Spoilers for The Boys season 3 episode 1 follow. You have been warned.
Eric Kripke revealed how he reacted to The Boys Season 3 and Doctor Strange 2 containing the same wild appearance.
Speaking exclusively to ahead of the release of the final season of the hit Prime Video, The Boys showrunner explained how he “joined his hands with joy” after realizing that the latest Marvel movie cast the same actor to play a superhero in the series. Marvel Cinematic Universe. MCU).
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The first episode of The Boys season three kicks off with the red carpet premiere of Dawn of the Seven, a film developed by Vought International that parodies superhero movies like Zack Snyder’s Justice League and The Avengers. The parody superhero movie is based on the events of the season two finale, where several members of The Boys and The Seven teamed up to defeat the right-wing Super known as Stormfront.
As this is a Vought-produced film, however, the narrative has been rewritten so that audiences think it was the Seven who saved the day. That means putting Homelander front and center as he tries to persuade Stormfront to stop waging his war on the world – in the movie, that is – before the rest of the Seven show up to help him defeat it.
So who is the actor hired to play Stormfront in Dawn of the Seven? None other than Charlize Theron, who also recently made a shocking appearance as Clea – another Master of the Mystic Arts in the MCU – in Doctor Strange 2. check out our final explainer on the Marvel Phase 4 project.
Given the amount of information leaking out about Marvel Studios productions these days, it’s surprising that Theron’s cameo in The Boys’ third appearance didn’t suffer a similar fate. How did the show’s cast and crew, then, keep their appearance on The Boys a secret? And why was Kripke happy to see Theron in Doctor Strange 2, even if it meant Marvel beat Amazon by casting her in a superhero project?
“It’s a very careful and elaborate process of maintaining embargoes and NDAs,” he explained. “We just work in partnership with everyone – the cast, crew, you [journalists] – to help keep these secrets for our audience.
“Regarding Doctor Strange 2, I just saw it with my son last week. [before May 20, when The Boys season 3 junket took place] and I shook my hands in joy when I saw Charlize in the movie. It became an infinitely more perfect cameo because they are Marvel, they had the same idea and they used it in exactly the same way. This is delicious.”
Elaborating on how Charlize Theron became involved in The Boys, Kripke added humorously, “For every cameo that we have on the show, it’s the rigorous process of whoever came back. [executive producer] phone calls from Seth Rogen.”
There are plenty of other surprises for fans of The Boys TV show in season three as well. We won’t spoil any of that either, but what we can offer is more behind-the-scenes access around the Prime Video series.
Check out our in-depth chat with Kripke and the show’s cast about all things Season 3, or find out how one of the show’s actors reacted when he first found out about The Boys’ Herogasm story. Alternatively, find out which iconic DC superhero Kripke wants to parody next on the show, or learn which other season 3 scene he’s most excited for fans to see.
The first three episodes of The Boys season three are available to stream now on Prime Video. Subsequent episodes will be released weekly through July 8.
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