Kevin Smith (Clerks) is making it clear what he thinks of Amazon Prime Video’s hit series, The Boys, as well as his opinion on Antony Starr (Without A Paddle), who plays Homelander on the popular drama series. On last week’s episode of Smith’s FatMan Beyond podcast, Smith says Starr deserves an Emmy nomination for his performance.
“Everyone’s like ‘Herogasm!’ but it’s like f****** this is the episode where like Homelander and Soldier Boy would go toe-to-toe and then f****** Butcher jumps in and it becomes a three-way f****** fight to a standstill essentially, where he gets chased off,” Smith said on his podcast, which covered episode six of the show’s third season. “What’s that dude’s name that actor? (Antony Starr) deserves an Emmy nomination at least, if not a f****** win. Like an incredible performance not just like ‘You love to hate him,’ like J.R. Ewing, but he’s f****** terrifying. It continues to be a a really cool show, very twisty tourney. It continues to be some of the best f****** TV on TV that’s not TV because it’s Amazon.”
Smith also made sure to give credit to the writers of the series later in the episode.
“But also give an Emmy to those writers man. I’m telling you right up there with the prime minister f****** a pig on live television in that episode of Black Mirror, this f****** Ant-Man walking through a guy’s d******* is like, you know the bar’s just been raised kids. Nothing else is going to be the same after that it’s like, how do you keep them down on the farm once they’ve been inside a guy’s d*******?’ That was nuts,” Smith said.
has received six Emmy nominations in the past, including Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series in 2021, but no wins. Starr has yet to receive any Emmy nominations.
The first two full seasons as well as the first seven episodes of season three of The Boys are now streaming on Amazon Prime Video with the season three finale set to release on Friday.