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Recasting happens all the time. Tragedy sometimes strikes, like in the case of Professor Albus Dumbledore in the "Harry Potter" series, where Michael Gambon assumed the role following the passing of the original performer, Richard Harris. Oftentimes, recasting is a result of scheduling conflicts, like when "May December" breakout star Charles Melton took over the role of Reggie Mantle on "Riverdale" due to original actor Ross Butler's scheduling conflicts with "13 Reasons Why." And sometimes a character is recast simply because they weren't right for the role, as was famously the case with Eric Stoltz, who was replaced by Michael J. Fox after six weeks of shooting "Back to the Future."
In all of these instances, fans were well aware of the recastings as they happened, but once a person has been playing a role long enough, audiences sometimes forget they were ever recast in the first place. This...
In all of these instances, fans were well aware of the recastings as they happened, but once a person has been playing a role long enough, audiences sometimes forget they were ever recast in the first place. This...
- 7/2/2024
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
5 Years Later, ‘The Boys’ Fans Are Still Losing Their Minds Noticing That Ryan Actor Has Been Recast
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The fourth season of The Boys premiered on June 13, 2024, and is currently ongoing with several episodes remaining. Amid heated discussions about the season’s political themes online, we’re taking a break to address an intriguing observation related to one of the series’ key characters – Ryan Butcher.
Recently, many fans have realized that the Ryan seen later in Season 1 is not the same actor portraying Ryan since Season 2. This discovery sparked considerable online discussion, with fans mistakenly believing Cameron Crovetti had always played the role. This realization has led to speculation reminiscent of the Mandela effect phenomenon!
I was re watching Season 1 of #TheBoys and completely forgot that the actor for Ryan got recasted.. pic.twitter.com/WAn5bkYRUO
— The Boys Out of Context Clips (@TheBoysOOCC) June 28, 2024
Ryan Butcher made his debut in the Season 1 finale episode titled “You Found Me.” Initially appearing in a cameo role, Ryan’s character...
Recently, many fans have realized that the Ryan seen later in Season 1 is not the same actor portraying Ryan since Season 2. This discovery sparked considerable online discussion, with fans mistakenly believing Cameron Crovetti had always played the role. This realization has led to speculation reminiscent of the Mandela effect phenomenon!
I was re watching Season 1 of #TheBoys and completely forgot that the actor for Ryan got recasted.. pic.twitter.com/WAn5bkYRUO
— The Boys Out of Context Clips (@TheBoysOOCC) June 28, 2024
Ryan Butcher made his debut in the Season 1 finale episode titled “You Found Me.” Initially appearing in a cameo role, Ryan’s character...
- 7/1/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Comic Basics
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The fourth season of The Boys premiered on June 13, 2024, and is still ongoing as of the time of writing, with several episodes left before the season ends. The situation in the season is as heated as the online debates about the political messages of the current season, and while we are going to talk about the show in this report as well, we are actually going to take a break from all that politics and discuss a rather peculiar issue we’ve noticed, which is related to one of the series’ most important characters – Ryan Butcher.
Namely, as things stand, many fans of the series have only just noticed that the Ryan they’ve seen late in Season 1 is not the same Ryan we have been seeing since Season 2 of the series. This caused quite a ruckus online, as many fans were certain that Cameron Crovetti, who is portraying Ryan now,...
Namely, as things stand, many fans of the series have only just noticed that the Ryan they’ve seen late in Season 1 is not the same Ryan we have been seeing since Season 2 of the series. This caused quite a ruckus online, as many fans were certain that Cameron Crovetti, who is portraying Ryan now,...
- 7/1/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Fiction Horizon
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Season 4 of The Boys has been hard on Butcher, from his hallucination of Becca to growing cancer in his brain. Not to mention, he now has a timeline for his crusade against Homelander, something that he thought he had a lot of time on his hands to execute.
Billy Butcher in The Boys || Amazon Prime Video
However, it seems things are only going to get worse for Billy Butcher, given that a theory suggests that Becca is more than just another hallucination, the angel on Butcher’s shoulder. As for the devil, that would be his old friend Kessler, who the character always interacts with in his lonesome.
