There was ONE SCENE that Amazon said F*CK NO, you have to cut. Seriously, Starr is fantastic in his role, but Kripke says that his masturbation scene had to go: Showrunner Eric Kripke sat down for a Reddit AMA and discussed how Amazon couldn’t stomach a solo performance from Homelander, the Superman/Captain America analogue who’s played disturbingly well by Antony Starr. It’s a completely insane scene, but as it turns out, there’s another lewd scene that was too much for Amazon Studios. Those who have watched the series now know that, yes, she did crush a man’s head.
The superhero orgy stuff is only one example, and there’s one scene involving a female supe getting carried away during oral sex, which probably made folks wonder if that really just happened onscreen. Many of these scenes translate in an absurdly cartoonish manner and are quite funny, which translates into a wickedly enjoyable TV show. Given that Amazon’s The Boys series adapts the ultraviolent and ultrasexual comic book from writer Garth Ennis ( Preacher), the series was bound to be extreme in the same arenas. (Warning: Potentially disgusting spoilers for The Boys will be found below.)
