The cast of The Boys season 4 welcomes Jeffrey Dean Morgan with a perfectly typical NSFW image. Based on Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson's graphic novels and created by Eric Kripke (Supernatural), The Boys follows a group of vigilantes led by Billy Butcher who work to expose corrupt superheroes and the conglomerate that enables them, Vought International. Its cast includes Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Dominique McElligott, Jessie T. Usher, Chace Crawford, Laz Alonso, Tomer Capone, Karen Fukuhara, and Nathan Mitchell.Season 3 of Prime Video’s hit series added another “supe” to its roster in the Captain America-parody that is Soldier Boy, played by Jensen Ackles. He became the ninth Supernatural actor to join the series, which already contains a plethora of Easter eggs referencing The CW's long-running show. Having cast the actor who played Dean Winchester, showrunner Kripke previously teased plans for Morgan (who played John Winchester) to cameo in The Boys season 4. Now, The Boys season 4 has officially cast Morgan, and the rest of the cast couldn’t be happier.Kripke takes to Twitter to share the first behind-the-scenes photo from the production of The Boys season 4. The image sees Urban, Quaid, Alonso, Capone, and Fukuhara welcome Morgan aboard the only way they know how. Urban then retweets Kripke's post and expresses his own excitement. Check out the posts below:
Morgan was previously in talks to join The Boys season 3. However, the actor was unable to star alongside Ackles due to his schedule working on The Walking Dead spinoff Dead City, which is currently filming and set to be released sometime next year. Although Morgan and Kripke teased plans for season 4, it wasn’t certain the schedules provided by AMC and Prime Video would facilitate those plans. Thankfully, the powers that be found a way to make it work.
It’s unclear whether Morgan’s role will be recurring or limited to a cameo. Following his turn as the Comedian in Zack Snyder’s 2009 adaptation of Watchmen, it’ll be interesting to see if Kripke decides to once again put Morgan in tights. Compound-V aside, the showrunner has expressed a desire to get all three Winchesters to appear in The Boys, with the only one left being Jared Padalecki. At the end of season 3, Ackles’ character was seen unconscious and inside a gassed capsule. While fans would like to see Morgan and Ackles onscreen again, even if that doesn’t occur, Urban and company will more than do.
Source: Erick Kripke/Karl Urban/Twitter