talked about the series (McBride) just finished its fourth and final season. Sometimes we might make fun of these stereotypes or embrace them, which makes sense, and it is a love letter to where we grew up. …We're like, "If you're going to make fun of the South, then the way to do this is smarter than the way it works."

Although the show is centered in a family of TV sports, McBride said he doesn’t want organized religion to be the butt of jokes. As part of the study, he spoke with several pastors to learn the details of how the church works. Later, he heard from one of them.

"There was a minister talking to me and he was open...how things worked, I actually saw him in town a few months ago and he kind of looked up and whispered in my ear, 'No one knows I've seen it, but you nailed it," McBride said.

Highlights of the interview

About how to concept The gem of justice Come find him

I have an idea The king is dead That was the summer when Elvis died, and it would be a crime story about the Dixie Mafia and I was just playing with it, but I never really found the right angle. …

After I moved here from Los Angeles after I moved to Charleston, South Carolina in 2017, I just saw how many churches were around. It just reminds me of the fact that I went to church a lot when I was a kid. I grew up in a very religious family. It kind of made my brain think about the church now. So I started doing some digging and research. At that time, I thought of these mega-chapels and noticed how they started living in old box retail stores in the south, they just popped up everywhere. And, the more I dig it out, the more it looks, maybe the Dixie Mafia story could unfold in the telecom home. Maybe we can smash these two things together.

Mourning the loss of the matriarch on the gem

Many people do not have the experience of running a giant church, or can agree with this. So, to me, suddenly becoming like a family, a family that suffers losses because I think it's something people can identify with, and I think when you find out about those things that are relevant, if you can seriously hit those things, I think you can put those characters in any world and people will take the journey.

About John Goodman as the head of the family, Dr. Ellie Gem

I looked at him when I grew up. ...When someone suggested asking for help for him, Eli, it was just, like, 'Yes, right. Give me some rest. Just like John Goodman will work with us. Then we sent him the script and the next thing you know is, I'm on the phone with him and we're talking about it. I really can't believe it. It's like looking back, it's like, I don't know who will play this role. He laid the foundation for the whole world in a significant way that I think if you don't have someone with his gravity and ability, that will turn the whole show into a Rooney tune. He makes the business feel like it’s real, like you can see people like him who can build this empire. And I think if you do feel that, I think the show will feel a bit much less.

The final season of the package show

I was so concerned about finishing the show that I didn’t spend much time just to stop and think about it’s over. So when we get to the last day, you kind of feel like you are covering what we’re shooting, you start to realize, “Oh God, this might be the last time the character was on the camera.” It’s just starting to hit everyone. I think we packed it at three in the morning and there were no dry eyes in the house. Everyone is making noise, it's crazy. It's an emotional roller coaster. …

The next day, I returned to the stage. We went beyond an old Sears preached in the first season, but that's where all of our sets built. Eli's house was built there, the church's lunch scene, everything was in Sears. Therefore, there are years of props and costumes that just accumulate. I went there the next morning. This is exciting. Almost like someone is dead, and when you look around all these old things, there is a lot of thinking, designing things, and now it's like being packed and liquidated. I thought at the time, I don't need to go back here. I get it, I've seen it, I've done it, I'm fine.

exist Kanye West (Yes) Ask McBride if he will play him in the biopic

It took me a while to believe that it was Kanye West calling me. …It was a few years ago. He reached out and I think he was a fan of some of the work I did and said he wanted to come and meet me in Charleston, South Carolina about a project, he came here, we had a great day, hanging out on the boat and talking about life. He told me he was interested in doing a story about his life and wanted me to play him. It's just shocking, kind of like: "I'm flattered, but I don't understand it will work 100%, but let's talk about it."

I remember when we called, he said, it was all fearless, like we were willing to go there with things. He felt that was needed. …It’s very likable, and it’s a day I will never forget.

Ann Marie Baldonado and Anna Bauman conducted the interview on the radio and edited it. Bridget Bentz, Molly Seavy-Nesper and Ciera Crawford adapted it into the network.