Homelander Actor Antony Starr Won't Say Which Series Finale Left Him Scratching His Head Because It Didn't Kill Anyone, but Everyone Knows the Show He's Talking About

Homelander histrion Antony Starr has addressed interest that The Boys whitethorn articulation the increasing database of arguable TV amusement endings by insisting it won't reason similar a caller bid finale that failed to termination anyone.

In an interrogation with Wired, Starr said that helium genuinely believes it’s intolerable to fulfill each fans of a amusement arsenic The Boys nears the extremity with its 5th and last play wrapping up soon. But helium did committedness plentifulness of quality deaths, and successful doing truthful pointed to the caller decision of Netflix megahit Stranger Things.

Warning! Spoilers for Stranger Things follow:

Stranger Things came to an extremity earlier this twelvemonth with a divisive bid finale successful which nary of the main characters died. At least, that’s the suggestion. Stranger Things ends with a definitive question goodbye to each the cardinal characters but Eleven, played by Millie Bobby Brown, who appears to sacrifice herself to guarantee she cannot beryllium utilized to make ace weapons, different Vecna / Henry, oregon different span betwixt our satellite and The Abyss. But the jury’s retired connected whether Eleven successful information faked her ain decease truthful she could unrecorded successful peace.

Before the Stranger Things finale came out, co-creator Matt Duffer insisted it shouldn’t beryllium compared to Game of Thrones and wouldn’t termination disconnected characters successful a bloodbath.

“It’s not Game of Thrones. We’re not successful Westeros,” helium said. “I emotion Game of Thrones, but it’s conscionable a precise antithetic benignant of amusement than that. There’s not going to beryllium a Red Wedding situation. I deliberation immoderate things hap successful the finale that are precise surprising, but we’re not trying to daze oregon upset anyone. I anticipation by the clip radical get to the extremity of the finale that it conscionable feels similar there’s thing inevitable astir what happens, and that it doesn’t consciousness achy but feels satisfying.”

Without naming Stranger Things, Starr talked astir what The Boys is trying to bash arsenic it wraps up.

“Has immoderate amusement ever provided an ending that satisfies everyone? I don't cognize that you can, due to the fact that everyone's antithetic and everyone wants antithetic things,” helium began.

“But thing conscionable finished — I won't accidental what — and cipher died. I was scratching my caput astatine the extremity going, ‘There's obscurity other to go. This is the extremity of the run. Kill immoderate people.’

“As our brag Eric [Kripke, The Boys showrunner] has said, don't get attached to immoderate characters connected this amusement due to the fact that everyone's caput is perchance connected the block.”

Warning! Spoilers for The Boys Season 5 follow:

The Boys has already killed 2 large characters successful Season 5 truthful far, some astatine the hands of Homelander himself: A-Train and, astir recently, Firecracker. The proposition is plentifulness much volition travel with conscionable a fewer episodes near of the series. Will Homelander himself yet wound the dust? Butcher? Hughie? More?

While you hold to find out, cheque retired what Kripke had to accidental astir the existent satellite inspiration down Firecracker’s fate, and his absorption to the cancelation of spinoff, Gen V. The Boys Season 5, Episode 6 hits Prime Video adjacent week.

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