Anthony Starr, who plays Homelander on The Boys, discusses the program’s unique approach to getting famous guest stars to appear in the series.
The following contains treats for Season 3 of The boysstreaming now on Amazon Prime Video.
The boys’ Anthony Starr explained how the show goes about getting its famous cameos.
In an interview with CinePOP, Starr – along with co-stars Jensen Ackles, Claudia Doumit and Nathan Mitchell – was asked who they would like to see in The boys‘fourth season. “The answer is almost infinite,” Starr said. “So many wonderful people out there. I’m going to channel [showrunner Eric Kripke] for a moment and say ‘Whoever answers the phone [executive producer] Seth Rogen. ‘ Because I think that’s literally how we get celebrities to do this shit. Seth calls his friends and says “Do you want to be on the show?” And luckily he knows cool enough people and he’s a good enough guy and he has good enough friendships that people like ‘Yeah, we’ll do it’. ‘
Season 3 of The boys continued the series’ trend of inviting celebrities to parody and tear up the entertainment industry, beginning with the premiere episode when Charlize Theron acted as Stormfront in the film-within-a-program. Dawn of the Seven. Some of the most notable appearances were in “Herogasm,” when the Deep led a chorus of stars who sang “Imagine” by John Lennon in a parody of Gal Gadot doing the same thing in March 2020. Kripke explained the thought process behind the sequence, saying “I like the Wonder Woman movies and I understand and respect that [Gadot] approached it with good intentions. But, and I think she admits it now too, but it was like really tone deaf and the idea that like everyone else is scared and literally locked away, but the kind of out-tuned song of a bunch of celebrities is that you should all be happy again . It ended up being a hit on the celebrity bubble. “
Rogen himself appeared in the episode “The Last Time to Look at This World of Lies” as a superpornographic patron and watched a live stream of Crimson Countess, played by Laurie Holden. “I think [the scene] was super funny. A lot of that scene was improvised, “Holden explained in an interview.” That’s the beauty of The boys – they support you and they are so friendly and cooperative that you can fly creatively. A lot of what I did there was just inspiration in the moment that was finally completely eradicated. ”
Amazon Studios has already renewed The boys for a fourth season and is currently developing The boys present: Varsity, a spin-off that will follow prospective heroes at Godolkin University School of Crimefighting, an academy for training the next generation of Vought-backed supes. Kripke confirmed that intrigue threads and characters from The boys will appear on Varsityand says: “There’s definitely crossroads, and we’re doing our best to design a universe that addresses some of the issues and storylines in Season 3 after the first season. Varsity. As there is a presidential campaign going on in the background of that season, and there are certain things happening at that school that are both in response to Season 3 of The boys. “
All three seasons of The boys is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video.
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