The Boys Season 3: Karl Urban Teases Butcher's Superpowers Storyline
Karl Urban teases how Butcher getting superpowers in The Boysseason 3 will pose an interesting dilemma for all the characters. With its upcoming third season, Amazon's The Boys will arrive with some high expectations attached. The show's previous run was a critically acclaimed hit that brought in higher viewing numbers than its freshman outing. Add in a couple surprise Emmy nominations, and The Boys has cemented itself as one of TV's must-watch shows. Season 3 will premiere in June, yet there is already plenty of excitement about what lies ahead for Butcher and the rest of the titular ragtag vigilante team.
The Boys is based on comics written by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. So far, the series has followed and deviated from the source material in equal measure, but season 3 promises to bring in a pretty major storyline from the comics. As heavily hinted with a poster and then actually shown in The Boys season 3 trailer, notorious anti-supe tough guy Billy Butcher will be getting superpowers of his own. He's been shown with heat vision, suggesting he'll actually get powers similar to Homelander's (Antony Starr). This means big changes are coming for The Boys.
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Urban confirmed as much while talking to EW recently. While discussing the superpowered twist, Urban explained how it opens up a major question about his character: Will he use these powers for good, or for bad? That leads to a greater conflict within everyone else. Urban said:
«That's the dilemma: does Butcher become a superhero or a super villain? In order to defeat the monster, do you become the monster? And I think that's one of the cool things about this season is every character is
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