Kessler brings out the worst in Butcher as Becca brings out the best Karl Urban as Billy Butcher with Ryan Butcher in The Boys
Billy Butcher’s agenda has been twofold since Season 3. First, he needs to get Ryan out of the clutches of Homelander,...
Billy Butcher in The Boys || Amazon Prime Video
However, it seems things are only going to get worse for Billy Butcher, given that a theory suggests that Becca is more than just another hallucination, the angel on Butcher’s shoulder. As for the devil, that would be his old friend Kessler, who the character always interacts with in his lonesome.
Kessler brings out the worst in Butcher as Becca brings out the best Karl Urban as Billy Butcher with Ryan Butcher in The Boys
Billy Butcher’s agenda has been twofold since Season 3. First, he needs to get Ryan out of the clutches of Homelander,...
- 6/28/2024
- by Anuraag Chatterjee
- FandomWire
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"The Boys" is back for season 4 and things are as bleak as ever. Homelander is not just in charge of Vought, but his murdering of an innocent man in broad daylight has earned him even more supporters than ever. (We're well past the point of Homelander being a Trump allegory in subtext only.) There's also the problem of Butcher being terminally ill, while head-exploder Newman is even closer to the White House than before.
The most important subplot of season 4 seems to be the duel of fates that is the fight for the soul of young Ryan Butcher. Last season, Butcher got scared of getting close to the kid and ended up pushing Ryan right into the arms of his dad, Homelander. He could have been a normal kid, or even the greatest weapon against Homelander, but now he's his apprentice instead.
Just as showrunner Eric Kripke teased last year,...
The most important subplot of season 4 seems to be the duel of fates that is the fight for the soul of young Ryan Butcher. Last season, Butcher got scared of getting close to the kid and ended up pushing Ryan right into the arms of his dad, Homelander. He could have been a normal kid, or even the greatest weapon against Homelander, but now he's his apprentice instead.
Just as showrunner Eric Kripke teased last year,...
- 6/14/2024
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
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Cameron Crovetti has appeared as Ryan Butcher on The Boys ever since its second season in 2020.
The Boys explores the idea of what would happen if superheroes existed but were mostly all huge jerks. Worse yet, these immensely powerful individuals are controlled by a multibillion-dollar corporation (Read all about the cast and characters of The Boys Season 4 here).
The series has been a considerable success for Amazon Prime Video and even spawned a spin-off, Gen V, which centers around teenage, would-be heroes attending school and has enjoyed similar acclaim to that of its parent program.
Read full article on The Direct.
The Boys explores the idea of what would happen if superheroes existed but were mostly all huge jerks. Worse yet, these immensely powerful individuals are controlled by a multibillion-dollar corporation (Read all about the cast and characters of The Boys Season 4 here).
The series has been a considerable success for Amazon Prime Video and even spawned a spin-off, Gen V, which centers around teenage, would-be heroes attending school and has enjoyed similar acclaim to that of its parent program.
Read full article on The Direct.
- 6/14/2024
- by Jennifer McDonough
- The Direct
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Late in “The Boys” Season 4, there’s a relatively minor moment that carries major weight. A hero (it’s best not to say whom) brings an injured person to the hospital. As they turn to go, they see a little boy watching nearby. At first, the kid is awestruck. You can almost hear him thinking, “Wow, a real superhero! Right in front of me!” Then, as he realizes that the hero may have just saved someone’s life, he smiles. And the hero smiles back. That’s it. That’s the scene — so classic it could’ve been from any number of comic book adaptations over the last half-century, and so unironically sweet that “The Boys” may have been one of the last super-stories to be guessed.
Showrunner Eric Kripke’s Prime Video series isn’t averse to earnestness. After all, one hero’s journey starts with the soul-shattering loss of his girlfriend.
Showrunner Eric Kripke’s Prime Video series isn’t averse to earnestness. After all, one hero’s journey starts with the soul-shattering loss of his girlfriend.
- 6/11/2024
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
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The Boys and Invincible already had enough in common with both being superhero shows on Amazon Prime. But as early as season 1, The Boys added an element to the show that wasn’t present in the comics. This minor change only added more similarities between the two unconventional superhero shows.
[Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Boys comic series and television show]
The 1 change that had a massive effect on ‘The Boys’ Antony Star, Karl Urban, and Cameron Crovetti in ‘The Boys’ | Amazon Prime
The Boys television series took a few creative liberties that differentiated it from its comic book counterpart. Alot of these changes ranged from adding characters who don’t exist in the comic. Sometimes, characters’ story-lines from the comics are completely revamped and given new direction in the Amazon series. As early as season 1, the show started tampering with the lore established in the source material. And one of the show’s...
[Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Boys comic series and television show]
The 1 change that had a massive effect on ‘The Boys’ Antony Star, Karl Urban, and Cameron Crovetti in ‘The Boys’ | Amazon Prime
The Boys television series took a few creative liberties that differentiated it from its comic book counterpart. Alot of these changes ranged from adding characters who don’t exist in the comic. Sometimes, characters’ story-lines from the comics are completely revamped and given new direction in the Amazon series. As early as season 1, the show started tampering with the lore established in the source material. And one of the show’s...
- 8/18/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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This article contains spoilers for "The Boys" season 3.
One childish, love-starved sociopath with all-powerful superhuman abilities is bad enough, but what if there were two of them and one was an actual child? That may be the direction "The Boys" season 4 is headed. As if to literalize the show's title, the very last image of "The Boys" season 3 was a boy smiling, and not just any boy, but Ryan Butcher (Cameron Crovetti), who is sort of like Superman's son if the horror-inspired Superman analog from "Brightburn" grew up to be a demagogue. In "The Boys," it's the murderous Homelander (Antony Starr) who serves as the Superman equivalent, but he also has a bit of Donald Trump in him, according to showrunner Eric Kripke, who has indicated that Ryan will be "a really important piece of the story" in season 4.
What makes Ryan's smile at the end of season 3 so unsettling...
One childish, love-starved sociopath with all-powerful superhuman abilities is bad enough, but what if there were two of them and one was an actual child? That may be the direction "The Boys" season 4 is headed. As if to literalize the show's title, the very last image of "The Boys" season 3 was a boy smiling, and not just any boy, but Ryan Butcher (Cameron Crovetti), who is sort of like Superman's son if the horror-inspired Superman analog from "Brightburn" grew up to be a demagogue. In "The Boys," it's the murderous Homelander (Antony Starr) who serves as the Superman equivalent, but he also has a bit of Donald Trump in him, according to showrunner Eric Kripke, who has indicated that Ryan will be "a really important piece of the story" in season 4.
What makes Ryan's smile at the end of season 3 so unsettling...
- 4/22/2023
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
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In this scene from The Boys’ season two finale, Ryan Butcher (played by Cameron Crovetti) unleashes his superpowers for the first time, and in the process accidentally deals a fatal blow to his mother, Becca Butcher (Shantel VanSanten). With her dying breath, Becca asks her estranged husband, Billy Butcher (Karl Urban), to protect her son, who was fathered by Homelander (Antony Starr), who soon arrives to discover Ryan’s powers have also eviscerated Homelander’s romantic partner, Stormfront (Aya Cash).
The original script called for Stormfront to be silent here, but the image of the villain lying badly burned and ...
The original script called for Stormfront to be silent here, but the image of the villain lying badly burned and ...
- 8/24/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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In this scene from The Boys’ season two finale, Ryan Butcher (played by Cameron Crovetti) unleashes his superpowers for the first time, and in the process accidentally deals a fatal blow to his mother, Becca Butcher (Shantel VanSanten). With her dying breath, Becca asks her estranged husband, Billy Butcher (Karl Urban), to protect her son, who was fathered by Homelander (Antony Starr), who soon arrives to discover Ryan’s powers have also eviscerated Homelander’s romantic partner, Stormfront (Aya Cash).
The original script called for Stormfront to be silent here, but the image of the villain lying badly burned and ...
The original script called for Stormfront to be silent here, but the image of the villain lying badly burned and ...
- 8/24/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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