The recent finale of The Boys felt disappointing, and the actors are already moving on to new roles. While the show’s writing quality declined in its later seasons, the performances remained strong – particularly from Antony Starr and Karl Urban as Homelander and Billy Butcher. This means their careers should continue to thrive despite the show’s less-successful final season.
Keegan-Michael Key’s upcoming projects include the hybrid live-action/animated film I, Object. Meanwhile, Josh Starr will portray Andy Warhol in the biopic Samo Lives, and Jack Quaid is joining the cast of the comedy Close Personal Friends. Also announced: Erin Moriarty will appear in True Haunting, Chace Crawford returns for Super Troopers 3, and Laz Alonso will star with Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Kellys.
P.J. Byrne is a highly active character actor who’s appeared in many popular films, including Rampage with Dwayne Johnson, The Wolf of Wall Street alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, and the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown. However, fans of The Boys probably recognize him best as Adam Bourke, the somewhat inept director responsible for much of Vought Studios’ superhero propaganda. Adam was a spot-on satire of self-important Hollywood directors who misuse their power and overestimate their talent, consistently delivering underwhelming work – a role Byrne played to perfection (and perhaps drew from experience with similar personalities throughout his career).
Bert Byrne’s next part has interesting parallels to his role as Adam. He’ll be portraying Irwin Winkler in I Play Rocky, Amazon’s new series about the creation of the film Rocky. Winkler was the producer who discovered Sylvester Stallone and helped develop his underdog boxing story into a major award-winning hit. Unlike the director often used by VCU, Winkler prioritized artistic vision.
So Many “Predictions” From The Boys Have Weirdly Come True
It’s interesting how The Boys seems to predict reality! A few years back, P.J. Byrne played a powerful Hollywood figure on the show, and now he’s portraying the actual industry heavyweight Irwin Winkler. It’s similar to Antony Starr, who played the villain Homelander, then taking on the role of Superman – a clever connection to his The Boys character. This isn’t the first time the show has seemingly foreshadowed real-world events. While Eric Kripke and the writers didn’t intentionally try to predict the future, things have become so strange lately that life often ends up being even more outlandish than what they create for the show.
As a huge fan of The Boys, I was really disturbed by the parallels between Homelander’s storyline and real life. On the show, Homelander just decided he was the son of God, a new messiah, and immediately tried to make everyone else believe it. Then, shockingly, I saw that Donald Trump actually released an AI-generated image of himself portraying Jesus, healing people! It felt so unsettling, like something straight out of the show was happening in reality. It’s just… creepy how similar it all is.
In the show The Boys, the corporation Vought began revoking broadcast licenses as a way to control the media and suppress any negative information about the superhero Homelander. Interestingly, a similar situation happened in real life when the FCC threatened ABC with losing its broadcasting license because of jokes Jimmy Kimmel made about Donald Trump.
This isn’t unique to The Boys; satirists in general are finding it difficult to parody politicians who are already absurd. It’s becoming increasingly challenging for the creators of South Park to come up with new ideas, as reality is starting to resemble an episode of their own show. The Boys‘ attempts to focus on Donald Trump actually weakened the series, because the character of Homelander was far more compelling before he became a direct copy of the former president.
2026-07-21 19:50