Bleeding Cool has been following the series from first announcement and through production, so we were glad to be on-hand at San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) to listen as the cast and creative discussed their influences and experiences making the most hardcore superhero show around.
Taking part in the panel were Karl Urban (Butcher), Jack Quaid (Hughie),[...]
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It's the powerless against the super powerful as The Boys embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth about "The Seven," and Vought – the multi-billion dollar conglomerate that manages these superheroes.
On the side of The Boys, Karl Urban's Billy Butcher is mysterious and brutal, hiding a personal agenda as he approaches potential new recruit[...]
It's the powerless against the super powerful as The Boys embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth about "The Seven," and Vought – the multi-billion dollar conglomerate that manages these superheroes.
On the side of The Boys, Karl Urban's Billy Butcher is mysterious and brutal, hiding a personal agenda as he approaches potential new recruit[...]
Usher), see-through hero Translucent (Alex Hassell) and brooding "dark knight" Black Noir (Nathan Mitchell) – for the first time as individuals… as people.
Spoiler? Turns out Vought's "America's Favorite Super Hero Team" are a bunch of righteous a-holes.
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But we also got to meet Karl Urban's Billy Butcher and the rest of The Boys, as well as witness[...]
Usher), see-through hero Translucent (Alex Hassell) and brooding "dark knight" Black Noir (Nathan Mitchell) – for the first time as individuals… as people.
Spoiler? Turns out Vought's "America's Favorite Super Hero Team" are a bunch of righteous a-holes.
But we also got to meet Karl Urban's Billy Butcher and the rest of The Boys, as well as witness[...]
Usher), see-through hero Translucent (Alex Hassell) and brooding "dark knight" Black Noir (Nathan Mitchell) – for the first time as individuals… as people.
Spoiler? Turns out Vought's "America's Favorite Super Hero Team" are a bunch of righteous a-holes.
But we also got to meet Karl Urban's Billy Butcher and the rest of The Boys, as well as witness[...]
Usher), see-through hero Translucent (Alex Hassell) and brooding "dark knight" Black Noir (Nathan Mitchell) – for the first time as individuals… as people.
Spoiler? Turns out Vought's "America's Favorite Super Hero Team" are a bunch of righteous a-holes.
We also got to meet Karl Urban's Billy Butcher and the rest of The Boys, as well as witness the[...]
In a sense, for the first time we get to know them as individuals… as people.
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Spoiler? There's a perfectly good reason why Vought's been avoiding any real press for "America's Favorite Super Hero Team": turns out they're righteous a-holes.
We also had the opportunity to formally meet Karl Urban's Billy Butcher and the rest of The Boys, as well as witness[...]
In a sense, for the first time we get to know them as individuals… as people.
Spoiler? There's a perfectly good reason why Vought's been avoiding any real press for "America's Favorite Super Hero Team": turns out they're righteous a-holes.
We also had the opportunity to formally meet Karl Urban's Billy Butcher and the rest of The Boys, as well as witness the first,[...]
In a sense, for the first time we get to know them as individuals… as people.
Spoiler? There's a perfectly good reason why Vought's been avoiding any real press for "America's Favorite Super Hero Team": turns out they're righteous a-holes.
We also had the opportunity to formally meet Karl Urban's Billy Butcher and the rest of The Boys, as well as witness the first,[...]
In a sense, for the first time we get to know them as individuals… as people.
Spoiler? There's a perfectly good reason why Vought's been avoiding any real press for "America's Favorite Super Hero Team": turns out they're righteous a-holes.
We also had the opportunity to formally meet Karl Urban's Billy Butcher and the rest of The Boys, as well as witness[...]
In a sense, for the first time we get to know them as individuals… as people.
Spoiler? There's a perfectly good reason why Vought's been avoiding any real press for "America's Favorite Super Hero Team": turns out they're righteous a-holes.
No one agrees with that sentiment more than Karl Urban's Billy Butcher, who has a fleeting but fateful encounter with Hughie (Jack Quaid)[...]
It's the powerless against the super powerful as The Boys embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth about "The Seven," and Vought – the multi-billion dollar conglomerate that manages these superheroes.
On the side of The Boys, Karl Urban's Billy Butcher is mysterious and brutal, hiding a personal agenda as he approaches potential new recruit[...]
In a sense, for the first time we get to know them as individuals… as people.
Spoiler? There's a perfectly good reason why Vought's been avoiding any real press for "America's Favorite Super Hero Team": turns out they're righteous a-holes.
Now it's time to meet a group who are clearly not fans of supes in general – and The[...]
