

With the upcoming fifth and final season of the highly acclaimed Prime Video superhero series The Boys currently in production, fans get a little insight from the series’s star, Jack Quaid (The Hunger Games, Novocaine). According to Screenrant, Quaid plays Hughie, a major character within the series that helps the notorious vigilante group, The Boys, whose mission is to take down Homelander, played by Antony Starr (Cobweb, G20), and the rest of the Seven. The last time we saw Hughie was when he and Annie, played by Erin Moriarty (Jessica Jones, Blood City), were ambushed, but before he was taken, he told Annie to flee.
Quaid had in an interview with Screenrant. Quaid talks about the evolution of his character throughout the series.
What I can say about Hughie is, first of all, it’s just going to be crazy that it’s the last year of this show. It’s just changed my life in so many ways, and I am very grateful. I’m grateful for all of it. I’m so grateful to Eric Kripke for just changing everything for the better. I wouldn’t have been able to do this movie with Jeffrey [Dean Morgan] – wouldn’t have been able to do anything – if it wasn’t for The Boys. God, it’s gonna be a very bittersweet ending. I’m so grateful all these people are in my life now, and hopefully will be for a very long time.
But with Hughie, it has been really satisfying to play a character for five seasons and see a full arc. I’ve just never done that before. The only show I’ve done before this lasted a season, not to mention a few pilots that never got picked up. I’ve never played a character for this long before, so that’s so rewarding. But this season, I’ve really tried to make sure you can track Hughie’s growth.
In the first season, he’s like a baby. In the second season, he’s like a kid learning about everything. In the third season, he’s a teenager who’s kind of rebelling. In the fourth season, he’s really maturing and growing, because a huge thing happens to him. And then I think this is the season where he’s a full-blown man. It’s really interesting to play the character from a place of confidence, and I don’t think that has really happened before, so that’s been really interesting to do. I think fans will get a kick out of it.
According to Screenrant, Quaid’s comment indicates that there will be a big change in the last season, not just for his character but also for the others. With fans awaiting on the final season of The Boys to release, all previous seasons are available to stream on Prime Video.
