Warning! SPOILERS for The Boys season 3.

Anthony Starr talks about how his character Homelander changes after the suicide of Stormfront in The Boys season 3 episode 2. The third season premiered on Prime Video on June 3 with the first three episodes, and the rest will air weekly until July 8. Along with Starr, the series features Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Erin Moriarty, Dominique McElligott, and Jensen Ackles.

The Boys takes place in a world where superpowered individuals are marketed as celebrities to the public, allowing them to get away with heinous and violent acts. This extends to Starr's Homelander, the most famous and powerful Supe. The Boys season 2 saw Homelander develop a relationship with white supremacist Stormfront (Aya Cash,) a relationship that continued in to the third season despite Stormfront's extensive maiming at the end of season 2. The Boys season 3 episode 2 saw Stormfront committing suicide after she realizes Homelander doesn't share her racist views, causing Homelander to spiral.

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In an exclusive interview with Screen Rant, Starr talked about how Stormfront's death affects Homelander going forward. He discussed how Homelander has always seen himself as other people have seen him, including Stormfront, and how her death causes him to think that he can't live like that anymore. He also mentioned how even more isolated Homelander feels now that the one person who came close to understanding him is gone. Read Starr's quote below:

"What's happened to him is he's always been operating in the world according to external opinion, and how he's been marketed and packaged by the company. And I think Stormfront was always an extension of that.

"I think that's the end of the road in terms of him dancing to the tune of other people. He's really on his own now and trying to figure out what that means, he’s really doing it on his own. He's a big boy now, he's leaving the nest - and that's good and empowering in one way, and it's really difficult because there's no one there to help clean up your mess.

"If he could be even more ostracized from the world, it adds to this whole idea that he has that he's a victim that everyone's picking on him at all times. “Now look what happened to Stormfront!” The world hates him, and it all just adds to his fear and loathing."

Stormfront and Homelander flirt with each right before they hunt down Kimiko in The Boys Season 2 Episode 7

Starr also talked about Homelander viewing himself as a victim that's always being pushed around by those around him, adding to his deep self-loathing. The Boys season 3 also explores his conflict with Butcher, who took Homelander's son Ryan into hiding, further emphasizing Homelander's isolation. Given how Homelander was grown and raised in a lab, it's understandable how he thinks the world is against him, especially since he's only ever used his powers to alienate people even more, whether intentionally or not.

Starr has always had a difficult balancing act while playing Homelander, who commits unforgivable acts but still has enough humanity in him that he remains compelling to watch, a balancing act Starr continues to pull off with impressive gusto. Seeing how the stakes continue to rise on the show, it'll be interesting to see how the writers continue to utilize Homelander as a character without him becoming so horrible that he only weakens the story. In the end, Starr knows The Boys is giving Homelander a chance to grow up, what he does with that chance is anyone's guess.

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