Jensen Ackles Cast as a Superhero in The Boys Season 3

Jensen Ackles Cast as a Superhero in The Boys Season 3

Jensen Ackles cast as a superhero in The Boys Season 3

Ahead of the September 4 premiere of The Boys Season 2, Supernatural star Jensen Ackles took to Instagram to reveal that he has officially signed on for a superhero role in the forthcoming third season of the hit Amazon Prime series. Season 3 will reunite Ackles with showrunner Eric Kripke after working together in CW’s Supernatural series which is set to conclude its 15-season run this coming fall. The 42-year-old actor will be portraying the role of Soldier Boy, who is described as the original superhero in the series. After Soldier Boy fought in World War II, he became the first super celebrity and a mainstay of American culture for decades.

“When I was a child, I had a crazy, impossible dream — to provide Jensen Ackles with gainful employment,” Kripke said in a statement (via Variety). “I’m happy to say that dream has come true. Jensen is an amazing actor, an even better person, smells like warm chocolate chip cookies, and I consider him a brother. As Soldier Boy, the very first superhero, he’ll bring so much humor, pathos, and danger to the role. I can’t wait to be on set with him again, and bring a bit of ‘Supernatural’ to ‘The Boys.’”

 

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I keep wondering what I’ll do….when @cw_supernatural finally ends this year. Then it hit me. *volume

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In Season 2, The Boys are on the run from the law, hunted by the Supes, and desperately trying to regroup and fight back against Vought. In hiding, Hughie (Jack Quaid), Mother’s Milk (Laz Alonso), Frenchie (Tomer Capon), and Kimiko (Karen Fukuhara) try to adjust to a new normal, with Butcher (Karl Urban) nowhere to be found. Meanwhile, Starlight (Erin Moriarty) must navigate her place in The Seven as Homelander (Antony Starr) sets his sights on taking complete control. His power is threatened with the addition of Stormfront (Aya Cash), a social-media-savvy new Supe, who has an agenda of her own. On top of that, the Supervillain threat takes center stage and makes waves as Vought seeks to capitalize on the nation’s paranoia.

The Boys is an irreverent take on what happens when superheroes, who are as popular as celebrities, as influential as politicians and as revered as gods, abuse their superpowers rather than use them for good. It’s the powerless against the super powerful as The Boys embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth about the supergroup known as “The Seven.” The show retains most of the comics (available for purchase here) boundary-pushing violence and sexuality while exploring the dark side of superhero celebrity and fame.

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The series was created by Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen, who are responsible for another subversive comic book-inspired series, AMC’s Preacher, and Supernatural creator Eric Kripke.

Season 1 is available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

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