121 Fun Facts About The Boys

Which actor plays Homelander in The Boys?

Antony Starr plays Homelander and, in season two, a second part as well: a shapeshifter who copies Homelander's own body, until the real one snaps its neck.

Which member of the Boys is the team's weapons and explosives expert?

Frenchie, played by Tomer Capone, is the Boys' explosives expert; he was recruited to the team after being caught robbing a bank and flooring a Supe with a Xanax grenade.

Which secret power does congresswoman Victoria Neuman hide in The Boys?

Making heads explode is Neuman's secret: the congresswoman leading the case against Vought is a blood-controlling Supe, and Hughie takes a job with her unaware she is the assassin.

Which power does a dose of Temp V give Hughie in Season 3?

Teleportation is Hughie's Temp V power, with a catch: his clothes stay behind every time he jumps. He first uses it to kill a guard at the Russian lab.

Before the Boys learn her real name, Kimiko Miyashiro is referred to only as what?

She is called The Female, the only name the comics ever give her; the show made her Kimiko Miyashiro, kidnapped as a child to fight for the Shining Light Liberation Army.

Which Vought executive, his pseudo-mother figure, does Homelander murder?

Madelyn Stillwell, Vought's Senior Vice President of Hero Management, mothers Homelander; he burns out her eyes with his heat vision in the season-one finale for lying about his son.

In Season 1 of The Boys, where in New York do Hughie and Starlight first meet by chance?

Central Park: Starlight and Hughie meet on a bench there by chance, and the talk leaves him ready to join Butcher's plan and her ready to stand up to the Seven.

What is the real name of the superhero known as Starlight?

Annie January is Starlight's real name; in season three she quits the Seven on a livestream, drops the Starlight name and joins the Boys.

In the TV series, which pair hosts the annual Herogasm party at their house?

The TNT Twins, Tommy and Tessa, host the annual Supe orgy at their home; it ends when Soldier Boy's blast levels the house and kills them both.

Under what hero name did Stormfront operate in the 1970s?

Liberty was her 1970s hero name, under which she committed a racist murder; born in Germany in 1919, the same unaged Supe resurfaced decades later as Stormfront.

Which weapon is most commonly associated with Billy Butcher?

A crowbar is Butcher's signature weapon on screen and on the page; in the comics he uses one outside the White House to finish off a member of the Seven.

Which member of The Seven, desperate to stay the world's fastest man, develops an addiction to Compound V?

A-Train, played by Jessie T. Usher, shoots up Compound V to protect his title as the world's fastest man, and it wrecks his heart.

What was Soldier Boy's original superhero team before his disappearance?

Payback was Vought's top team before the Seven, with Soldier Boy as leader; in 1984 his own teammates handed him to the Russians, with Vought's blessing.

In Season 2, Butcher rams a speedboat straight into which animal sent by The Deep to block the Boys?

A whale: The Deep parks a sperm whale he calls Lucy in the boat's path, Butcher drives straight into her, and The Deep stays on the beach mourning instead of giving chase.

Which member of The Seven was thought invulnerable due to their skin, but had a weakness?

Translucent's skin turns into a light-bending carbon metamaterial that makes him invulnerable from outside, so the Boys plant C-4 inside him; Hughie detonates it in season one.

In Season 2, Homelander outs Queen Maeve's relationship with which woman on live television?

Elena is the ex-girlfriend Maeve has quietly gone back to; after Homelander outs them, Vought turns the couple into a marketing campaign, and Maeve plays along to keep Elena safe.

Which actor plays Lamplighter in Season 2?

Shawn Ashmore, Iceman in the X-Men films, plays the fire-wielding Lamplighter, who burns himself to death at Vought's headquarters after Hughie talks him into a rescue.

Which government body does Victoria Neuman run when Hughie works for her in Season 3?

The Federal Bureau of Superhuman Affairs is the agency Neuman sets up to police Supes; Hughie is her senior analyst there, and the Boys work for it as contractors arresting rogue heroes.

Where does Hughie Campbell work when The Boys begins?

An electronics store: Hughie is a salesman at Bryman Audio when the pilot opens, and Butcher first wins him over by flashing a fake FBI badge.

Homelander's son with Becca Butcher, the first naturally born Supe, has what first name?

Ryan, played by Cameron Crovetti, is Homelander's son with Becca Butcher and the first Supe born with powers rather than dosed with Compound V; Homelander reveals him to Butcher in the season-one finale.

