Eric Kripke, Supernatural and The Boys creator, gave a new interview, this time to Vanity Fair, about season 3 of The Boys and he talked again about casting Jensen. The way the opportunity happened and Jensen was chosen for the role of Soldier Boy had already been mentioned in previous interviews but he gave now new details about the character.
Would you have a concise way to describe Season 3?
Season 3 delves a lot more into the history of how we got here through this character of Soldier Boy. We were able to dig into both the history of the country and also really look at toxic masculinity, and masculine roles, and what a shit-show that’s overall caused. This whole fucking, independent Marlboro man thing.
I know you’ve talked a bit already about working with [Supernatural star] Jensen Ackles again and what it’s like to put Jensen in this part. Did you decide you wanted to do Soldier Boy and then were like: aha, Jensen! Or Jensen’s suddenly free, and you’re like, now it’s time to do the Soldier Boy season?
We had written Soldier Boy long before I cast Jensen. The majority of the guys we were looking at for that part were actually quite older than Jensen. Because it’s a World War II hero. But it’s so funny how these things sometimes happen. Jensen called me and I’m not on the show anymore but we keep in touch and text every so often. But he happened to call me and we were just chatting and I’m like well I’m prepping Season 3 of the show, and I have this character Soldier Boy, and it was a real pain in the to cast, and I haven’t really found anyone. Hey, wait a minute, do you want to do it? I sent him the script, and he’s like, oh my God, I totally want to do this. Less than a week later, he was cast. He just happened to call that day, is one of the big reasons he got that part.
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TV Guide Magazine is launching a new special edition of the magazine, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, next month and one of the covers is dedicated to The Boys and has Jensen in it (in a small scale). The magazine can be ordered here and will be available on newsstands September 14.
