While Amazon’s superhero satire The Boys goes from strength to strength, the idiosyncratic series about modern-day superheroes grabs audiences’ attention. Being a tonic for its viewers, The Boys bring astute, slick, satirical fun with its weekly installments. Further grabbing audiences’ attention, Laz Alonso’s series got compared to another superhero franchise, Marvel.
Discussing in an interview, Laz Alonso who plays Mother’s Milk aka MM, in The Boys mentioned their initial goal was to mark their presence in the superhero world. Considering Marvel’s already established empire, Alonso mentioned using the franchise as their summit. However, it appears that in recent times, The Boys evidently surpassed Marvel, as fans cheer for them over the MCU heroes.
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Laz Alonso Discuss The Boys vs Marvel Competition
Delivering season three after a long wait in 2022, the hit Prime Video series The Boys gained immense popularity and appreciation from its audience. Bringing misadventures for the irreverent, disturbing, and often downright nasty superheroes who couldn’t be further from heroic, The Boys presented its viewers with satire, comedy, and reality-based humor.
Following the success and popularity of the show, Laz Alonso who plays Marvin Milk aka Mother’s Milk (MM) sat to discuss the initial goal of the series. To be completely transparent, the actor mentioned the competition with the well-established franchise Marvel. “I thought we had a big hill to climb, considering Marvel was such a behemoth, you know, considering people’s tastes in superheroes” Alonso mentioned.
Recalling Marvel’s $200M genre of superheroes, Laz Alonso mentioned feeling nowhere near to the franchise in comparison to success. “I knew that no matter how much we tinkered and toyed with it, our production would just not be able to rival that of the big guys that are doing summer tentpole blockbusters.” the actor stated. Thus, coming up with a “conservative mindset”, Alonso reflected, “We can compete, but I know we’re going to get our asses kicked”.
Thereafter, the actors committed to their roles and tried to deliver the best. Despite feeling pinned down by Marvel, The Boys’ team tried hard and eventually reached their summit.
Laz Alonso Trolls The $31.3B Marvel Franchise
Following the grand success of The Boys, Laz Alonso thus royally trolled Marvel. “I am happy to say that I was wrong.” accepting his mistake of unnecessarily underestimating The Boys, Alonso thanked his crew. “We’re all “The Boys” on set and the supes are Marvel. So we took on this “F*ck you, we’re going to do something just as good and just as groundbreaking.” And if we could do it better, then so be it.” the actor mentioned.
“Now, people compare Marvel to us, which is a shift that happened around seasons two and three. I couldn’t believe the conversations I was witnessing, especially on Twitter. People were saying, “Why can’t Marvel be more like The Boys?” Laz Alonso stated.
Trolling the $31.3B franchise over its defeat against The Boys, Alonso rejoiced over his team’s success. Feeling proud of what they achieved, the actor stated, “I still think Marvel is fantastic… But it feels good that we were able to give the audience something different as opposed to trying to go head-to-head and be better.”
Currently anticipating season 4 to release by the end of 2023 or early 2024, The Boys grabbed public attention and created a buzz on social media sites. Fans on Twitter hailed the series and helped The Boys crew gain the realization of reaching an ultimatum.
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