Which supe does Homelander install as CEO of Vought International in Season 4?

Homelander makes Sister Sage CEO of Vought International in season four, sidelining the previous boss as a figurehead; Sage is played by Susan Heyward.

What is Queen Maeve's signature weapon, often seen with her?

A sword is Queen Maeve's signature weapon, part of her armoured costume; in the comics it shatters the moment she swings it at Homelander.

How does Becca Butcher die in the Season 2 finale of The Boys?

Accidentally, by her son: the boy's untrained laser eyes, fired at Stormfront to save his mother, slice Becca's neck too, and she dies making Butcher promise to protect him.

What is the name of Hughie's girlfriend, killed in the first episode by a speedster who runs straight through her?

Robin's death is what pulls Hughie into Butcher's crusade against Vought; the same accident happens in the comics.

Who among his former teammates does Soldier Boy kill first after his return?

Crimson Countess, his former lover and teammate, is the first Supe Soldier Boy kills after escaping the Russians; in season three he blasts her to ash inside her trailer after she admits she never loved him.

Which building is Vought International's corporate headquarters?

The Seven Tower is Vought's headquarters and the Seven's base; Hughie's first job for Butcher is to plant a bug there, and one of the Seven catches him doing it.

What unique power does the supe Termite possess?

Shrinking is Termite's power; in Season 3 he kills his boyfriend by snapping back to full size at the wrong moment, and Butcher traps the tiny Supe in a bag of cocaine.

Which character serves as the Vought publicist who later becomes CEO?

Ashley Barrett, played by Colby Minifie, pulls out her own hair under stress; by Season 4 she is CEO in name only, a figurehead once a member of the Seven takes charge.

Whose powers does Soldier Boy's blast strip away in the Russian lab in Season 3?

Kimiko loses her powers when Soldier Boy's chest blast hits her in the Russian lab; a later dose of Compound V heals her injuries and brings them back.

At the end of Season 3 of The Boys, how does the rally crowd react when Homelander kills a protester?

They cheer: a Starlight supporter throws a can that hits Homelander's son, Homelander kills the man with his heat vision in front of everyone, and to his own surprise the crowd applauds.

What is the name of Victoria Neuman's daughter?

Victoria Neuman's daughter is Zoe; her mother has her injected with Compound V in season three, and the girl gains fanged tendrils that shoot from her mouth.

Which Marvel team is the Supe squad Payback a parody of?

Payback parodies the Avengers: its leader stands in for Captain America, and a season-three promo poster for a Payback film even apes the Avengers movies.

In the comics, how does Homelander kill Queen Maeve?

Decapitation: late in the comics Homelander tears off Maeve's head after she turns on him to buy Starlight time to escape; the TV series lets her live instead.

Which actress plays Starlight in The Boys?

Erin Moriarty plays Starlight and, in the fourth season, a second role as well: a shapeshifting Supe who impersonates Starlight while the real one is held prisoner.

What does Vought call the serum variant that grants only temporary superpowers in Season 3?

V24, nicknamed Temp V, gives about 24 hours of powers per dose; Butcher and Hughie lean on it until Annie finds Vought research showing three to five doses are fatal.

Who is the adoptive father of Victoria Neuman?

Stan Edgar, Vought's CEO, took Nadia Khayat out of a company-run home for superpowered children and raised her as his daughter under the name Victoria Neuman.

In the TV series, which Vought scientist raised Homelander in a laboratory?

Jonah Vogelbaum raised Homelander in a lab and later calls him his 'greatest failure'; by season two he is in a wheelchair, after Homelander forced the truth out of him.

In which city did Starlight grow up?

Starlight grew up in Des Moines, Iowa, pushed into child pageants and hero work by her mother Donna; she moves to New York when Vought picks her for the Seven.

In the TV series, how did M.M.'s grandfather die?

A Supe-caused car crash: Soldier Boy hurled a car into the family's house, killing M.M.'s grandfather; M.M.'s father then spent the rest of his life trying and failing to sue Vought over it.

In the Season 2 finale of The Boys, what does Queen Maeve use to blackmail Homelander into backing down?

Airliner crash footage: Maeve has video of Homelander abandoning a hijacked plane's passengers, and threatens to release it unless he lets Butcher go and leaves her alone.

In the comics, what was young Homelander kept chained to as Vought's failsafe?

