While talking to GamesRadar, Kripke spoke about how real-life news influences the storylines on The Boys. For example, while they were writing Season 2, they took inspiration from the US’s travel ban and the caravan that was said to be approaching the Southern border with Mexico. Therefore, the upcoming season will deal with xenophobia and how “authority figures rile up people and make them afraid in order to control them.” The show’s third season will take inspiration from the US’s response to COVID-19.
COVID-19 could also negatively affect The Boys. Kripke has been courting Jeffrey Dean Morgan for a role. But Morgan is a regular on The Walking Dead and there is a two-week quarantine restriction between the US and Canada. The Boys takes place in NYC but films in Toronto. This could mean the shooting schedules will overlap. Kripke previously worked with Morgan on Supernatural where he played protagonists Sam and Dean Winchester’s father. Jensen Ackles, who plays Dean, will also appear in Season 3.
