Homelander may be a terrifying tackle Superman, however The Boys character has a deep love for milk that Antony Starr has kindly defined.
Milk fetishes: some folks have them. It is a truth of life that every part is any individual’s one thing, and on the earth of The Boys, it simply occurs to be that the world’s strongest supe Homelander has one. It is a trait that makes it a bit simpler to snort at Homelander when he is not horrifically murdering folks, and brings a little bit of levity to an sometimes heavy present. In a latest interview with Rolling Stone, Starr, the actor that portrays the evil-Superman, touched on how the entire milk factor got here to be, in addition to how a lot he needed to push for it to get weirder.
“So my reminiscence is it got here up within the scripts – full credit score to the writing group on this, as a result of it was so bizarre,” Starr mentioned. “It began with X-ray visioning my Oedipal mummy determine [Madelyn Stillwell] whereas she was breastfeeding, and me pining like that and having a jealous relationship with the child. After which initially of Season Two, I discovered a few of her… Homelander discovered a few of her breast milk in a freezer and lasers it, begins consuming it, will get caught.
“And it was so humorous and bizarre, and I believe I despatched Eric [Kripke] an e-mail after that scene going, ‘Dude, we gotta get as a lot milk on this present as attainable. That is gonna be like just a little motif or a signature factor. Like, we’ve to do it.’ And he was like, ‘One step forward of you, brother. I am placing it in every part.’ And so now each alternative we get, the milk factor comes out. We do not have to do something with it, both. If I simply have a look at somebody and sip milk, there is a twist to it. It is develop into a extremely enjoyable factor. The followers have actually glommed on to it. And loved it.”
The Boys received an early season 5 renewal again in Might, and regardless of some latest feedback from showrunner Eric Kripke, it seems it is going to be the ultimate season, so get pleasure from all these milk jokes when you can.
