Actor Mason Dye, known for his role in Stranger Things, has joined the cast of The Boys season 5. The fifth and final season will see the actor playing the character Bombsight.
Although details of the character has not been revealed, Bombsight was mentioned in season 4 as the third oldest known Supe in history who was active in the 1950’s. The character is also expected to star in the upcoming prequel series Vought Rising opposite Jensen Ackles and Aya Cash.
Earlier Daveed Diggs was also announced to be part of the series in an undisclosed role.
The Boys stars Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Jessie T. Usher, Laz Alonso, Chace Crawford, Tomer Capone, Karen Fukuhara, Colby Minifie, Claudia Doumit, and Cameron Crovetti.
Based on Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s comic books, The Boys, developed by executive producer/showrunner Eric Kripke, shows the consequences of people with superheroic powers going rogue and beginning to misuse the capabilities. In season 4, the Boys are in pursuit of exposing the truth regarding the organisation named the Seven and Vought, which manages them and conceals their dirty secrets.
Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, Neal H. Moritz, Pavun Shetty, Phil Sgriccia, Michaela Starr, Paul Grellong, David Reed, Meredith Glynn, Judalina Neira, Ken F. Levin, and Jason Netter serve as executive producers along with Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. A release date for the upcoming series is yet to be announced.
Dye played Hawkins High basketball star Jason Carver in Stranger Things season 4. He is also known for starring in series such as Teen Wolf, Flowers in the Attic, My Stepdaughter, Stalker’s Prey and The Wrong Son. He has also starred in films such as Natural Selection, Vanished – Left Behind: Next Generation and Truth or Dare.
