The star of Amazon’s cult comic book series on failing in Australia, his roles in The Lord of the Rings and Star Trek and spending half his life away from home
Amazon’s superhero show The Boys isn’t exactly known for its good taste. Episodes come packed to the gills with fake blood, sex scenes and exploding skulls. This is all part of its charm – a corrective, perhaps, to Marvel’s bloodless, cartoonish depictions of violence – but it means it isn’t necessarily something you would watch on a crowded train.
Nonetheless, that is how I watched the first episode of the third season. I realised my error during what is surely the most outrageous moment the show has attempted. I am forbidden from sharing the specifics, but it features a part of the human body manipulated in a way I could not have imagined, shot in a way I have never seen before.
