{"id":54608,"date":"2024-07-09T14:01:06","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T12:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2069023"},"modified":"2024-07-10T00:25:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T22:25:32","slug":"the-boys-star-laz-alonso-is-pitching-a-movie-to-end-the-series","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/the-boys-star-laz-alonso-is-pitching-a-movie-to-end-the-series\/","title":{"rendered":"The Boys star Laz Alonso is pitching a movie to end the series"},"content":{"rendered":"

How do you want the sci-fi hit to bow out? <\/p>

By David Craig\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 09 July 2024 at 12:01 PM<\/p>

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The Boys star Laz Alonso has shared his hope that Prime Video<\/a>\u2018s breakout sci-fi series will end with a movie, but admitted that showrunner Eric Kripke is yet to embrace the idea.<\/p>\n

The superhero satire imagines a world in which a corporate-owned team of superpowered individuals are up to all kinds of nasty business behind the scenes, with a ragtag group of vigilantes tasked with keeping them in check.<\/p>\n

Alonso plays Marvin \u2013 better known by the perplexing nickname \u2018Mother\u2019s Milk\u2019 \u2013 who works closely with the likes of Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) and Hughie Campbell (Jack Quaid) to bring down Homelander (Antony Starr) and his cronies.<\/p>\n

Following the recent announcement that The Boys<\/a> would be ending with season 5, the cast appeared as guests on the Happy Sad Confused<\/a> podcast to share their ambitions and fears about wrapping things up.<\/p>

Alonso suggested: \u201cMake the last episode of season 5 a cliffhanger and announce the film that we\u2019ve been filming since the beginning of the series, pretty much.\u201d<\/p>\n

To prevent excitement levels getting too high, the actor added that his pitch to Kripke had so far been unsuccessful, joking that he \u201calways somehow gets out of that one\u201d.<\/p>\n

In a statement following the news, the screenwriter and producer said that ending The Boys after five seasons<\/a> was \u201calways my plan\u201d, neatly mirroring the timeline he initially set for his earlier hit series, Supernatural.<\/p>\n

Addressing his denials that the show had a fixed endpoint, Kripke added: \u201cI just had to be cagey till I got the final OK from Vought. Thrilled to bring the story to a gory, epic, moist climax.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Antony Starr (Homelander), Cameron Crovetti (Ryan) in The Boys season 4.<\/span><\/figcaption> Prime Video<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Also on Happy Sad Confused, co-star Antony Starr stressed the importance that The Boys goes out on a high note, as a disappointing final season can really tarnish the memory of a formerly successful series.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there\u2019s nothing worse \u2014 and I\u2019ve been involved in a show that did this, it was f***ing horrible \u2014 you do that last season and it\u2019s s**t,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd you get remembered very poorly and you have to kind of wear that.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like to think that we will go out on a really strong note and I think we all deserve that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Starr didn\u2019t clarify which of his earlier television projects he was referring to, but New Zealand-based shows Mercy Peak and Outrageous Fortune, as well as US drama Banshee, are among his past multi-season projects.<\/p>\n

While The Boys is ending with season 5, the franchise could conceivably continue further, with one successful spin-off \u2013 Gen V<\/a> \u2013 already well-established.<\/p>\n

The Boys is available to stream on Prime Video. New episodes weekly. <\/strong>Sign up for a 30-day free trial of Prime Video and pay \u00a38.99 a month after that<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Check out more of our Sci-Fi<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> and Streaming Guide<\/a> to find out what\u2019s on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/b><\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n

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