The Boys Season three Casts Supernatural Star Jensen Ackles as Soldier Boy

Jensen Ackles is becoming a member of The Boys. Ackles and Amazon Prime Video introduced Monday that the Supernatural star will play Soldier Boy on The Boys season three. That may reunite him with Supernatural creator and The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke. Within the comics that The Boys is predicated on, Soldier Boy is a part of a superhero group referred to as Payback, that was first fashioned throughout World Conflict II to struggle Nazi Germany. Soldier Boy became the world’s first superpowered superstar resulting from his heroics and has lengthy been revered in American society. Consider Solider Boy as primarily The Boys’ equal to Captain America.

In an Instagram video posted on Monday, Ackles wrote: “I preserve questioning what I will do….when [Supernatural] lastly ends this yr. Then it hit me.” The video reveals Ackles stroking his face and pretending to ponder, earlier than somebody offscreen throws a replica of The Boys quantity 9 “The Large Journey” graphic novel at Ackles. He appears to be like on the again cowl, ruffles by way of it and lands on one thing that piques his curiosity, simply as Elvis Presley’s hit ‘60s quantity “Soldier Boy” kicks in with an on-the-nose reveal. Ackles then smiles to himself, breaks the fourth wall, and nods like he is discovered his subsequent function.

“After I was a baby, I had a loopy, not possible dream — to offer Jensen Ackles with gainful employment,” Kripke stated in a ready assertion. “I am comfortable to say that dream has come true. Jensen is a tremendous actor, a fair higher particular person, smells like heat chocolate chip cookies, and I take into account him a brother. As Soldier Boy, the very first superhero, he’ll convey a lot humour, pathos, and hazard to the function. I can not wait to be on set with him once more, and produce a little bit of Supernatural to The Boys.”

The Boys was renewed for season 3 final month on the 2020 San Diego Comic-Con. Kripke developed the sequence off the comics by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, and in addition serves as govt producer alongside Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and James Weaver for Level Gray Photos, Neal H. Moritz and Pavun Shetty for Authentic Movie, along with Phil Sgriccia, Craig Rosenberg, Rebecca Sonnenshine, Ken Levin and Jason Netter.

Ackles performed Dean Winchester, the lead character in Supernatural, because the present’s first airing in 2005. The CW sequence was set to wrap up its fifteenth and closing season earlier this yr, however the ongoing coronavirus pandemic put a cease to manufacturing. Supernatural season 15 is ready to conclude this autumn.

The Boys returns with season 2 on September 4 with the primary three episodes. Remaining episodes will air weekly.