The Boys Presents: Diabolical Showrunner Simon Racioppa Talks Working With Awkwafina, Homelander's First Mission & Fan Reactions
Pointing to his bookshelf, The Boys Presents: Diabolical showrunner Simon Racioppa recollected his first time coming across the Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson comic book saga that has since been developed into a fan-loved Amazon Prime series helmed by Supernatural's Eric Kripke. He said, «I had read the comic books years ago. You can see them, I think they're right there, those red ones.»
«I was a huge fan of the series as well. I thought that you know, Eric Kripke's adaptation of it was excellent. It's one of my favorite shows of recent times, up there with Watchmen. When Evan Goldberg gave me a call and asked if I was interested in coming on board and helping run a spin-off of The Boys, I was like, 'yes, I would love to talk about that,'» he continued. Racioppa shared that the series was conceptualized as a show that could be fully produced during the pandemic. It was devised to be a «quick and easy appetizer» to keep fans at bay while season three of The Boys was in development. He added, «I feel very lucky. Lucky to be involved as much with the show as I am.»
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Game Rant had the opportunity to chat with Simon Racioppa about The Boys Presents: Diabolical, including his experience working with its all-star cast and creative team which includes Awkwafina, Aisha Tyler, Seth Rogen, and Justin Roiland.
Game Rant: Have you seen any of the first reactions to the series?
Simon Racioppa: I don't think every episode is for everybody. That was one of the promises of the show. We wanted to make sure that we went to all of our writers and let them do what they wanted to do. Not every episode has to be for everybody. We wanted to give you a grab bag,
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