Charlize Theron Opens Up About Surprise MCU & The Boys Cameos
Charlize Theron opens up about her surprise cameos in the Marvel Cinematic Universe — via Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - and The Boys, which happened weeks apart. Based on Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s comic of the same name, Amazon Prime Video’s The Boys is a satirical take on the superhero genre—which often takes shots at the Marvel Cinematic Universe and DC Extended Universe. For example, The Boys season 3 opens with an in-universe film that serves as a spoof of both Justice League and The Avengers.
The Boys season 3, episode 1, “Payback,” dropped on its respective streaming service on June 3. It begins with a scene from “Dawn of the Seven,” which is ripe with more than a few tropes, including a surprise cameo. In the faux film's final battle, Homelander is joined by Queen Maeve, A-Train, Starlight, and Black Noir against the main villain, Stormfront. The uncredited actress playing Stormfront is none other than Theron, who made another, less satirical cameo in Doctor Strange 2’s post-credits scene less than a month earlier on May 6. She is now set to play Clea in the MCU.
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Saturday, Theron hosted a block party celebrating the 15th anniversary of her Africa Outreach Project. There, she spoke with Variety about her cameo appearance in The Boys and the MCU. When asked what moment was conceived first, Theron explained her Long Shot costar and The Boys executive producer, Seth Rogen, reached out before Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige. Read the full quote below:
“Seth asked me a while back, and I will lay my body over broken glass for that guy and all of his partners at Point Gray, I absolutely love them, and we look
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