Then from the character’s perspective, Season 1 was, in a way, Homelander’s emancipation, if you like.

She is a writer, researcher, and folk musician. In the Season 2 finale, Homelander loses his girlfriend, his son and the rest of his humanity all at once. Sarah Milner is an editor for Screen Rant's Film/Television features division.

Starr hopped on the phone from his quarantined film set in Bulgaria to break down the wrath of Homelander and the madness to come. There’s nothing quite like it in terms of scale, and so to be seriously competing with that isphenomenal. He’s trying to help his son, who gets freaked out by the crowd in the restaurant, and he shows genuine affection for this kid. And that’s the key, is rather than trying to make the world bigger and more expansive and more fancy and all that, you really have to go deeper with the characters and really lock into what it is people respond to, which is character-driven story.

Homelander in The Boys fits this infantilized prototype too: he’s sexually obsessed with breast milk. All of that stuff was written well in advance of 2020, you know? But she really went there and went for it, and people are loving to hate her.

As a result, she worked closely with the Seven frequently. There’s a scene in Episode 8 that’s very hopeful. While avoiding specifics, Starr explained, "He finds traces of [Madelyn] Stillwell and reconnects that way and that is a moment of pure connection between Homelander and Stillwell." It’s no secret that Stillwell had a degree of control over Homelander in season 1, with the ‘hero’ harbouring some pretty serious mother issues with Madelyn, which all came to a head in season 1 when Homelander killed Stillwell. It is a very tricky time. Covering the hottest movie and TV topics that fans want. Click the button below to start this article in quick view. As the first season of The Boys developed, it became clear Homelander was not a mentally stable or healthy individual. The Answer is Complicated, The Boys Debuts Short Film Revealing Billy Butcher's Pre-Season 2 Solo Adventure, The Boys: A Major Character Just Met His Future Wife (and He Doesn't Like Her), Lucifer: Why the Netflix Series Needs Trixie, Supernatural Demonstrates 'Unity' in Latest Episode Synopsis, Dungeons & Dragons: The Show's Unmade Finale Originally Confirmed a HUGE Fan Theory, Batwoman's Javicia Leslie Has a Message for Racist Detractors, The Haunting of Bly Manor's Recurring Song Is Actually an Easter Egg, Hulu's MODOK Series Will Include Ads for Marvel Comic Books, Revolutionary Girl Utena: After the Revolution Is an Uplifting Return To Ohtori Academy, Batman #100 Brings Joker War to a Triumphant Conclusion, American Vampire 1976 #1 Brings Back the Blood and Fury, Legend of the Swamp Thing Halloween Spectacular #1 Is a Mixed Bag, Champions #1 Creates a New Status Quo for Marvel's Young Heroes, SFSX Expertly Dismantles Puritanical Violence & Radical Feminism In a Not-So-Distant Dystopia, Supernatural Just Confirmed God Has Finally Destroyed All Other Galaxies, The Boys Finale Reveals the Deadly Fallout From Its Very Own Red Wedding, Marvel's Stop-Motion MODOK Series Expected in 2021, Says Patton Oswalt, Schitt's Creek: Why 'The Incident' Is Season 6's Most Important Episode, How The Walking Dead Sets Up Its Final Season, The 100: Why The CW Series Is So Different From Kass Morgan's Books, The Boys: Shaquille O'Neal Hijacks NYCC Presentation, Demands to Join the Seven, Swamp Thing Premiere is a Major Ratings Win for the CW, Green Lantern: HBO Max Series Includes Gay Hero, Introduces New Corps Members, Infinity Train Is Cartoon Network's Blade Runner, The Boys: Aya Cash Describes Filming THAT Stormfront/Homelander Sex Scene. RELATED: Comic-Con@Home: The Best of The Boys Season 2 Panel. Season 2 was very much dealing with the consequences of those actions, both externally and internally.

So we had no idea that it was going to dovetail quite so flushly. In the opening episode of season 2, once the dust gets chance to settle, Homelander ends up in what was Madelyn Stillwell’s office at Vought International. She has a fierce love of all things "spooky," and a deep appreciation for classic cinema. He is extremely needy, emotionally like a child.

It sounds like Homelander definitely challenges you and pushes your limits as an actor. All the latest gaming news, game reviews and trailers.

I know that shows may have a decent first season and then try and go bigger instead of going deeper. And I do think that because of the fiscal and economic imperatives of television, there’s a lot of bean-counters who get very trepidatious before these shows come out when they take on this material. As the night progresses, they cuddle while watching Taxi Driver; however, Doppelganger almost ruins the night by reverting to his normal self out of exhaustion, and Homelander nearly flies into a psychotic rage.

It’s funny because usually in scenes you’re so focused on what you’re doing and your take and trying to orchestrate it all, but I have to say Karl Urban [Billy Butcher], my fellow Kiwi, made me cry. Homelander's growing psychosis delves into Freudian depths that get increasingly disturbing as Season 2 of The Boys wears on.

From a personal point of view, I was really thrilled that we got to do that. Her writing has appeared in Exclaim!
If you’re a bad person, bad shit’s going to happen to you and there is a real sense of balance and justice. If you actually look at the shocking moments in “The Boys,” and as far as I’m concerned this is why they work, they all come from character-driven story. I love getting really stuck into the character and trying to take as much ownership of it as I can. Yeah, I think you’re right.

Homelander actor, Antony Starr, is quoted in the Sun prior to season 2’s release saying: “She wasn’t willing to let Homelander expand in season one and fulfil what he believed he was capable of – his mission, so to speak. So Season 2 is all about him exploring that need and trying to come to terms with it and actually open up. The dialogue and energy of the moment has an undercurrent of sexual tension — especially her seductive tone of voice, and the slow saunter of her movements — yet the act itself is limited to a mother-child pantomime. Have something to tell us about this article? So how was it to come back for a second season and try to re-create that feeling? Following her death, Homelander opens a bottle of Stillwell's breast milk and laps it sensually.

And little ol’ Aya Cash is probably one of the nicest humans that I’ve met, and it really tore her up having to say some of the things that the character believes.

Homelander actually drinking her breastmilk in season 2 is the natural continuation of this arc. For the comic version of the character, see James Stillwell.


Like Homelander, Butcher shows so many signs of making a turn for the better, and then chooses the wrong path. People can receive it in a positive or very negative way. The Boys season 2 began streaming on Amazon Prime Video on September 4th, 2020 with new episodes releasing weekly on Fridays. So, it’s funny watching a grown man drink breast milk, but it’s also comedy and tragedy, right?

The latter accomplished this by appealing to his deepest desires — not for a sexual partner, but for a mother. Antony Starr knew he was in for a deranged ride the minute he agreed to play Homelander, the controversial Captain America-like leader of superhero team The Seven on Amazon’s “The Boys.” Instead of saving the world, this caped crusader is set to destroy it, asserting his power and movie star looks to manipulate the public and take control of mega-corporation Vought International. I don’t know specifics about when. I really got caught up in his performance.

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