As The Boys wraps up its final season, star Jack Quaid is feeling all the emotions. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Quaid opened up about the surreal nature of saying goodbye to Hughie Campbell — a role that catapulted him into global recognition.
"Saying goodbye to Hughie Campbell is emotional. It’s bittersweet. This show has done everything for me. I love it. I love the people. I'm going to miss everyone so much, and it's going to be weird," he said.
Reflecting on the series' concluding chapter, Quaid expressed pride in how the story has come together: “I’m really proud of what we’ve accomplished this season. I think it’s a great finale, which is a hard thing to do in TV. I’m happy that Eric Kripke got to make the ending he intended, and he did a great job. So I’m excited for you guys to see it.”
Quaid also shared his continued sense of wonder at The Boys’ success, especially in a genre dominated by behemoths like Marvel and DC. "I’m always just surprised when anyone from superhero media knows who we are. We were always this different underdog universe,” he said. “I remember meeting Tom Holland very briefly at a party once, and he was like, ‘Oh, The Boys.’ And I was like, ‘There’s no way that Spider-Man knows who I am. ‘That’s crazy.’”
While he still dreams of one day joining the Marvel or DC cinematic universes, Quaid is especially grateful for the unique creative freedom The Boys offered.
“I always thought that my biggest dream was to be in a Marvel movie or a DC movie, and it still very much is,” he admitted. “But never in my wildest dreams did I think that I would be on the ground floor of a superhero universe that is entirely its own thing. It has its own very specific tone where we get to satirise the world around us in the most cathartic way every season, and I’m just so unbelievably grateful for it all.”
Filming for the fifth and final season of The Boys was recently wrapped. Based on the comic books by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, The Boys premiered in 2019 and quickly gained a loyal following for its dark, irreverent take on superhero culture. The series follows a ragtag group of vigilantes — some powered, most not — who aim to expose and destroy a corrupt league of superheroes backed by corporate power.
The cast includes Karl Urban, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Jessie T. Usher, Laz Alonso, Chace Crawford, Tomer Capone, Karen Fukuhara, and Nathan Mitchell. A premiere date for the final season is yet to be announced.
