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Hindustan Times
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
The Boys' Antony Starr reveals knocking down fans glorifying Homelander: ‘This guy is not the hero of any story'
Kiwi actor Antony Starr has spent four seasons embodying one of television's most chillingly narcissistic villains, Homelander, in The Boys — a man so twisted he once engaged with a shapeshifter impersonating himself, only to murder them in a bizarre act of self-affirmation. During a roundtable conversation with Entertainment Weekly's Awardist series, the 49-year-old actor revealed that even after all this time, he still finds himself shocked by how much affection some fans express for the character played by him. "We had a bunch of guys that we all kind of knocked them down a little bit on social media to say, 'This guy is not the hero of any story,'" he said alongside actors and fellow Emmy contenders Aimee Lou Wood, Tramell Tillman, Bradley Whitford, Marisa Abela and Sharon Horgan. He also recounted how unsettling it is to see audiences glorify the character. "They were really glorifying him, they loved him. Which is surreal," he added. For Antony, the most unexpected part is the moral ambivalence some fans feel toward the character. "What I didn't expect was that people would be so conflicted around it and, you know, finding themselves finding empathy for this monster," he reflects. That nuance—and Antony's ability to balance terrifying volatility with moments of eerie vulnerability—has earned him a long-overdue Emmy nomination this year for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. It marks his first nod from the Television Academy, and recognition for a performance that's long been praised by critics and fans alike. Season 5 of The Boys, currently in production, will mark the end of the boundary-pushing series that first premiered in 2019 and quickly became a flagship title. While The Boys is approaching its conclusion, the universe it spawned will live on. The spinoff Gen V, set in a superhero college, is already gearing up for its second season. Additionally, Vought Rising, a prequel featuring Jensen Ackles' Soldier Boy and Aya Cash's Stormfront, was officially announced earlier this year.
Geek Tyrant
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
THE BOYS Season 5 Showrunner Eric Kripke Warns 'There Will Probably Be Lots of Deaths' — GeekTyrant
It's almost time to say goodbye to The Boys , and if recent comments from showrunner Eric Kripke are anything to go by, the final season is shaping up to be a brutal farewell. Spotted at the Prime Experience event, the first poster for Season 5 sets the tone with Homelander coldly confident, standing in front of the White House, glancing back at the camera like he knows exactly what's coming… and we won't like it. Season 4 ended in a dark place. Homelander escalated his power grab by moving to detain anti-Supe protestors in prison camps. Hughie, Frenchie, Kimiko, and MM were taken. Starlight remains on the run. And Butcher? Whatever scraps of his moral compass were left are hanging by a thread. Speaking with Deadline, Kripke teased fans with an ominous promise: 'There will probably be lots of deaths. There's no guarantee of who's gonna survive.' Nathan Mitchell, who plays Black Noir (or at least a version of him), didn't help soothe nerves either: 'There are some things that are coming in Season 5 that you're not going to have in your bingo card.' Even Antony Starr, who continues to deliver one of TV's most terrifying performances as Homelander, framed the final season as a climactic payoff: 'I look at the last two seasons … like an accordion. One piece of the accordion is going out and then this is the compression going back in. There was a lot of setup in Season 4 for Season 5. Everything is gunning towards that climactic end. So it's exciting at the moment because we're filming all that.' So what does this all mean? If you haven't read the comic, don't keep reading. Spoilers ahead! In the original Boys comics, nearly every major character ends up dead, including most of Butcher's team. Butcher himself becomes a full-on villain. Only Hughie and Starlight really make it out alive. But Kripke's version has always taken its own path, remixing and reimagining Garth Ennis' source material in unexpected ways. That said… the odds of both Butcher and Homelander surviving this? Slim to none. And if either of them do go out, we know it won't be quietly. What do you want to see in the final season? Who do you think makes it out alive?
