While waiting for news on The Boys season 5, the hit Prime series' Black Noir actor recently revealed a secret about the huge Homelander x Black Noir twist that happened in The Boys' original comic book. Fans may have dodged a curveball with this one.
The Boys S4 Would Have Been Weirder With THIS Comic Book Plot Twist
The Boys' Black Noir actor Nathan Mitchell shared an interesting scrapped twist about Homelander in the Prime series.
Considering he had been a part of the show since its debut, one of his first questions was about the major secret Black Noir had been hiding from The Seven's leader (and no, this one is not about Soldier Boy).
"I asked [showrunner] Eric [Kripke] a question, and he was like, 'Yeah, we're not doing that.'" Mitchell explained, adding that it established Black Noir as simply being his own non-speaking badass Supe since day one.
That specific comic book scene that Mitchell had asked was about the fact that The Boys' comic book creators Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson originally penned Black Noir as a hidden Homelander clone, hence, why he always wore his mask on.
The plot revolves around Vought's reservations about the real Homelander. The Supe's clone would have stepped up to the plate, in case they ever needed to get rid of the original hero.
Black Noir would have been also responsible for manipulating Homelander into becoming the psychopathic Supe that the Prime series had been portraying on screens.
This cloning idea wouldn't have sat right with fans since Black Noir worked as a silent comic relief Supe.
It also happens to be something the showrunner himself agrees with, saying that the twist is "not as satisfying" to push through, "If I'm going to follow this villain, I want this guy to be the villain. So I was never really into the clone idea."
As one fan mentioned, the comic books had really good ideas", though some (that were not adapted on TV) were considered 'lazy' or 'weak' and wouldn't have matched with what The Boys series is going for.
If anything, the series has one too many Supes who could duplicate themselves or even shed skin to fake a proposal to Hughie.
Homelander acting on his own selfish pursuits to take over the world is more than enough to cause destruction on the explosive ending of The Boys season 5 hopefully delivers in the future.
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