Valorie Curry has opened up about playing a right-winged superhero in The Boys season four.
Spoilers ahead.
Since 2019, TV viewers around the world have immersed themselves in the action-packed comedy, which streams on Prime Video.
Based on Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s comic book of the same name, the series focuses on a team of vigilantes who aim to take down the corrupt members of ‘The Seven’; the world’s supreme superhero team (think Justice League or The Avengers).
Back in August 2022, showrunner Eric Kripke announced that Curry – known for her previous roles in Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 and The Tick –would be joining the fourth season of The Boys as a new Supe named Firecracker.
While he refrained from giving specifics about her character, he did tease that she was one of the “best and craziest superheroes ever written” for the show.
“You are going to love them. And by love, I mean be absolutely horrified & a tiny bit nauseous,” he wrote when discussing Firecracker and another new character, Sister Sage (Susan Heyward).
After nearly two years of waiting, fans were officially introduced to Firecracker when the first three episodes of the fourth season premiered on 13 June.
Like Kripke teased, the red-headed character is absolutely horrifying due to her being an alt-right superhero celebrity who uses her platform to spew outlandish conspiracy theories and anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric.
In a recent interview with The Advocate, Curry spilt the tea on her role and why she enjoys stepping into Firecracker’s shoes as a lesbian actor.
“I love that I get to play her because I think it should be one of our own that gets to make an ass out of her, that gets to satirize her and make a clown out of her,” she explained to the news outlet.
“And also, to lampoon these people and their absurdity and their ignorance and their violence, I’m glad that it’s coming from within the community, getting to take those shots.”
Elsewhere in her interview, Curry praised the show’s writers for not holding back on Firecracker’s right-winged extremism and viewpoints –adding that the character’s dialogue is nearly identical to rhetoric spewed by real-life political figures.
“I was happy that the writers chose to go as far as they did with her rhetoric because that’s the rhetoric we actually see that is truth,” she said.
“Often, some of the worst things that Firecracker says are quotes from elected officials. And so I’m glad that they didn’t make it general, and they didn’t soften it.”
“Firecracker came from like, ‘Hey, isn’t Marjorie Taylor Greene scary?’ And just that type of personality,” he explained.
“Like you had Trump, but now you have these Trump spawn that are trying to outdo each other for how outrageous and sexualized and gun-totting and slavishly obedient they can be.”
The first three episodes of The Boys season four are now avaialble on Prime Video.
News
Just When Things Were Fixed… Rings of Power Season 2, Episode 6 Creates a Whole New Problem!
The following contains spoilers for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2, Episode 6, which is now streaming on Prime Video. Númenor has often been…
‘The Rings of Power’ S2, E6 Reca: Epic Battles and Unseen Betrayals!
As we race toward the finale, it looks as if Middle-earth is headed to war. Welcome back to the continuing adventures of Celebrimbor! After declaring last week that the…
The Oldest Tolkien Mystery Solved! The Secret Fire in ‘Rings of Power’ Revealed
Warning! Spoilers for Rings of Power season 2, episode 6 ahead! The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 mentions the Secret Fire—the oldest and…
‘Last of Us 2’ Fan Uncovers Hidden Detail That Foreshadows the Game’s Most Brutal Twist
A Last of Us Part 2 player notices an impressive detail while playing through the game’s museum chapter that seemingly foreshadows one of the sequel’s most shocking and heartbreaking…
From Side Characters to Power Players: 10 ‘House of the Dragon’ Stars Ready to Steal the Show in Season 3!
This list contains spoilers for Fire & Blood and potential future plotlines for House of the Dragon. Season 2 of House of the Dragon received mixed reviews, and even George R. R….
Mohamed Al Fayed, Harrods mogul whose son died with Princess Diana, accused of dozens of sexual assaults
The late billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed, the longtime owner of London’s luxury department store Harrods whose son died in a car crash with Princess Diana, is being described by accusers…
End of content
No more pages to load