They were showing even Homelanders human side a lot earlier than they showed A-Trains human side.
He was just, like, a puppet.
He seemed like his intention was always just to do whatever he was told and he didnt care.
“I hate running,” says Jessie T. Usher, who plays A-Train — the fastest man alive — on ‘The Boys.‘Jasper Savage/Amazon Prime Video
And sympathy is within reach.
At the beginning of the season, nobody really knows whos gonna die.
Last season, his heart stops.
Im like, Thats it!
And then he wakes up in a hospital with a new heart.
And youre just like, Whoa, so even death isnt a way out.
Which is something that also plays into his psyche.
Theyre just above the world.
And I saw that and Im like, Thats what I think A-train is.
That was a really interesting thing to play around with on set.
Its crazy, right?
Its a weird thing to work with.
You dont mess with Antony, thats for sure.
You just dont mess with Homelander, you really dont.
Antony does such a great job of creating realism in very bizarre scenarios.
He does a wonderful job of making you feel fear even when you know whos in the suit.
His demeanor, everything changes about him when hes in the suit and playing those things out.
And then he puts the suit back on and all of a sudden were back in it.
When Antony walks on set, people actually treat him like Homelander.
And Im like, thats convincing right there.
If they are walking down the hall, they will spread like the Red Sea because hes coming through.
Im like, If you ran track, youre gonna beat me, bro.
Like, Im only fast on TV.
My best friend runs marathons.
Hes been begging me to run one for years.
Im like, No.
I dont even run on the treadmill.
I would do anything but run for cardio.
I was thrilled to find out that most of my running is going to happen in post-production.
Theyre like, just start and stop.
Im like, Great.
I can do that.
Cause Im not doing that either.
I did meet this one kid who basically turned his entire high-school life around because of A-Train and running.
And he asked me one day, Can we run a race?
And I was like, You know what?
I might actually run with this kid.
The show parodies Hollywood as brutally as it does politics.
And were gonna do it with an icon.
And it just happened to be Will Ferrell.
And, oh my gosh, was he so funny on set.
Such a good day.
And then Im like This is what I would say.
And theyre like, You sure?
Because I actually dont use bad grammar, or at least in that scenario.
Its hard to explain the nuances.
Is that how youre thinking as well?
I dont see a clean exit for him.
I was acting for fun.
It was a hobby, like basketball or whatever.
I thought I was gonna grow up to be a culinary artist.
I was like, Im gonna be a cook.
Thats what I went to school for.
And Im like, Dang, man, whatever happened to the filet mignon?
And this is way far out of the box from where I saw even just my acting career going.
I was a very dramatic actor in my younger years.
If you want to make God laugh, make a plan.
Thats what happened with me.
I was like, This is what Im gonna do.
Hes like, Nah, put this suit on.
