Antony Starr admits that Homelander is actually the weakest person on The Boys, and not the strongest as most viewers think.
Antony Starr plays Homelander on Prime Video’s The Boys, and with season 3 about to release, he admits that his character is actually the weakest member of The Seven, and perhaps even the weakest on the entire show. During an interview, Starr says that everyone on this show wears mask, and is covering something up or hiding something. Homelander is no different.
“Homelander is basically the weakest character in the show. So he’s constantly covering that up and covering up the fact that he’s actually incredibly vulnerable, and ultimately weak, even though he’s the physically strongest person on the show.” Starr admits. He continues on to say that it is a lot of fun to portray him, and to keep this vulnerability just under the surface in his performance.
The Boys is unafraid to push the envelope, and to take things to new levels. They don’t shy away from reality, and the dark side of things, particularly politics. Starr says that is the good thing about this show. Homelander has a lot of added layers, and it is the best of both worlds for him to get to portray him on the screen.
Considering how much of the real world The Boys adds into the stories, viewers could easily become desensitized to these types of characters. They might seem over the top, but they are also quite relatable to the world we are living in. This is where the weakness comes into play, almost making audiences feel bad for Homelander, despite his horrible actions at times.
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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.
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