Kenny Powers realizes ‘he might be an ass man,’ Danny McBride says of his character’s ‘moral dilemma.’ By Kara Warner Ana de la Reguera in “Eastbound & Down” Photo: HBO LOS ANGELES — Well, “Eastbound & Down” fans, your wait is almost over. HBO’s outrageous, irreverent comedy is back for a second season beginning Sunday, complete with Marilyn Manson’s obsession and cameo bid . Kenny Powers has fled North Carolina for the comforts of a small town in Mexico, where he’s joined by familiar faces and new ones. MTV News hit up the show’s Mexican fiesta-themed premiere recently to find out what this new season is all about. “He’s got a new haircut, as we can see,” creator/writer/director Jody Hill said of Kenny Powers’ cornrows. “He’s in Mexico. There’s a whole new group of characters, so all the people you knew in the first season, we’ve kind of wiped the slate clean and started fresh.” “I play his neighbor,” “Eastbound & Down” newbie Efren Ramirez said. “And in the second season, I play the straight guy wrapped around all these character actors, and that’s a good thing, because I’m always playing all the character roles,” he explained (i.e. Pedro of “Napoleon Dynamite” fame) and this is finally something completely and totally different.” Actor Michael Pe
