Chance Perdomo plays Andre Anderson on Prime Video’s Gen V, but he’s been interested in the franchise long before the premiere of its flagship show, The Boys. In fact, he auditioned to play Hughie Campbell, a lead role that went to Jack Quaid.
“I was introduced there as a Boys fan,” Perdomo said in an interview with Variety. “I originally auditioned for Hughie years ago. I read it and thought it was a very clever script. And I thought, “Whether I get it or not, I still need to watch the show. Then I saw The Boys and thought, “Wow, this has never been done, it’s amazing. “
The first season of Gen V recently ended with a cliffhanger that showed Andre and several other characters trapped in a room with no door. Thankfully, the screen has already been renewed for Season 2, and Perdomo speculates that the situation catches 22 of the season finale. it can lead to an epic crossover with Karl Urban’s character, The Boys, Billy Butcher. He pointed out some visual clues that may mean the coin is in the Vought Tower, the headquarters of the company that the Boys team fought.
“I think it would possibly be a variant of one of those that have cells somewhere underground, underneath the tower,” Perdomo said. “That’s what I’m hoping for because it’s going to be a wonderful escape scene. I possibly want to recruit Mr. Billy Butcher.
The Boys, based on a comic book series of the same title written by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, premiered on Prime Video in 2019. The series envisions a world in which superheroes are real, but paid for and promoted through a megacorporation, Vought International. that designs the drug that confers powers. As a result, supes are considered celebrities and only care about their image, and many of them have self-centered and spoiled public idols.
Gen V adds a twist to this story by focusing on other super-young people attending Vought’s Godolkin University, already immersed in corporate propaganda as they prepare for life in the spotlight.
Season 1 of Gen V and the first 3 seasons of The Boys are now streaming on Prime Video. The fourth season of The Boys will air in 202four; A window for Gen V season 2 has yet to be announced.
Mira Jacobs has strong feelings when it comes to fictional characters. He lives in Colorado with a boy, a dog, a cat, a cat, a cat, and an honorary shoulder greenbird/dragon.
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