The Boys showrunner shares his reasons for bringing back Jensen Ackles as Soldier Boy in season 5: “Despite his tragic ugliness, we thought we should give him a shot”

Probably the biggest news to come out of The Boys panel at San Diego Comic-Con, aside from the new Boys spin-off, has to be the fact that Soldier Boy is returning to play a central role once again in The Boys season 5. But showrunner Eric Kripke says there is a reason behind his return, and it’s all to do with his son Homelander. 

“You know, what we realized was we really hadn’t explored the father-son relationship much between Homelander and Soldier Boy,” Kripke tells Gamesradar+ at SDCC 2024. “There’s a lot of material there, how soldier boy feels about Homelander, how Homelander feels about his dad, and so we really wanted to dig into that relationship.”