Jensen Ackles Refused To Do One Specific Scene In The Boys Season 3

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Actor Jensen Ackles says he refused to do one specific scene in The Boys season 3. Ackles plays Soldier Boy in the latest season of the hit Prime Video show, which is his first TV role since ending his long run on CW's Supernatural. Soldier Boy is a key character in The Boys comic-book series, although his origin and look will take on a different shape for the series while still retaining some of the main qualities of his presence in that universe. The Boys showrunner is Eric Kripke, who worked with Ackles when they were both working onSupernatural, which led to a chance phone call that got him the part of Soldier Boy.

Soldier Boy's origin in The Boys comics was as the leader of Payback, the precursor superhero team to The Seven. The character is modeled as a parody take on Marvel's Captain America, focusing on a more extreme take on the character within the world of The Boys. Soldier Boy has been teased throughout The Boys seasons 1 & 2, but The Boys season 3 will be his first full appearance, which promises to upset the balance for The Seven, as well as Billy Butcher and his crew of supe vigilantes.

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Ackles was excited to take on the role of Soldier Boy for The Boys season 3, but even he had his limits to the raunchy, violent debauchery that has made the show so popular. Both Ackles and Kripke recall a phone call (via EW) in which Ackles expressed that he could not do a particular scene in one of the scripts he was sent, saying, «As a father of three, and a son and a husband and a self-respecting human being, I can't do this. I didn't know where my line was, but you found it.» Neither Ackles nor Kripke would reveal what the scene was, only that they