To celebrate the upcoming launch of Gen V, spinoff from The Boys, the cast of the latter has released a message, welcoming the new cast to the family. The ‘charming’ video includes messages from The Boys cast members Jack Quaid (Hughie Campbell), Antony Starr (Homelander), Erin Moriarty (Starlight), Jessie T. Usher (A-Train), Karen Fukuhara (Kimiko), Colby Minifie (Ashley Barrett), Claudia Doumit (Victoria Neuman), and Cameron Crovetti (Ryan).
Gen V is coming to Prime Video on Friday, 29 September with three episodes available right away. One new episode will be released each week with the finale streaming on Friday, 3 November 2023.
As described by Prime Video, “Gen V expands the universe to Godolkin University, the prestigious superhero-only college where students train to be the next generation of heroes.” Starring Jaz Sinclair, Chance Perdomo, Lizze Broadway, Shelley Conn, Maddie Phillips, London Thor, Derek Luh, Asa Germann, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sean Patrick Thomas, and Marco Pigossi, Gen V also features Clancy Brown and Jason Ritter.
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Prior to the SAG/AFTRA strike, during production on Gen V, stars Jaz Sinclair, Chance Perdomo and Patrick Schwarzenegger spoke about Gen V and their roles.
Jaz Sinclair | Marie Moreau
Introduce your character and her unique power.
JAZ SINCLAIR: Marie, can wield blood. And at the beginning of this series, I’m under the
impression that it’s only my blood that I can wield, so I cut my hands to, you know, use my
power.
Take us through how Godolkin University positions itself to incoming students.
JAZ SINCLAIR: Godolkin is THE college for superheroes. If you want to be a successful superhero,
if you wanna represent a city, if you wanna ever make it to The Seven, you kinda have to go
through Godolkin, because that’s how you get your spot, that’s how you get your training, that’s
how you get your acclaim. So, it’s sort of like superhero starter school.
In Gen V, our superpowered characters haven’t been corrupted yet. Why was that appealing
to you as an actor?
JAZ SINCLAIR: In the Gen V world, the kids are still idealistic. They’re not fully formed into either
a hero or a villain. For me, that was a really interesting topic and a really interesting time in all
of their lives because I feel like it gives us a chance to know where everybody came from and to
watch the unfolding of them becoming the kind of hero that they’re gonna become. I just find it
fascinating because it humanizes everybody. It humanizes the people making the good choices,
and it humanizes the people making the bad choices, and I just find that interesting. It leaves a
lot of room for potential heartbreak, friendships, and stuff that wouldn’t be possible if we were
all fully-fledged adults.
Vought has a huge presence at the school; how does that impact Marie as a new student?
JAZ SINCLAIR: I think when Marie comes to the school and sees all the ideology, even the
posters and the statues of Homelander and A-Train and everybody, for Marie, it just makes her
feel spunky like it just makes her feel like that’s me, and I can do that. You know, it’s a reminder
of why she’s here and where she wants to go. More than it is like a looming presence.
What can you tease about Marie’s arc?
JAZ SINCLAIR: I love Marie’s arc. I love that she comes into this school in survival mode, in solo
mode, in like goal mode, and then is just surprised and surprised and surprised along the way.
Surprised in her relationships and her friendships, and the horrors of the school and the
crumbling of this system that she was taught to trust. And most of all, her coming into her
power.
Students are given the opportunity to join The Seven. What are the advantages that come
with that position, and is it more important for Marie to look like a hero or to be a hero?
JAZ SINCLAIR: I think Marie ultimately, you know, she has moments where she has to decide, do
I want to look like a hero or do I want to be a hero? And she’s chosen following the rules in
moments that have gotten her into some trouble with her friends, but I think that ultimately
she’s choosing to… to be a real hero and to do the right thing, even if it is at her own expense,
even though she’s wanted more than anything forever to be in The Seven.
Describe The Woods?
JAZ SINCLAIR: I mean The Woods is terrifying. It’s so creepy in there, like I don’t even like
hanging out on that set. Just even like the greens that they pick, they’re really oppressive colors,
it looks dirty, it looks like it’s been there for a really long time. They have like creepy, little smiley
animals on the walls. It’s awful. It’s so creepy.
Did any members of The Boys cast give you any advice?
JAZ SINCLAIR: Oh yeah, Jack Quaid! He was just like, stay a family, stay a team. This is where it’s
at. If you guys have each other, you’ll get through this. So, don’t lose sight of that. This is the
real family, you know, talking about the cast and like really being unified. And I value that
because you can feel that when they’re together.
Do you think it’s important to have seen The Boys before seeing Gen V?
