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The Boys showrunner reveals the scene that was too explicit for Amazon

November 17, 2019 by Amie Cranswick

Amazon’s new superhero series The Boys certainly doesn’t hold back when it comes to gratuitous sex and violence, but it seems the streaming service did lay down some boundaries, with showrunner Erik Kripke revealing on Reddit that one particular scene left Amazon executives screaming “fuck no” and ultimately ended up on the cutting room floor.

“There was ONE SCENE that Amazon said FUCK NO, you have to cut,” said Kripke. “I couldn’t quite understand why considering everything else we have in the show, but: Homelander, after being dressed down by Stilwell in episode 2, was standing on one of the Chrysler building Eagles. He pulled his pants down and started jerking off, mumbling ‘I can do whatever I want’ over and over again until he climaxed all over New York City. We shot it! Oh my God, Anthony was the BEST in that scene. Amazon seemed to think it wasn’t necessary. I thought it told me something about his psyche. To be clear, they’ve been great, that may have been the ONLY fight I lost in Season 1.”

Kripke also went on to tell Entertainment Weekly about one other shot that was on his wish list, this time for the superhero sex club scene, which would have seen “an ice man having sex with a woman doggy-style when she’s wearing a fur coat [but] it was rejected because it was logistically too difficult to mount on our budget.”

SEE ALSO: The Boys receives official season 2 renewal from Amazon

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In a world where superheroes embrace the darker side of their massive celebrity and fame, THE BOYS centers on a group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys,” who set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than their blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty. THE BOYS is a fun and irreverent take on what happens when superheroes – who are as popular as celebrities, as influential as politicians and as revered as Gods – abuse their superpowers rather than use them for good. It’s the powerless against the super powerful as The Boys embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth about “The Seven,” and Vought – the multi-billion dollar conglomerate that manages these superheroes.

The Boys features a cast that includes Karl Urban (Thor: Ragnarok), Jack Quaid (The Hunger Games), Karen Fukuhara (Suicide Squad), Laz Alonso (Traffik), Antony Starr (American Gothic), Dominique McElligott (The Last Tycoon), Chace Crawford (Gossip Girl), Erin Moriarty (True Detective), Jessie T. Usher (Independence Day: Resurgence), Elisabeth Shue (Leaving Las Vegas) and Nathan Mitchell (iZombie).

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: erik kripke, The Boys

About Amie Cranswick

Amie Cranswick has been part of Flickering Myth’s editorial and management team for over a decade. She has a background in publishing and copyediting and has served as Editor-in-Chief of FlickeringMyth.com since 2023.

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