Comics Homelander was raised in a Vought bunker chained to a nuclear bomb, the company's failsafe should the child's powers run out of control; the TV series instead raises him in a sterile Vought laboratory.

Victoria Neuman becomes running mate to which presidential candidate?

Robert Singer picks Neuman after his intended running mate is murdered by The Deep on Homelander's orders.

What is the name of the orphanage where Victoria Neuman was adopted from?

Red River Institute is a Vought-run group home for orphaned Supe children; Hughie's visit there in season three starts to uncover his boss's hidden past.

In Season 4, which member of the Boys helps Butcher get Vought's jailed ex-CEO released?

Mother's Milk and Butcher offer the jailed ex-CEO amnesty for help in their hunt for an anti-Supe weapon; when it fails, M.M. sends him back to prison.

Which Supe does Butcher kill after his first dose of Temp V in Season 3?

Gunpowder, Soldier Boy's gun-toting former sidekick, wounds Butcher in a parking-garage shootout; Butcher returns on his first dose of Temp V and kills him with heat vision.

In the TV series, who is Colonel Grace Mallory to Billy Butcher?

His former supervisor: Mallory founded the Boys and ran Butcher until Lamplighter burned her grandchildren alive, a loss that made her walk away from the team.

Which Season 4 addition to the Seven is a far-right conspiracy podcaster?

Firecracker, played by Valorie Curry, is a far-right podcaster who throws sparks; she joins the Seven nursing a grudge against Starlight over a rumour that cost her a childhood pageant.

Vought secretly assigned the 'retired' Lamplighter to which covert Supe-drug testing facility?

Vought stationed Lamplighter at Sage Grove hospital, a psychiatric facility used to test Compound V on inmates; he burned the failed subjects, and the Boys infiltrate it in season two.

What is the primary power of Mesmer, the former child star supe?

Telepathy by touch is Mesmer's power; the former child star, played by Haley Joel Osment, fell from grace after allegedly using it for insider trading.

On which streaming service did The Boys premiere in 2019?

Prime Video premiered The Boys in July 2019; Amazon had already renewed it for a second season a week before the first episode streamed.

Which food allergy does Queen Maeve exploit to take down Black Noir in Season 2?

Tree nuts: Maeve forces an Almond Joy into Black Noir's mouth and kicks his EpiPen out of reach, leaving the Seven's silent enforcer in a coma.

In The Boys TV series, which two organisations did Billy Butcher once serve?

The SAS and the CIA: Butcher was a Special Air Service soldier before a CIA officer showed him footage of his missing wife with Homelander and recruited him to go after Supes.

Which director was attached to Columbia's abandoned film version of The Boys?

Adam McKay, the Anchorman director, was set to make The Boys as a $100 million Columbia film; the studio abandoned it, and the idea later became a TV series.

Which comedy duo are executive producers on The Boys?

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, then adapting Garth Ennis's Preacher, were hired to direct the pilot too, but scheduling conflicts forced them to hand it to another director.

In which city was The Boys primarily filmed?

Toronto doubles for New York throughout; its Roy Thomson Hall, a concert hall, supplies the street-level exterior of Vought's headquarters, with the rest added digitally.

Starlight's light blasts depend on her drawing in what from her surroundings?

Electricity: Starlight drains the power around her, sometimes blacking out a room, to fuel her light blasts, so with no power supply nearby she is close to defenceless.

Which 1950s-set prequel spin-off of The Boys was announced in 2024?

Vought Rising is a murder mystery set in the 1950s; Soldier Boy and Stormfront can both return because each was already a Vought Supe decades before the main show.

What is the name of Vought's in-universe cable news channel?

Vought News Network, or VNN, is the company's in-house cable news channel; its bulletins were also posted on YouTube between seasons as in-universe marketing for the show.

Who is the Supe terrorist Kenji, hunted in Season 2, to Kimiko?

Her brother: Kenji and Kimiko were abducted as children by the Shining Light Liberation Army; he stayed loyal to it, and Stormfront kills him in season two.

Sister Sage is described as what?

The smartest person in the world is how Sister Sage is billed; Homelander recruits her as his strategist, and her only way to switch her brain off is a lobotomy that heals overnight.

What does Sameer Shah develop in Season 4 that Butcher wants to use on Homelander?

A virus that can kill all Supes: Sameer Shah, the father of Neuman's daughter, tests it on V-dosed animals at a farm, and Butcher secretly kidnaps him to brew a stronger batch.