JAZ SINCLAIR: I think you should watch The Boys, cause The Boys is great and it will definitely
give more information about the heroes and about the presence of Vought in general. But I feel
like Gen V can also stand alone as its own thing.
What are you excited for fans to see when Gen V premieres?
JAZ SINCLAIR: I’m just really excited for people to see this show. I feel like we’ve all poured our
hearts and souls into this. You know, blood, sweat and tears, lack of sleep, intense scenes, crazy
action. it’s just been such a labor of love. And I just really hope that people love it, ’cause we
loved making it.
Chance Perdomo | Andre Anderson
Talk about your character and his relationship with his father?
CHANCE PERDOMO: Polarity is this big time superhero who didn’t quite make it to The Seven
but he’s up there. He’s up there, and his name holds prestige and, and both in entertainment
and in the practical superhero aspect. And Andre, he doesn’t want anything to do with that, like
he kind of, well he does, but he doesn’t. He’s in his father’s shadow, but he wants to step out of
it. He doesn’t want to use his name, but he kind of has to use his name, and he’s quite a slacker.
He’s a charmer, he’s a slacker, and he doesn’t want any responsibility whatsoever.
What do you personally love about the show?
CHANCE PERDOMO: What do I personally love about the show? I love that it is a social
commentary without it inherently being a philosophical commentary, that it speaks to our
society as a whole but doesn’t kind of penalize or chastise anybody for the answers that they
come to, right? So, some people might not want to be a hero. They might just want to make
money. Some people might, you know, want, want to actually only be a hero, but then within
that there’s what is a hero to you?
Talk about what you experienced when you first walked onto set.
CHANCE PERDOMO: They really built this world around us, and it’s been so beautiful and
enriching to be able to act in these sets because sometimes they look too real. Sometimes it
really does look too real, like the…the woods. I can’t stay in there for long. I really can’t. It’s
creepy, and they do such a good job.
Did you get to meet any of the cast from The Boys, and what was it like?
CHANCE PERDOMO: Yeah, so I’ve got a really good story that in the beginning, just before we
started filming, we went out to Koreatown and did some karaoke, and Nathan, who plays Black
Noir, he came out and showed some love and we sang a few songs.
Do you need to have seen The Boys to enjoy Gen V?
CHANCE PERDOMO: Do you need to have seen The Boys to enjoy Gen V? No, but you’re going to
enjoy it a hell of a lot more if you did.
Gen V takes several contemporary social issues through its college age characters. Can you
take us through the parts of the story that resonate for you?
CHANCE PERDOMO: The parts of the story that resonate for me and, you know, I, I always keep
coming back to this, is that it really showcases the human aspects, you know, powers or no powers, that there’s something universal about everybody doing the best that they can with the
cards that they have. Because that’s true for everyone on the planet. It doesn’t matter whether
it’s being a parent, being a child, being good at your job, being good as a person, everyone is
always doing the best with what they have. Now, your best won’t be my best, and I may not
appreciate your best and vice versa, but everyone is always giving what they got with what they
have. And I think it’s really beautiful that this show doesn’t cast judgment on a certain way to
be. It just allows people to be people, the characters to be the characters, and the chips fall as
they may as they do what they can.
Patrick Schwarzenegger | Luke Riordan/Golden Boy
Who is Golden Boy when we first meet him?
PATRICK SCHWARZENEGGER: When we get to first meet Luke, Golden Boy, he is top of the
rankings. He is number one. He is the strongest. He’s the best. He’s the most capable to be part
of The Seven, and that’s when we find out that Brink has actually been grooming him and has
finally decided that he’s ready for The Seven, that he made it.
What is Golden Boy’s power?
PATRICK SCHWARZENEGGER: Yes. Golden Boy’s power is that he’s able to light on fire. He’s got
flames but he’s also extremely strong, and I think he’s stronger than pretty much everybody at
the school and you get to see that with some of his fighting capabilities. He’s strong. He lights
on fire. He’s just capable of pretty much kicking everybody else’s ass which is why he’s number
one.
What sort of college experience does Godolkin offer their students that’s different from a
regular college?
PATRICK SCHWARZENEGGER: Well, I think the Godolkin University offers a lot of different things
than your standard university. We’ve got crime fighting, you know. As you’ll get to see hopefully
in the first episode, we’ve got some battles. We got ways to exhibit and show off your
superpowers and, and your capabilities and your hero’s moves and, and powers I guess. And, I
mean, there’s plenty of different things that are different but I think the fun thing about the
show is that we incorporate things that are from real life into this kind of superhero reality.
Gen V premieres on Prime Video on 29 September, 2023.
