A milk-loving hero until the cows come home.
For all the exploding heads, clone-on-clone oral pleasuring, flying monster sheep, and deadly Hughie Sr. hospital mayhem, The Boys is somehow never more than a few minutes away from delivering another shocking and/or cringe-inducing sequence, with Antony Starr’s Homelander involved around half of the time. Season 4 has tapped into some of his twisted childhood memories as an affection-starved experiment, with a few on-the-nose callbacks to the Supe’s perhaps unhealthy infatuation with milk, particularly a female’s breastmilk.
TV viewers aren’t exactly used to seeing superheroes with sexual fetishes and hang-ups, so it’s been wild watching The Boys hyping up Homelander’s milky odyssey since the early days. Speaking with Rolling Stone about his all-powerful character’s Season 4 arc, Starr offered something of a Cliffs Notes version of Homelander’s obsession with fluids, saying:
So my memory is it came up in the scripts — full credit to the writing team on this, because it was so weird. It started with X-ray visioning my Oedipal mummy figure while she was breastfeeding, and me pining like that and having a jealous relationship with the baby. And then at the start of Season 2, I found some of her … Homelander found some of her breast milk in a freezer and lasers it, starts drinking it, gets caught.
Even though fans were only introduced to that arguably disturbing detail a few short seasons ago, so much has happened on The Boys that it’s just a fully built-in understanding at this point that the most powerful character available to enjoy with an Amazon Prime subscription is inevitably going to enjoy some liquid calcium at some point. He even attempted to bond with Ryan over a nice, frosty milkshake, only to have those fatherly intentions blow up in his face, meaning no shake for Ryan.
The reason why it’s become such a mainstay character trait is because Antony Starr was just as on board with the icky-ish fascination as showrunner Eric Kripke and other writers. The actor continued, saying:
And it was so funny and weird, and I think I sent Eric an email after that scene going, ‘Dude, we gotta get as much milk in this show as possible. This is gonna be like a little motif or a signature thing. Like, we have to do it.’ And he was like, ‘One step ahead of you, brother. I’m putting it in everything.’ And so now every opportunity we get, the milk thing comes out. We don’t have to do anything with it, either. If I just look at someone and sip milk, there’s a twist to it. It’s become a really fun thing. The fans have really glommed on to it. And enjoyed it.
I dunno if glomming is the perfect word to use for fans appreciating Homelander’s milk motif, but there probably aren’t any perfect words for that. Perhaps nothing is perfect about it, save for Antony Starr’s instant puppy-esque look of longing anytime that desire is piqued.
There’s a lot of lasering people, and it’s very vindictive and vengeful and all that. But right off the bat, just because of the nature of the show as well, it’s pretty funny. And we’ve always tried to find the humor in this character because it makes it a lot more accessible. And we didn’t want to make a mustache-twirly villain where everything is bad. We want to see under the hood a little bit with this guy and see what makes him tick and why his engine is the way it is.
Lest anyone think he’s kidding, The Boys‘ blooper reels make quick waste of those doubts, especially when it comes to milky moments. Also, let’s all agree that if Homelander had any facial hair at all, he would have the milkiest mustache in existence, and his hands would be constantly sticky if he twirled it. Take that, Dick Dastardly.
News
Eminem made Amber Heard the subject of intense laughter when he referenced her “disgusting” actions during the Johnny Depp trial
The rapper hasn’t held back on The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace) – and even Amber Heard is in the firing line Just when you…
Hailie Jade has spoken out about what bothers her most about being Eminem’s daughter
Hailie Jade is more than just Eminem’s daughter Hailie Jade has spoken out about what bothers her most about being Eminem’s daughter, and it turns out that…
Hailie Jade revealed how Eminem was as a ‘young’ father before rapper released heartbreaking new song
Eminem’s daughter, Hailie Jade, discussed the relationship on her podcast Just a Little Shady Eminem’s daughter Hailie Jade has opened up on what the rapper was like…
Eminem fans discover rapper may retire after latest album release
It might be the death of Slim Shady, but Eminem and Marshall Mathers are still around Some of Eminem’s fans are worried that the legendary rapper might…
Detail Eminem first faced Slim Shady and blamed him to destroy his life
Looks like its curtains for Eminem’s infamous Slim Shady Eminem has confronted his infamous alter-ego Slim Shady for the first time ever in an expletive filled new…
Eminem fans believe something big is about to happen after noticing Taylor Swift’s reaction to his performance at the VMAs
She seems to enjoy his music, but then again who doesn’t? Music fans who tuned in to the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) were treated to the…
End of content
No more pages to load