The first three episodes of The Boys season 3 are now streaming on Prime Video, and the premiere features an ingenious cameo from none other than Charlize Theron.
The Academy Award-winning actress makes a brief appearance playing Stormfront (played by Aya Cash in season 2) in the trailer for Vought's latest Supe-blockbuster, Dawn of The Seven, and shares a funny exchange with Homelander.
Of course, Theron recently made another cameo as Clea in the mid-credits scene of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke has now revealed whether her MCU debut influenced her casting, and how they ended up landing the highly in-demand star in the first place.
“Like most cameos on our show, it follows the rigorous and stringent screening process of whoever returns Seth Rogen’s phone calls," Kripke explained to Variety. "She had just made The Long Shot with Seth, and to her incredible credit, she agreed to come on and help us out. I actually feel kind of bad about it, because I’m sure he positioned it like, ‘Hey, do us a favor, pop on camera and it’s a cameo.’ Then the next call is our costume designer, ‘OK, you need to come in and we need to design this super suit.’ She shows up on a whole big day of shooting with several camera crews and everything.
"But she was such an immensely great sport and is so funny," he added. "I mean, obviously, she’s in comedies, but watching her work up close and in person, the level with which she commits to the most ridiculous dialogue that anyone has ever said, it’s absurd. The heart and soul with which she delivers it is so funny and stunning. We were really lucky to have her.”
As it turns out, Theron's role in the Doctor Strange sequel was news to Kripke when he offered her the Stormfront part, but he's very pleased with the parallel! “I did not know this Doctor Strange thing was happening. My assumption is we asked her before,” he said. “But I was in the theater watching Doctor Strange with my kids and then that cameo came up and I was like, ‘Yes!’ Anything we can do to draw a line between us and Marvel is a good day.”
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