Her character arc seems to have come to a close (more on that below), but we very much hope to see her on the call sheet. Meanwhile, though Dominique McElligott's Queen Maeve didn't meet an untimely end, it's uncertain whether or not McElligott will be reprising the role. He has imaginary friends, he's really soft and sensitive.'

The notion of, you have this super intense killer, right, who's menacing and scary and threatening, and then, like, he talks to cartoons.

'And the core of Black Noir, for me, was always the contrast. 'I think contrast is really interesting, wherever you're dealing with characters,' Black Noir actor Nathan Mitchell said (via CBR). 'But when you have a completely silent, completely masked-clad hero, they're reasonably easy to recast.'Įven more mysteriously, this recast character will be played by the same actor.Īs Kripke explained: 'If we were going to play and remix the character, I think that everyone's seen a very stoic version of Black Noir, so if they were going to do something new, I think it would be fun to go in the opposite direction.' His organs are out all over the place,' Kripke said (via CBR). 'Here's what I’ll say without spoiling anything, which is that particular individual who is Black Noir is dead. We're sadly referring to Black Noir (Nathan Mitchell), who we actually assumed wouldn't be returning for another season on account of his guts being ripped out by Homelander (Antony Starr).īut wait! As ever with The Boys, there's a twist. While so many characters teetered close to the edge of death in The Boys' season three finale, only one was pushed to an early grave.

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