The Boys creator Eric Kripke has spoken about which path the present shall be taking forward of its forthcoming third season.

Chatting with Vanity Fair in a brand new interview, Kripke mentioned a brand new character on the present, Soldier Boy, performed by Jensen Ackles.

“Season three delves much more into the historical past of how we bought right here via this character of Soldier Boy,” he defined.

“We have been capable of dig into each the historical past of the nation and likewise actually take a look at poisonous masculinity, and masculine roles, and what a shitshow that’s general prompted. This entire fucking impartial, Marlboro man factor.”

Karl City in ‘The Boys’. Credit score: Amazon Prime Video

The showrunner additionally revealed that he had regarded into different actors earlier than turning to Ackles, who had beforehand labored with the Kripke on Supernatural.

“We had written Soldier Boy lengthy earlier than I forged Jensen. Nearly all of the blokes we have been taking a look at for that half have been really fairly older than Jensen. As a result of it’s a World Struggle II hero,” he mentioned.

“He occurred to name me and we have been simply chatting and I’m like, ‘Properly I’m prepping season three of the present, and I’ve this character Soldier Boy, and it was an actual ache to forged, and I haven’t actually discovered anybody. Hey, wait a minute, do you need to do it?’ I despatched him the script, and he’s like, ‘Oh my God, I completely need to do that.’”

No official launch date has been confirmed for The Boys’ third season but, though you possibly can watch the show’s recently launched Vought News spin-off within the meantime.

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