What is Queen Maeve's real name?

Queen Maeve's real name is Maggie Shaw; Dominique McElligott played her for three seasons before the character retired powerless after the season-three finale.

What is A-Train's real name?

A-Train's real name is Reggie Franklin; his brother Nathan Franklin, a former coach paralyzed by Blue Hawk in season three, is the family conscience A-Train keeps failing.

In The Boys, which religious group does The Deep join after his Season 1 disgrace?

The Deep joins the Church of the Collective, a Scientology-style group led by Alastair Adana, after being exiled to Sandusky, Ohio; it arranges his marriage to Cassandra and his bid to rejoin the Seven.

In The Boys, which actor has played two different Supes behind the same black mask?

Nathan Mitchell spent three seasons as the Seven's silent masked killer, then came back in the same suit as a new character, the replacement Vought hires to hide that the original died.

Which actress plays Madelyn Stillwell in The Boys?

Elisabeth Shue plays Madelyn Stillwell; the Karate Kid star later went back to her 1984 role as Ali Mills for the third season of Cobra Kai.

Which actress plays Stormfront in The Boys?

Aya Cash plays Stormfront, gender-swapped from the comics' male Nazi supervillain; the You're the Worst actress joined in season two as the Seven's social-media-savvy new recruit.

Which Walking Dead star plays Joe Kessler in Season 4 of The Boys?

Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Negan on The Walking Dead, plays Joe Kessler in season four; Kessler turns out to be a hallucination, a projection of Butcher's most ruthless impulses.

Which Hamilton star joined The Boys for its fifth and final season as the preacher Supe Oh Father?

Daveed Diggs, Hamilton's original Lafayette and Jefferson, plays Oh Father, the preacher Supe who presides over a murdered hero's funeral and declares him a martyr to the Supe cause.

Which director made the pilot of The Boys before reviving the Predator films with Prey?

Dan Trachtenberg stepped in to direct the pilot when the two producers first set to direct it dropped out over scheduling conflicts; he later revived the Predator series with Prey.

From its second season onward, how were new episodes of The Boys released?

Weekly, after Kripke convinced Amazon that dropping everything at once made the show a topic for a weekend instead of a season.

Which sitcom led the artist of The Boys comics to draw Hughie as a Simon Pegg lookalike?

Spaced made the comic's artist a Simon Pegg fan, so he drew Hughie in Pegg's likeness; by the time the story reached the screen Pegg was too old for the part, and he plays Hughie's father instead.

Why did Eric Kripke turn the comics' male Stormfront into a woman for The Boys?

To steal Homelander's spotlight: Kripke said the hero's worst nightmare would be a strong woman who wasn't afraid of him and proceeded to take his limelight.

Which comedian voices The Deep's gills?

Patton Oswalt voices the Deep's gills in season two, when a psychedelic mushroom trip has them talk the hero through his body-image insecurities.

What is slowly killing Billy Butcher in Season 4?

Temp V left Butcher with a brain tumor; at the start of season four doctors give him months to live, and the tumor sparks the hallucinations that haunt him all season.

Which Walking Dead actress plays Crimson Countess in The Boys?

Laurie Holden, who played Andrea on The Walking Dead, is Crimson Countess, and she sang the character's chimp-sanctuary single 'Chimps Don't Cry' herself.

Which Supernatural star did Eric Kripke cast as the speedster Mister Marathon in The Boys' final season?

Jared Padalecki, Sam Winchester in Kripke's Supernatural, plays Mister Marathon, a speedster who once ran with the Seven; Homelander ends the cameo by stepping on his head.

Which actress plays Hughie's mother, Daphne Campbell, in The Boys?

Rosemarie DeWitt plays Daphne Campbell, the mother who abandoned Hughie as a child and returns in season four while his father lies dying; Simon Pegg plays the father.

Which real theme park doubled as Vought's amusement park in Season 3 of The Boys?

Canada's Wonderland lent its Medieval Faire area to play Voughtland, where a washed-up Supe performing for tourists accidentally kills a park employee.

Who composes the score for The Boys, having worked with Kripke on Supernatural?

Christopher Lennertz scores The Boys after working with Kripke on Supernatural, and he also writes the Supes' in-universe pop songs, one of which earned the show an Emmy nomination.

Which Emmy-nominated ballad does Starlight sing in Season 2 of The Boys?

