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Variety’s Showrunners Sitdown: ‘The Boys’ Boss Eric Kripke on Writing to the Actors’ Strengths and Not Wanting to ‘Make Edgelord Material for Incels’
In an interview, Eric Kripke—'The Boys' showrunner—talks about the show's politics, Homelander v. Butcher, fighting trolls, creating new supes, and more.
Kripke hedged on the question when asked about it for this interview, which took place a few weeks before his announcement; but he did state clearly that he doesn’t want “The Boys” ever to be “turning into the thing that we’re parodying” — that is, an endless stream of superhero content that has flooded pop culture for years. We discussed the evolution of A-Train (Jessie T. Usher), the creation of the new Seven members Sage (Susan Heyward) and Firecracker (Valorie Curry) — and the tragic death of “Gen V” star Chance Perdomo, who died in a motorcycle accident in March. Jack Quaid (Hughie Campbell), Karl Urban (Billy Butcher), Tomer Capone (Frenchie), Karen Fukuhara (Kimiko), Laz Alonso (Mother’s Milk) Amazon Studios
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