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The Boysfound increased views for Season 4 and there are several important factors to consider here. Karl Urban and Antony Starr’s acting as Butcher and Homelander make up 90% of those factors.
From wanting to kill supes to plans of genocide, Season 4 ofThe Boysis a wild ride, to say the least. With Karl Urban giving some iconic and stellar performances as a sick William Butcher, the script had to be changed drastically.
It Was Not Just About Karl Urban’s William Butcher
When we are met with the smirking face of Billy Butcher, we realize that he is a broken man with only a need for revenge keeping him alive. After taking some Temp V during the events of Season 3, Butcher is sick and the show doesn’t hide it at all.
During the season finale ofThe Boysseason 4, Butcher is seen dying in a hospital after he collapsed at the bar the previous night. Laying on a stretcher, Butcher gives a heartfelt apology to Jack Quaid’s Hughie over the phone as Hughie watches the elections on the television.
This emotional scene was everything that Butcher did not stand for and seeing William Butcher apologize is like seeing Homelander saving people. Well, the back-and-forth scene of Butcher and Hughie over the phone wasn’t always meant to be shot this way.
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Taking to his social media account on X, creator Eric Kripke revealed that it was supposed to be parallels of Butcher and Hughie sharing the screen. However,Karl Urban’s acting was so greatthat they had no choice but to shift their focus completely on Urban.
So this Butcher scene KILLED me. Originally, we planned to cut back & forth between him & Hughie. But @KarlUrban was so heartbreakingly great, we just held on him. He’s delivering top shelf, Emmy winning work here consistently.
However, it isn’t justKarl Urbanwho gives stellar performances as William Butcher inThe Boys.Antony Starr, who portrays the role of Homelander has also been given the center stage for fame.
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Here lies the rub. Antony Starr’s Homelander demands more than just fame. He craves love from the world, from his peers, and from his son. This deep understanding of the character of Homelander is what ledAntony Starrto change one scene in Season 4 ofThe Boys.
Antony Starr Also Requested Eric Kripke To Change One Scene InThe Boys
In the season finale, Antony Starr’s Homelander makes an iconic speech about America. With Neuman dead, the new president is Homelander’s ally and the superhero is all out of control.
The original idea by Erik Kripke was that someone else would make the speech and Homelander would just be standing in the background menacingly. However, since Antony Starr knows the character so well, he realized that Homelander wouldn’t just stand silently.
In an interview withVulture, Starr revealed that he talked to Kripke about the scene and it was his idea to take center stage.
Originally, I was just standing in the background saying nothing. I’m guessing the camera would have pushed past Calhoun onto me just smiling with satisfaction. But my instinct was Calhoun is a bought-and-paid-for puppet, and Homelander’s ego is gonna demand that he is front and center.
He further continued,
I said to Eric, “Mate, it’s so in character for Homie to shuffle that guy out of the way and go, ‘Here’s what’s really going to happen.’
Certainly, that scene was evident enough to showcase the world that Homelander has full control. The season finale ofThe Boyshas been received greatly by fans and critics alike.
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With 4 seasons to its name,The Boyscurrently stands at a rating of 8.7/10 on IMDB and a whopping 93% on Rotten Tomatoes.The iconic series is available to stream on Prime Video in the U.S.
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