It's the powerless against the super powerful as The Boys embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth about "The Seven," and Vought – the multi-billion dollar conglomerate that manages these superheroes.
On the side of The Boys, Karl Urban's Billy Butcher is mysterious and brutal, hiding a personal agenda as he approaches potential new recruit[...]
It's the powerless against the super powerful as The Boys embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth about "The Seven," and Vought – the multi-billion dollar conglomerate that manages these superheroes.
On the side of The Boys, Karl Urban's Billy Butcher is mysterious and brutal, hiding a personal agenda as he approaches potential new recruit[...]
It's the powerless against the super powerful as The Boys embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth about "The Seven," and Vought – the multi-billion dollar conglomerate that manages these superheroes.
On the side of The Boys, Karl Urban's Billy Butcher is mysterious and brutal, hiding a personal agenda as he approaches potential new recruit[...]
It's the powerless against the super powerful as The Boys embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth about "The Seven," and Vought – the multi-billion dollar conglomerate that manages these superheroes.
On the side of The Boys, Karl Urban's Billy Butcher is mysterious and brutal, hiding a personal agenda as he approaches potential new recruit[...]
It's the powerless against the super powerful as The Boys embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth about "The Seven," and Vought – the multi-billion dollar conglomerate that manages these superheroes.
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On the side of The Boys, Karl Urban's Billy Butcher is mysterious and brutal, hiding a personal agenda as he approaches potential new recruit[...]
It's the powerless against the super powerful as The Boys embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth about "The Seven," and Vought – the multi-billion dollar conglomerate that manages these superheroes.
On the side of The Boys, Karl Urban's Billy Butcher is mysterious and brutal, hiding a personal agenda as he approaches potential new recruit[...]
Amazingly, The Boys found a way to promise a take on superheroes that would feel like it was right outside our windows and actually deliver on that promise.
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It's the powerless against the super powerful as The Boys embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth about "The Seven," and Vought – the multi-billion dollar conglomerate that manages these superheroes.
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On the side of The Boys, Karl Urban's Billy Butcher is mysterious and brutal, hiding a personal agenda as he approaches potential new recruit[...]
It's the powerless against the super powerful as The Boys embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth about "The Seven," and Vought – the multi-billion dollar conglomerate that manages these superheroes.
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On the side of The Boys, Karl[...]
It's the powerless against the super powerful as The Boys embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth about "The Seven," and Vought – the multi-billion dollar conglomerate that manages these superheroes.
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On the side of The Boys, Karl Urban's Billy Butcher is mysterious and brutal, hiding a personal agenda as he approaches potential new recruit[...]
It's the powerless against the super powerful as The Boys embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth about "The Seven," and Vought – the multi-billion dollar conglomerate that manages these superheroes.
On the side of The Boys, Karl Urban's Billy Butcher is mysterious and brutal, hiding a personal agenda as he approaches potential new recruit[...]
With production raging ahead on Amazon Studios' adaptation of Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson's comic book series The Boys, showrunner Eric Kripke, executive producer Evan Goldberg, and stars Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Karen Fukuhara, Laz Alonso, Antony Star, Chace Crawford, and Erin Moriarty descended upon New York Comic Con's (NYCC) Hammerstein Ballroom to promote the series –[...]
It just happens to have superheroes in it."
On the side of The Boys, Karl Urban's Billy Butcher is mysterious and brutal, hiding a personal agenda as he approaches potential new recruit Hughie (Jack Quaid), claiming to be a shadowy government operative Butcher capitalizes on Hughie's rage over his girlfriend Robin's accidental death at the hands of[...]
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On the side of The Boys, Karl Urban's Billy Butcher is mysterious and brutal, hiding a personal agenda as he approaches potential new recruit Hughie (Jack Quaid), claiming to be a shadowy government operative Butcher capitalizes on Hughie's rage over his girlfriend Robin's accidental death at the hands of Superhero A-Train and enlists Hughie as part[...]
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On the side of The Boys, Karl Urban's Billy Butcher is mysterious and brutal, hiding a personal agenda as he approaches potential new recruit Hughie (Jack Quaid), claiming to be a shadowy government operative Butcher capitalizes on Hughie's rage over his girlfriend Robin's accidental death at the hands of Superhero A-Train and enlists Hughie as part[...]
It revolves around a group of vigilantes known informally as "The Boys," who set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.
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On the side of The Boys, Karl Urban's Billy Butcher is mysterious and brutal, hiding a personal agenda as he approaches[...]