Los Angeles Times
04-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Antony Starr
New Zealand-born actor Antony Starr, best known to American audiences as arch-villain Homelander from the Prime Video superhero parody 'The Boys,' says that although he's lived in Los Angeles for the better part of a decade, his busy shooting schedules have kept him far afield for long stretches. 'The Boys,' now in the middle of production on its fifth and final season, shoots in Toronto, and Starr's new film, 'G20' — which starts streaming on Prime Video April 10 — was shot on location in Cape Town, South Africa. 'So whatever time I have in L.A., I like to make the most of it,' he told The Times in a recent interview. 'Because it's my home now and I love it.' That's why he was enthusiastic to share what he cautioned in advance was a super-ambitious ideal Sunday itinerary. 'There are going to be some ground rules,' he said. 'This is a hypothetical, so there's going to be some time-jumping back and forth like a Marvel film, because I'm going to get it all in. [Also] there are no calories and there's no cholesterol, OK?' With these ground rules agreed to, Starr began to sketch out the following supes-worthy Sunday. This interview has been lightly edited and condensed for length and clarity. 6 a.m.: 'Waking Up' with the sunI love making coffee first thing in the morning [right] before the sun comes up. And I meditate every morning. It's an incredible way to start the day. I use an app called 'Waking Up' by Sam Harris. It's basically a library of different people taking you through guided meditations. It sounds incredibly pretentious, [but] it sets me up for the day. Then I let the dogs in[to the bedroom] and have about half an hour to just chill. 8:30 a.m.: Saddle up the Sprinter I have a 2005 Dodge Sprinter camper van, which I've had since just before COVID-19. It's been fitted out by VanCraft in San Diego, and they do a hell of a good job. It's completely self-sufficient. It's got a good hot shower in the back, it's got a little kitchen and it's got surfboard storage, which is good because I'm a surfer. I've got two super mutts, Maxine and her annoying little brother, Oliver, who is from Tijuana, Mexico. I just adopted Ollie last year from a place called Pups Without Borders in Van Nuys who do an incredible job [rescuing pets]. So we all load into the van and hit the road. 9 a.m.: Pop over to Uncle Paulie's for a ProsciuttoFirst I head to Uncle Paulie's on Third Street. There's a [sandwich there called the Prosciutto], which is just prosciutto, basil, mozzarella and a little bit of balsamic drizzle. So I get that [for later] — it's just the first of several food stops — and then I head to King's Road Cafe, where I'll probably get an Americano and a croissant. 10 a.m.: A side trip to Sidecar DoughnutsAfter that, we're going to head up north, but we have to stop at Sidecar Doughnuts in Santa Monica first. My favorite is the huckleberry [doughnut]. It's pink and got all these little bits and bobs on it, and it's absolutely delicious. So I get that and some more coffee. 11 a.m.: Catch some wavesThere's a place in Malibu where you're right on the border of Ventura [County] called County Line Beach. [For my ideal Sunday] there are just enough people in the water that the odds are that if a shark attacks, it might not be me. And I'll surf for maybe an hour and a half. If I don't go there, I'd go to [North Beach at] Leo Carrillo [State Park], which is a nice little spot because the surf breaks really well there and it's a dog[-friendly] beach as well. Everyone will be thrilled to know that the van is solar-power ventilated so the dogs are in wonderful shape and not locked in a stuffy car. The dogs love that beach. So we might spend an hour or two there. 1:30 p.m.: Reel in some fish and chips at Neptune's NetThey'd take a nap while I drive up to Neptune's Net. I'd definitely get something deep-fried with a side of chips — probably the fish and chips — and then maybe get back in the water for another 45 minutes [near there] before heading back to L.A. And, since it's a semi-road trip, I forgot to mention that there has to be music as well. I make a playlist that feels appropriate and character-based for every job that I do, and since the premiere of 'G20' is coming up, I found my playlist for that and now I'm obsessing over it again. It's got Filter's 'Hey Man Nice Shot' on it, some Danzig, Foo Fighters, a New Zealand band called Headless Chickens, Iggy Pop, Joy Division, Nine Inch Nails, Queens of the Stone Age, a little bit of Rammstein. It's quite hard and quite moody — a lot like my character in the movie. 4 p.m.: Catch a flick at IPICThere's a [movie theater] I've only been to a few times called IPIC Theaters [in Westwood]; it's got super-comfortable chairs and a dine-in option as well. I'm not that interested in the food part, but I will completely overload on popcorn — as many refills as I can get. It's my Kryptonite. But on this [ideal Sunday] it won't make me feel sick. The last movie I saw was probably 'Nosferatu' — though I'm not sure if I saw it there or somewhere else. I don't get to the movies as much as I'd like, and I thought this movie was good for all the reasons other people didn't like it. 6 p.m. Go full Princess and the PeaOnce I get out of there, it's probably nap time because basically, if I wasn't going out on this particular Sunday, I would have spent the whole day watching movies in bed. I went crazy recently and turned my bed into a full nest — I think it must be because I'm getting older — so I've got one of those memory-foam mattresses and recently found this blanket that's like a [cross between] a quilt and a big super-soft throw. [And] all of a sudden I've turned into the Princess and the Pea. If I don't wake up from that [nap and sleep through the night] it could, realistically be the end of the day. It's kind of a roll of the dice. [Otherwise] there are two options. 7 p.m.: More movies or motor to El CompadreOption A would be that I wake up, roll over, flick the TV on and put on a movie. My favorites are 'The Mission' and 'Goodfellas,' so it would probably be one of those two. [Option B would be] I drag my raggedy butt out of bed, call a couple of friends and head to a [restaurant] not too far away from me called El Compadre [in Hollywood]. It's simple, there's no pretense, there's no BS. I love their booths, it feels like it's been there [forever] and they have a live Mexican band. They've got a shrimp cocktail there that, when it comes out, it's like a meal in itself. It reminds me of the shrimp cocktail at this little chain back in New Zealand called Cobb & Co. that my parents used to take us to. 8:30 p.m: Circle back to that doughnutBecause I'm only 20% to 30% social animal, I'm done by 8:30 [p.m.]. An hour and a half is quite a long time for me to socialize. Then it's [home and] more dogs. They come in and are allowed up on the bed. There's a good chance that there's some kind of sugar at the end of the day. Probably some hot chocolate — I make my own because I don't like it too sweet. It's basically just cacao [powder], milk and a little bit of sweetener. And that's probably when that Sidecar doughnut [I've been carrying around all day] comes in. Then it would probably be lights out at about 10:30 p.m. — I might not even finish a movie — because I tend to get up pretty early in the morning.
