• News
  • Film and TV
  • Music
  • Tech
  • Features
  • Celebrity
  • Politics
  • Weird
  • Community
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
YouTube
Submit Your Content
Shockingly Violent Final Scene Of The Boys Was Inspired By Donald Trump

Home> Film & TV

Published 09:27 12 Jul 2022 GMT+1

Shockingly Violent Final Scene Of The Boys Was Inspired By Donald Trump

The Boys' showrunner has said the particularly gruesome scene was inspired by a quote from the former POTUS.

Claire Reid

Claire Reid

Heads up that this contains spoilers for The Boys - so if you’re yet to see the finale, you may want to click away now. 

A violent scene during the last episode of The Boys season three was inspired by a quote made by Donald Trump. 

In the episode, we see the increasingly deranged Homelander (played by Anthony Starr) stand with his young son Ryan in front of a crowd of fans on a busy street, when one onlooker throws a bottle at Ryan. 

Although the bottle doesn't harm his son, Homelander is left fuming by the incident and uses his superpowers to laser the bloke’s head into a bloody mess - while the crowd cheers on. 

Advert

Amazon Prime Video

In a recent interview with Deadline, showrunner Eric Kripke was told that the particular scene was reminiscent of ‘a certain former Celebrity Apprentice host who boasted that he could shoot someone dead on Fifth Avenue and not lose votes’. 

In response, Kripke said: “It’s interesting that you bring up the quote about shooting a guy on Fifth Avenue because that was the original inspiration for that scene.

“Could we take Homelander so far as to literally kill somebody on Fifth Avenue and then be applauded for it? 

Advert

“It’s funny. It’s like at the time we wrote it, we felt it was like a little satirically pushed, but it is true that the more awful politicians are behaving, you know, the more popular they’re becoming with their fan base.”

Amazon Prime Video

In a previous interview with Vulture, Kripke admitted that the scene was ‘a little less elegant and more urgent’ than ones they’ve done in the past. 

He went on: “But I would argue that society is a little less elegant and more urgent. 6 January was happening while we were writing the season. We’re a product of the time when we write it. 

Advert

“And 6 January scared the shit out of me. It scared the s**t out of everyone but scared the s**t out of me in ways that few things during the Trump Administration did. To have the scariest part be after he lost his election scared the s**t out of me.”

Amazon Prime Video

With the third season just wrapping up, fans will be pleased that there’s a fourth already in the works, with shooting set to kick off quite soon.

Karl Urban - who plays Billy Butcher in the show - told Collider: "We're starting, I think on 22 August, we're going to be starting season four. 

Advert

"So I'm getting back, getting my Butcher back on, and I can't wait. It's a fun gang to play with. We work hard and play hard, and I can't wait to see where they take the characters from where we leave them at the end of this season."

If you have a story you want to tell, send it to UNILAD via [email protected] 

Featured Image Credit: Amazon Prime/Alamy

Topics: Film and TV, The Boys, Amazon Prime

Claire Reid
Claire Reid

Claire is a journalist at UNILAD who, after dossing around for a few years, went to Liverpool John Moores University. She graduated with a degree in Journalism and a whole load of debt. When not writing words in exchange for money she is usually at home watching serial killer documentaries surrounded by cats.

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

7 hours ago
11 hours ago
13 hours ago
19 hours ago
  • 7 hours ago

    Netflix adds 94% rated Rami Malek series labeled ‘dark, disturbing and full of twists’

    'Best series ever made. Period.'

    Film & TV
  • 11 hours ago

    Marvel fans outraged as fan-favorite villain is 'wasted' after finally being revealed in new MCU show

    Not all viewers were upset, however

    Film & TV
  • 13 hours ago

    Rob McElhenney announces major name change and his wife and kids are extremely 'unhappy' about it

    Rob McElhenney has got fed up of the world butchering his surname

    Film & TV
  • 19 hours ago

    Modern Family star recalls thinking she was 'going to die' after being told she needed a pacemaker at 29 years old

    A Modern Family star revealed how her sister helped discover that she had a health condition

    Film & TV
  • The Boys creator on the only thing Amazon has ever asked him not to do
  • The Boys fans say new ‘gruesome’ X-Rated scene from episode 7 is 'straight out of a horror movie'
  • The Boys fans are only just realizing two main characters have never actually interacted during the entire series
  • Decade-old x-rated series starring The Boys’ Antony Starr is ‘the best action show no one is watching’