Jensen Ackles Prompts The Boys Season 4 Soldier Boy Return Discussion With New Photo
A new photo of The Boys season 3 star Jensen Ackles sparks speculation that he may be returning as Soldier Boy in the upcoming season 4.
Summary
- The Boys star Jensen Ackles has sparked speculation around his return for season 4.
- The image of Ackles wearing a Boys season 4 cap has ignited conversation among fans.
- While season 4 of The Boys has been renewed, it has not been officially confirmed that Ackles will be returning.
The Boys star Jensen Ackles has ignited conversation around his possible return in season 4. He stars in the irreverent Prime Video superhero show as Soldier Boy, a twist on Captain America who was the former leader of the Supe team Payback and hadn't been seen since his capture in the Cold War until season 3. Although the show, which also stars Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, and Antony Starr, has been renewed for season 4, it has not yet been officially confirmed that Ackles will return.
On Twitter, fan @livelyackles shared an image of Jensen Ackles wearing a baseball cap promoting The Boys season 4. This has sparked speculation that he will indeed be returning in the upcoming season. Check out the post below:
The caption of the post reads "HE’S WEARING A THE BOYS SEASON 4 CAP !!?!"
Will Soldier Boy Return in The Boys Season 4?
While it remains to be seen if Soldier Boy will return, all signs are pointing to yes. For one thing, there are strong narrative reasons for Ackles to reprise his role. Over the course of his appearance on the show, it came to light that Soldier Boy is the biological father of Anthony Starr's corrupt Supe character Homelander, a revelation that shook the foundation of the show and seemingly set up another major confrontation between the two.
Homelander & Maeve Foreshadowed The Boys S3’s Big Soldier Boy Twist
The Boys season 3 drops its biggest twist yet, confirming a secret connection between Homelander and Soldier Boy - a secret foreshadowed much earlier.The Boys season 3 ending also set up the possibility for his return, because while Soldier Boy was defeated, he was merely incarcerated and not killed. He also made a surprise appearance in an episode of the spinoff show Gen V. While this appearance was a hallucination and doesn't indicate that the character is back in action, it shows that Ackles himself is still in the orbit of the show's universe and may have been on hand during the filming of season 4.
Gen V follows a class of young Supes who are being educated at the Godolkin University School of Crimefighting.
Filming for The Boys season 4 wrapped in April 2023, and the season is set to premiere sometime in 2024. Thus, there is not much longer that the secret of Soldier Boy's involvement can be kept. Given Ackles' hat, which may have been a wrap gift for participating in the production, it seems likely that Soldier Boy's return will be officially announced as part of the promotional campaign once an official release date for the season is set.
Source: @livelyackles/Twitter
The Boys
The Boys is a superhero/dark comedy satire series created by Eric Kripke based on the comic series of the same name. Set in a "what-if" world that reveres superheroes as celebrities and gods who experience minimal repercussions for their actions. However, one group of vigilantes headed by a vengeance-obsessed man named Billy Butcher will fight back against these super-charged "heroes" to expose them for what they are.
- Release Date
- July 26, 2019
- Cast
- Elisabeth Shue , Jensen Ackles , Goran Visnjic , Jessie T. Usher , Chace Crawford , Dominique McElligott , Laz Alonso , Nathan Mitchell , Aya Cash , Colby Minifie , Karl Urban , Erin Moriarty , Karen Fukuhara , Jack Quaid , Antony Starr , claudia doumit , Tomer Capon
- Story By
- Garth Ennis
- Writers
- Eric Kripke
- Franchise(s)
- The Boys
- Directors
- Erin Moriarty , Karen Fukuhara , Karl Urban , Jack Quaid , Eric Kripke
- Showrunner
- Eric Kripke
