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Topics: The Boys, Amazon Prime, Film and TV
Callum Jones
Sex scenes are nothing new in film and TV, but one particular scene from The Boys certainly pushes the boundaries.
However, Chace Crawford, who plays Deep in the Prime Video show, had a few trepidations about filming one of his sex scenes.
And those who have watched earlier seasons of The Boys will know of a certain scene involving Crawford's character with an octopus.
But for those who may have forgot, let's jog your memory...
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In the sixth episode of the show's third season 'Herogasm', Butcher, Hughie and the newly-awaken Soldier Boy attempt to locate his remaining 'Pay Back' team members in exchange for his help in taking down Homelander.
This leads them to 'Herogasm', an annual orgy between Supes and non-Supes.
And in the scene, Starlight (Erin Moriarty) walks in on the Deep with an octopus wrapped around his crotch in an intimate moment.
And in an interview with the Rolling Stone, Crawford has opened up on filming the scene and the major concern he had surrounding it.
He told the outlet: "It got 24 hours out, and I kind of almost had a panic attack. I called Kripke and I was like, ‘What are the angles gonna be? How naked do I have to be?'"
The show does have an intimacy coordinator - however, 'not with an octopus', he added.
It's not the first time Crawford has discussed shooting the infamous scene.
Speaking along the same lines to Men's Health, the actor added: "The next morning I was like, 'I need to know what all the camera angles are. What are we doing? Can we not do this shot? How will I sleep at night?'
"And [Eric] Kripke started laughing and said, 'We're never gonna make you do anything you don't want to do, so let's talk about this.' So that was the only one of those emotional breakdowns I had."
He added: "That thing was like a 40-pound rig around my neck. And again, Stephan was so amazing—he saw me in a little pain and was like, 'Let's just cut some of those octopus limbs off! I'll just do it in post.' So there he was just cutting off these fake arms."
As for The Boys, Kripke, the show's creator, recently confirmed a fifth season is on the way.
He wrote on X: "#TheBoys Season 4 Premiere Week is a good time to announce: Season 5 will be the Final Season!
"Always my plan, I just had to be cagey till I got the final OK from Vought.
"Thrilled to bring the story to a gory, epic, moist climax. Watch Season 4 in 2 DAYS, cause the end has begun!"