A surprising actor had auditioned to play Homelander Boys Long before Antony Starr carries the red cape of overpowered Supe. Interestingly, even if the actor did not get the role, it opened the way to play another incredible character in Amazon Prime Video Boys franchise.
Antony Starr played Homelander so brilliantly throughout Boys“Runtime that he is now almost synonymous with the villain. It is difficult to imagine someone else as the character, and it almost seems that he was born to play the role. However, he was not the only actor to have auditioned to play the character Boys.
With Antony Starr, another talented actor would have been a potential perspective to play Homelander on the small screen. For obvious reasons, the actor finally lost the role against Antony Starr. However, he was then able to play another memorable character in the franchise, which makes it difficult not to wonder how he would have been as a mastered red supe.
Patrick Schwarzenegger had auditioned to play Homelander among boys
In an interview (via Happy Sad Confused Podcast), Patrick Schwarzenegger revealed that he had auditioned to play Homelander Boys. However, he did not first succeed in obtaining a reminder of the creator of the show. Understanding how the actors barely obtain one percent of the roles for which they audition, Schwarzenegger has not thought much about rejection and has evolved.
Interesting fact, however, fate had something else in reserve The white lotus star. After his hearing for Homelander, the creators of the franchise began to look at him for a different role. Almost four years later Boys The release of season 1, Schwarzenegger finally won a role in the franchise, which would not have happened if he had not auditioned to play Homelander.
Schwarzenegger’s Homelander hearing helped him win his generation V role
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The program of the show contacted Patrick Schwarzenegger before Gen VThe production and told him that they remembered his hearing for Homelander. They asked him to hear again for the role of Golden Boy in the spin-off, and the rest was in history. Schwarzenegger was finally able to play the supe character, who is more or less a younger version of Homelander.
Like Homelander, Golden Boy carries the overwhelming burden of being one of the strongest quilts in his world and feels divided between doing the right thing and succumbing to the corrupt influence of power. Even if Golden Boy dies Gen V The first episodes of season 1, Patrick Schwarzenegger, does an incredible job to represent the internal difficulties of the character.
Did you know: Patrick Schwarzenegger also auditioned to play Clark Kent / Superman in James Gunn Superman.
Given the way Patrick Schwarzenegger plays a morally ambiguous character as a Ratliff saxon in The white lotusHe would undoubtedly have been great like Homelander too. However, the representation of Antony Starr of Boys“The main villain is so deeply superimposed and scary that it is difficult to see anyone as its worthy replacement.
