The Boys Season 3's Major Meta Superhero Cameo Explained By Creator
Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Boys season 3, episode 1.
The Boys season 3 showrunner Eric Kripke talks about the surprise appearance of an A-list star in a major meta superhero cameo in the opening episode. The new season kicks off with a scene from Dawn of the 7, a faux movie adaptation of the superhero team, playing themselves for the most part, including team leader Homelander (Antony Starr), Starlight (Erin Moriarty), Queen Maeve (Dominique McElligott), Black Noir (Nathan Mitchell), and A-Train (Jessie T. Usher). However, the adversary they face in the «movie» has a very different actor wearing the costume of Stormfront, the Nazi villain from The Boys season 2.
Played by Aya Cash in The Boys season 2, Stormfront is instead played by actress Charlize Theron in the opening of The Boys season 3, hamming up the role in meta style. The dialogue is meant to be on the cheesier side and Theron portrays Stormfront completely straight, uttering silly Nazi dialogue in an earnest fashion, while squaring off with The Seven in the fake film. Things get even more meta when compared to Theron's other recent superhero cameo at the end of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness as Clea, making her turn in The Boys season 3 her second superhero role in the last month.
Related: The Boys Season 3 Cast & Character Guide
In an interview with The Wrap, The Boys season 3 showrunner Eric Kripke talks about Theron's surprise appearance in the show, joking that the cameo came about by «the really stringent and rigorous process of whoever returns [executive producer] Seth Rogen’s calls.» Kripke goes on to say that Theron was an “amazing sport” in being a part of the episode, which had her delivering what she called
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