Antony Starr and Erin Moriarty are friends in real life, but their characters on The Boys, Homelander and Starlight, despise each other. They say it’s their bond that makes this so easy to portray.
Antony Starr and Erin Moriarty might play characters who hate each other on screen in The Boys, but they are great friends in real life. One might think this would make things difficult on set, but it is actually the opposite. Both Starr and Moriarty admit during an interview with Mama’s Geeky that it is their bond that allows them to comfortably go to that place when filming.
“It’s great because these two characters are basically the opposite ends of the polarities right? The good girl and the not too good boy. And every other character falls somewhere within these two on that spectrum.” Starr explains. Putting these two on a collision course creates some very intense moments and a lot of difficult emotional territory to navigate. This is where their friendship helps.
Antony Starr continues, “Any off screen friendship lends itself to an ease on the day, especially because we work so fast. We’re close. So we’ve got that shorthand, but it’s kind of the same with the whole group. Everyone gets on so well.” He explains that navigating the difficult scenes together, with the shorthand they have, and an understanding and respect of each other, is key. “It’s already built in.”
Starr says their knowledge of each other’s limits helps them learn what they will get offended about when it comes to improve and diving completely into a scene. “It just makes things a lot more fluid and a lot easier.”
Erin Moriarty agrees completely with Antony Starr when it comes to their friendship.
“Especially when we’re doing these very complicated scenes, because they’re always complicated when it’s a scene between the two of us. I’m in my comfort zone, because I’m working with [a friend]. As [Antony] said, we are good friends. And the more comfortable you are, the more you’re able to focus on the performance and tap into that and not be distracted by anything else.” – Erin Moriarty
Moriarty continues on, explaining that some might think that a close friendship would not translate into a good antagonistic relationship on screen, but it totally works. “We just have fun with it. We have a rapport and we know how to fuck with each other. So it’s great.”
Homelander and Starlight have some of their most intense scenes yet in The Boys season 3, so be sure to tune into the first two episodes on June 3rd, and weekly releases after that until the epic finale on July 8th.
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About The Boys Season 3
It’s been a year of calm. Homelander’s subdued. Butcher works for the government, supervised by Hughie of all people. But both men itch to turn this peace and quiet into blood and bone. So when The Boys learn of a mysterious Anti-Supe weapon, it sends them crashing into the Seven, starting a war, and chasing the legend of the first Superhero: Soldier Boy.
The Boys is a fun and irreverent take on what happens when superheroes—who are as popular as celebrities, as influential as politicians, and as revered as gods—abuse their superpowers rather than use them for good. Intent on stopping the corrupt superheroes, The Boys, a group of vigilantes, continue their heroic quest to expose the truth about The Seven and Vought—the multibillion-dollar conglomerate that manages the superheroes and covers up their dirty secrets. It’s the seemingly powerless against the super powerful.
Season Three of The Boys stars Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Dominique McElligott, Jessie T. Usher, Laz Alonso, Chace Crawford, Tomer Capone, Karen Fukuhara, Nathan Mitchell, Colby Minifie, Claudia Doumit, and Jensen Ackles.
The Boys Season 3 will premiere on Prime Video with the first three episodes on Friday, June 3, and new episodes available each Friday following, culminating in an epic season finale on July 8.
