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This interview contains spoilers for season two, episode six of AmazonsThe Boys.
It is as if a far-right troll commentator had been gifted with superpowers.
In the comics series that inspiredThe Boys, Stormfront is male and more obviously a villain from the get-go.
Did you know that the soundtrack would kick into theGolden Girlstheme after that moment?
It just makes it ickier somehow.I did not know!
They dont consult me about music choices, weirdly.
This is a superhero story, but the superheroes are, for the most part, really vile people.
Theyre showing all types of disgusting humanity, and we live in a world where that exists.
It didnt feel like we were creating something that doesnt exist and saying, look how fun.
The world ofThe Boysis an attempt to satirize and comment what is happening in our own world.
In the comics, hes just a straight-up Nazi wearing a swastika.
This is obviously an updated version that makes her somewhat likable in the first part of the season.
The misdirects, I do think, pay off.
Im not gonna name names, because I dont want to promote those people, but they exist.
There was a recentbook,Sisters in Hate, that focused on that.
Did you think of her in those terms?I think I read the article about that as well!
It wasnt something that I had thought of before, and I was a little embarrassed about that.
I assume the writers were thinking of that and Im slightly behind the ball.
For me, those moments [where shes acting superficially feminist] were places to connect with me.
That forced me to look at my own blindspots about that.
But thats also fun.
On the day, youre going, Why am I hopping up and down?
and then seeing yourself fly in the series is a very fun experience.
Except the wire work.
I actually really like being on the wires and flying.
I understand what a b.s.
sentence this is, but I love aerial yoga, so I really enjoy being in the air.
When you see me in the air, I actually am on a crane, quite high up.
How did you figure out what Stormfront would look like?
There was a really short wig at one point, and I had extensions at another.
Everybody onThe Boysseems like they get coated with tons of blood and entrails at some point in the show.
They really got me near the end.
I had something that took six and half hours of hair and makeup.
But I just put a podcast in and conk out when its that long.
You also have a movie coming out on Shudder in October,Scare Me,that goes into horror.
And I was like, Sure!
Then everyone got crazy sick on that movie because it was like negative 10 degrees around Woodstock.
It wasnt quite as much fun as wed hoped, but it was still a great group of people.
I did just say to my agents that Im only playing nice people from now on.
So expect something else next!
This interview has been edited and condensed.
