“The Boys” is a star-studded show; Not only is it replete with surprise celebrity appearances like Tilda Swinton and Charlize Theron, but stars like Jensen Ackles and Jeffrey Dean Morgan would also stick around for major roles that last the entire season, sometimes longer. However, as it turns out, there was another major, respected actor who could follow in those celebrities’ footsteps: Sterling K. Brown.
Brown, who is best known for her role on the hit show “This Is Us” as well as the Oscar-nominated film “American Fiction,” revealed in an interview Recent Variety Interviews That he could have been a part of a significant season-long arc of “The Boys”, but he turned down the opportunity. “Looks like it was a bad guy [role]Because it was so fascinating,” Brown explained. “But a full season arc, they’re in Toronto – it’s hard. Listen, these are champagne problems I’m talking about here! But because I’m lucky enough to have some things already, I get to be a little more selective.”
He doesn’t go into much detail about Toronto, but it’s safe to assume he’s talking about the weather. Toronto is a lovely city, especially from May to October, but from November to March it is extremely cold, dark and wet, as Toronto natives themselves will be happy to tell you. And although showrunner Eric Kripke has praised the city greatly in many of his interviews, he has also talked about the negative aspects of filming in a city that is so far from the bright and sunny climate of Hollywood.
He once said, “The shooting conditions that day were terrible, it was raining just on the shore.” told the hollywood reporter About what the atmosphere was like in town when Will Ferrell filmed his cameo for Season 4. “I felt very bad because [Ferrell] Was out all day and he couldn’t have been more kind or compassionate.”
Why Sterling? Brown would probably be a good fit for The Boys
Still, it’s a shame that Brown turned down “The Boys” because I think he could have shined there. Not only does the actor have experience working with Kripke (he starred in a few episodes of Seasons 2 and 3 of Kripke’s previous show, “Supernatural”), but we also know from Brown’s filmography that he’s Despite the reputation are good at handling funny content. To specialize in serious roles. Perhaps Brown’s most underrated performance was his 2018 “Saturday Night Live” hosting gig, where he made everything funnier by bringing his arch dramatic act to some of the silliest sketches ever. Take this “Shrek” sketch, for example:
Brown is no stranger to being really weird, which makes him a good match for a show like “The Boys” (a high-stakes action thriller in itself and a deeply silly series with scenes where Ant-Man Like superheroes crawling up people’s urethras. The show’s ability to combine its disparate voices is admirable, and Brown (with his dramatic bona fides) would have been a perfect fit. We’re not sure what kind of bad guy he would have played had he signed on for the role, but it certainly would have been interesting to see him handle whatever NSFW absurdity the “Boys” writing staff had in mind. Would have been interesting to see.