Never Truly Vanish was written to order as an over-the-top power ballad for a fallen teammate's funeral; the actress sang it herself, and it earned a 2021 Emmy nomination for original music and lyrics.

Showrunner Eric Kripke has said Homelander is a metaphor for which US president?

Donald Trump is the model, Kripke says, and viewers who find the show too 'woke' should 'go watch something else'.

At which film festival did The Boys premiere its pilot in April 2019, three months before streaming?

Tribeca hosted the world premiere, and the show was renewed for a second season a week before the first had even begun streaming.

Why was the Season 4 finale of The Boys renamed simply 'Season Four Finale' days before release?

A real assassination attempt: the episode was called 'Assassination Run' until a gunman fired on a US presidential candidate five days before release, so the title was dropped and a viewer warning added.

Which Oscar winner cameos as Stormfront in Vought's superhero blockbuster at the start of Season 3 of The Boys?

Charlize Theron plays Stormfront in the film-within-the-show: after the real one is exposed, Vought recuts its movie to make her the villain the Seven defeat.

Which Starlight House worker does Frenchie fall for in Season 4 of The Boys?

Colin Hauser, played by Elliot Knight, knows Frenchie from Narcotics Anonymous; years earlier, as a mob hitman, Frenchie murdered Colin's family, and when he finally confesses, Colin beats him.

What is the title of Vought's in-universe blockbuster about the Seven, directed by Adam Bourke?

Dawn of the Seven is Vought's in-universe blockbuster about the team, directed by the hapless Adam Bourke; it is reshot repeatedly in season two, and its red-carpet premiere opens season three.

Which Breaking Bad star plays Stan Edgar, the ice-cold boss of Vought, in The Boys?

Giancarlo Esposito, Breaking Bad's Gus Fring, plays Stan Edgar, a man with no powers at all who is one of the few people to show no fear of Homelander.

Which Russian mob boss did Frenchie once work for as a hitman?

Little Nina is the Russian mob boss Frenchie once killed for; in season three Butcher buys the Boys' passage to Russia from her by agreeing to assassinate one of her targets.

Which series beat The Boys to the 2021 Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series?

The Crown swept the major drama awards that night, so The Boys lost to it twice: its nomination for drama writing was beaten by a Crown episode as well.

What is the name of the octopus The Deep is forced to eat in Season 3?

Timothy is the live octopus Homelander orders The Deep to eat in season three; The Deep, who can talk to sea life, protests that Timothy is his friend and then forces him down.

Which comic team from 'We Gotta Go Now' inspired the spin-off Gen V?

The G-Men were the comics' send-up of Marvel's X-Men; for the spin-off Kripke kept the young Supes but pitched their college as a Hunger Games-style contest.

Which two actors signed on in 2023 to executive-produce the spin-off The Boys: Mexico?

Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal signed on to produce the Mexico-set spin-off in 2023, and were reported to be weighing small acting roles in it as well.

Which character hosts Vought's in-universe news show Seven on 7?

Cameron Coleman fronts Seven on 7, the in-universe news digest Vought put online before season three; in the series he anchors Vought's channel until he is framed as a leaker and the Seven beat him to death.

Which Blondie song does Soldier Boy perform in a viral fake Solid Gold appearance?

Rapture: a season-three tie-in video restaged Blondie's hit as Soldier Boy's guest spot on Solid Gold, with Jensen Ackles rapping in full costume; the clip took off as a TikTok sound.

Which three characters from The Boys joined Call of Duty in the first 2023 crossover?

Black Noir, Homelander and Starlight became playable in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Warzone in July 2023, and Warzone added a Temp V pickup that hands a player a random superpower.

In which fighting game does Homelander appear as a downloadable guest fighter?

Mortal Kombat 1 added Homelander through its Kombat Pack; the game borrows the TV actor's face, but a different performer, Jake Green, supplies the voice.

Which publisher cancelled The Boys comic after six issues before Dynamite picked it up?

DC, WildStorm's parent, was uneasy with the anti-superhero tone.

In The Boys comics, Hughie finally confronts Butcher atop which landmark?

The Empire State Building is where the two fall together; Butcher, paralysed by a broken neck and with his plan in ruins, goads Hughie into finishing him off.

What is the title of the 2020 epilogue miniseries to The Boys comics?

Dear Becky takes its title from Butcher's diary, addressed to his dead wife; years later it is mailed to Hughie, who reads it as he gets ready to marry Annie.

In The Boys comics, who is revealed to be a clone of Homelander built to kill him?

