{"id":9016,"date":"2025-05-30T15:04:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T15:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=9016"},"modified":"2025-05-30T15:04:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T15:04:04","slug":"antony-starr-reacts-to-fans-glorifying-homelander-in-the-boys-calls-it-surreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=9016","title":{"rendered":"Antony Starr reacts to fans glorifying Homelander in The Boys, calls it &#8216;surreal&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Antony Starr, who portrays the supervillain Homelander in The Boys, recently expressed surprise at how some fans glorify the character, calling the reaction \u201csurreal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Starr revealed he and the cast had to push back on social media after noticing that fans were idolizing the ultra-violent and authoritarian supe. \u201cWe had a bunch of guys that we all kind of knocked down a little bit on social media to say, \u2018This guy is not the hero of any story.\u2019 They were really glorifying him \u2014 they loved him, which was surreal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Starr admitted he didn\u2019t expect fans to feel conflicted about the character, adding, \u201cWhat I didn&#8217;t expect was that people would be so conflicted around it and, you know, finding themselves feeling empathy for this monster.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His remarks echo those of The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke, who addressed similar reactions ahead of Season 4. Kripke responded to claims the show had become \u201cwoke\u201d and fans viewing Homelander as a hero. \u201cAnyone who wants to call the show &#8216;woke&#8217; or whatever, that\u2019s OK. Go watch something else,\u201d Kripke said. \u201cThe show\u2019s many things. Subtle isn\u2019t one of them. So if that\u2019s the message you\u2019re getting from it, I just throw up my hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kripke also confirmed that Homelander was designed as a metaphor for authoritarian figures, notably former U.S. President Donald Trump. \u201cSuddenly, we were telling a story about the intersection of celebrity and authoritarianism and how social media and entertainment are used to sell fascism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Boys is currently filming its fifth and final season, which will wrap up the Prime Video hit series.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antony Starr, who portrays the supervillain Homelander in The Boys, recently expressed surprise at how some fans glorify the character, calling the reaction \u201csurreal.\u201d Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Starr revealed he and the cast had to push back on social media after noticing that fans were idolizing the ultra-violent and authoritarian supe. \u201cWe had a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9016\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}