Showrunner Eric Kripke talks about that one story from the animated anthology that inspired the current state of Butcher.
Warning: This article contains spoilers fromThe Boysseason 4 finale, “Assassination Run.”
“You’re all f—ing welcome.”
Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s Joe Kessler and Karl Urban’s Billy Butcher on ‘The Boys’ season 4.Amazon
Guess we know how Billy was able to butcher Ezekiel (Shaun Benson) episodes earlier!
He confirmed suspicions that they indeed got the idea from their animated anthology spinoff series.
Some were considered canon to the main series.
“John and Sun-Hee” from ‘The Boys Presents: Diabolical’.Amazon Studios
One thatwaswas “John and Sun-Hee.”
The story followed an elderly janitor who worked at Vought headquarters named John.
His wife, Sun-Hee, was in the hospital dying of cancer.
Jack Quaid’s Hughie in ‘The Boys’ season 4 finale.Prime Video
It shouldn’t be blue lights and ethereal.
It should be horrific, pulsing tumors.'
So, yeah, it’s another version of that.
I like that the shows are all kind of inspiring each other."
“We have asked Amazon to give us the money for it many times.
Beyond that, you’d have to have a letter writing campaign to Amazon,” Kripke jokes.