Black Noir is Vought's secret failsafe, a clone made to kill Homelander if he ever went rogue; denied that purpose, he commits the atrocities Homelander comes to believe are his own.

In the original The Boys comics, what nationality is Hughie?

Scottish: the comics' 'Wee Hughie' grew up in the seaside town of Auchterladle, while the TV series turned him into an American from New York.

In The Boys comics, in which part of London did Butcher grow up?

The East End: the comics' Butcher grew up there in a violent household, watching his father beat his mother, before joining the Royal Marines.

In which war did comic-book Butcher fight as a Royal Marine?

The Falklands War: the comics' Butcher fought there as a young Royal Marine and got his first taste of killing; back home he drank and brawled until the Marines threw him out.

What is the name of Butcher's bulldog in the comics?

Terror is Butcher's English bulldog in both the comics and the TV series; his party trick, on Butcher's command, is humping whatever he is pointed at.

Who voices Butcher in the animated The Boys Presents: Diabolical?

Jason Isaacs voices Butcher in one of the shorts, opposite Simon Pegg, who at last gets to play the Hughie that was modelled on his face years earlier.

Which university is the setting of The Boys spin-off Gen V?

Godolkin University ranks its young Supes in public, and a high placing leads to a hero contract guarding a major city, or even a shot at joining the Seven.

Which actress plays Gen V protagonist Marie Moreau?

Jaz Sinclair plays Marie Moreau, whose blood-bending power erupted without warning when she was a child and killed both her parents; Sinclair earlier starred in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.

Which Gen V character shifts between male and female forms?

Jordan Li switches between male and female bodies, each with different powers; London Thor and Derek Luh share the role, with the female form firing energy blasts and the male form built for durability.

Which son of Arnold Schwarzenegger played Golden Boy in Gen V?

Patrick Schwarzenegger plays Golden Boy, Luke Riordan, the school's top-ranked student who can engulf himself in flames; he dies by suicide in the Gen V premiere after discovering a Vought secret beneath the campus.

What is the secret underground research facility in Gen V called?

The Woods is the hidden lab under the campus that the dean secretly runs, experimenting on young Supes; Golden Boy's brother Sam was locked up there while his family believed he was dead.

Which Gen V character is Marie's roommate, a Supe who shrinks by purging?

Emma Meyer, played by Lizze Broadway, shrinks by purging and grows by bingeing, until she learns she can change size through feeling alone; online she performs as Little Cricket.

The Boys Presents: Diabolical short 'I'm Your Pusher' copies the look of which source?

The original comics: the short copies their artwork and is set in their continuity, with Butcher and his bulldog bullying a dealer into spiking a Supe's fix.

Which Brooklyn Nine-Nine star wrote a short for The Boys Presents: Diabolical?

Andy Samberg wrote 'John and Sun-Hee' and played it for tears: an old man steals the serum to save his dying wife, and it gives her cancer a monstrous life of its own.

Which crime drama starred Antony Starr as Lucas Hood before he joined The Boys?

Banshee ran for four seasons with Antony Starr as Lucas Hood, an ex-con posing as a small-town sheriff; Starr had earlier played twin brothers on Outrageous Fortune.

Which country is Karl Urban, The Boys' British Butcher, from?

New Zealand: Urban was born in Wellington, and the show's all-American Homelander is played by a New Zealander too.

Which Star Trek reboot character did Karl Urban play?

Dr. Leonard McCoy, 'Bones', was Urban's part in three films; his Enterprise crewmate Simon Pegg, the reboot's Scotty, later joined him on The Boys as Hughie's father.

Hughie actor Jack Quaid's parents are Dennis Quaid and which actress?

Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid, who fell for each other while filming the thriller D.O.A., are Jack Quaid's parents.

Which physicist did Jack Quaid play in Oppenheimer?

Richard Feynman: Jack Quaid plays the young physicist in Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer; the real Feynman watched the Trinity test through the windshield of a truck.

Which Gossip Girl star plays The Deep, the Seven's aquatic hero, in The Boys?

Chace Crawford, Gossip Girl's Nate Archibald, plays The Deep, a vain sea-themed hero who is privately ashamed of the gills on his torso.

Which singer does Hughie Campbell name among his favourite artists in The Boys?

Billy Joel sits beside James Taylor and Simon and Garfunkel among Hughie's favourites; his love of Joel comes from his mother, who left the family when he was a child.