The actor who plays Gen V’s Marie has revealed she always hoped the writers would have her character kill The Boys supervillain Homelander — and according to its showrunner, she might just be powerful enough to do it.
Antony Starr’s Homelander is a sort of evil Superman, a character so overpowered that few rivals dare question his word. But Marie Moreau, played by Jaz Sinclair, has the potential to kill him due to her ability to command and weaponize blood.
Indeed, Season 1 of Gen V saw Marie survive an optic blast to the chest from Homelander, something Sinclair told Entertainment Weekly is “kind of like Harry Potter with Voldemort with the death curse. How did he survive?”
The question now is, can Marie succeed where so many have failed and kill Homelander? Sinclair said she was “always hoping that they would write me to kill Homelander,” so it’s definitely something the actor has been thinking about.
“I always really liked the idea of taking him out ’cause he’s such a royal ass, you know?” Sinclair continued. “Marie’s such an underdog. The expansion of my powers in [Gen V] Season 2 is really exciting. So the weight of that and the implication of what that could mean for Marie was really fun for me this season.”
Gen V Season 2 is set several months after the events of The Boys Season 4, with Homelander’s takeover of the U.S. firmly in place. Gen V Season 2, then, will set up The Boys’ fifth and final season, which is due out at some point in 2026.
What happens here, ultimately, will be The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke’s call. Also speaking to EW, Kripke said that while Marie may have the potential to be more powerful than Homelander, there’s no guarantee she will realize that potential.
“If she can control everybody’s blood, then what can’t she do?” he said. “How is she not the most powerful superhero on the planet? Just because she has the potential to be, doesn’t mean that she is. It felt like a very organic adolescent problem, which is these expectations are placed on you to be this truly great thing, but you’re not quite ready to step up to be truly great.”
It does seem like Marie and Homelander are set for a scrap, though. The Boys Season 5 San Diego Comic-Con trailer showed team leader Karl Urban’s Billy Butcher attempting to recruit Marie to their cause.
Earlier this month, Antony Starr waved goodbye to The Boys and Homelander as Season 5 wrapped production. In a post on Instagram, Starr reflected on the end of the hugely popular Prime Video show now the fifth and final season is in the can, thanking the cast and crew as well as “the people at Amazon and Sony that took a chance on this insane thing (and made the great choice in casting me😂).”
Starr also had some interesting words for Homelander, who has dominated headlines around The Boys pretty much since the show hit Prime Video in 2019.
“This complicated character allowed the space and range to discover and push boundaries in a way I never expected and I will always be grateful for this experience,” Starr said, before thanking showrunner Eric Kripke, his “co-parent with this twisted gem of a character.”
“We created a monster, sir. And I will miss him, and you,” Starr added. “Til we roll out the last season. When I’ll see you. But this creative chapter is closed, and I’ll miss it, brother.”
Homelander has always been a contentious character. The Boys is a super gory satire of the superhero genre based on the comic book of the same name by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. It follows the eponymous team of vigilantes who work to bring down a group of supervillains (The Seven).
Homelander is a demented despot who rules The Seven with an iron fist. The other supes on the team live in fear of his mood swings and his overpowered abilities, which give him carte blanche to do whatever he wants, whenever he wants.
In May, Starr spoke of his surprise at the glorification of Homelander by some The Boys fans, calling it “surreal.”
“We had a bunch of guys that we all kind of knocked them down a little but on social media to say, ‘This guy is not the hero of any story.'” Starr said. “They were really glorifying him, they loved him. Which is surreal.”
Starr added that he was surprised to find some The Boys fans siding with Homelander, given the outrageously evil actions he takes in the show. “What I didn’t expect was that people would be so conflicted around it and, you know, finding themselves finding empathy for this monster.”
And last year, ahead of The Boys Season 4, Kripke responded to fans saying Homelander is a hero, saying: “Some people who watch it think Homelander is the hero. What do you say to that? The show’s many things. Subtle isn’t one of them. So if that’s the message you’re getting from it, I just throw up my hands.”
Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at [email protected].
