The Boys season 4: which great actress voices the octopus?

“We needed the classiest British Oscar-winning actress possible,” laughs series creator Eric Kripke.

You may have missed this while watching the first episodes of season 4 of The Boys, but a huge actress voices the octopus Ambrosius, with whom The Deep (Chace Crawford) has an uh… unusual relationship, shall we say. It’s simply Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin, Only Lovers Left Alive, Snowpiercer, The French Dispatch, Doctor Strange…), who accepted the role without much effort from Eric Kripke, the showrunner of The Boys: “ We didn’t know each other. But it was when we realized that Ambrosius was going to be a character this year that we said to ourselves with the writers that we needed the classiest Oscar-winning British actress possible. It’s a very small list, and Judi Dench was taken », he laughs at the microphone of Variety. “ Tilda replied: ”That looks hilarious, I’m in.” “.

And Kripke clarifies: “ She was in Scotland I think at the time, but she went to a recording studio there. I was in Los Angeles to give her acting instructions. And hearing an actress of such caliber say such idiotic dialogue made me madly happy. It was one of the best professional moments of my life. »

Chace Crawford, who plays the Fishman, told Cinemablend having “cried with laughter” upon learning that Tilda Swinton would be there. “ She must have a great sense of humor to agree to come and have fun with us in this completely crazy scene (…) She has such a beautiful voice, I find it hilarious. »

The Boys season 4 continues weekly on Prime Video.

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