Eric Kripke has always been known for push the envelope in Amazon Prime Video’s irreverent superhero series The boysbut he really outdid himself in season 3 with the episode “Erogasm” . The comic miniseries of the same name was a spin-off from The boys comics, and it was something I hoped I could finally tackle on screen. Kripke worked hard to bring his vision of a grand superhero orgy to life, but even after he created what he called “one of the most graphic hours of mainstream television,” with a trick that surprised me: catching a penis on fire real .
For “Herogasm,” Eric Kripke filled the stage with top-notch actors in specially designed (and often crotchless) costumes and simulated sex of all kinds in the backdrop, including Hughie (Jack Quaid), Butcher (Karl Urban), and Soldier Boy (Jensen Ackles) has organized the Vought-sponsored orgy in search of Homelander and Soldier Boy’s former Payback Squad members. Walking through one of the scenes is a super with his penis on fire, and Kripke revealed in a Metacritic FYC signs that the stuntman “did this for real”. He shared:
The gel is so good at not burning you that he was a specialist, and I was like, ‘Really? Are you sure he will? And our stunt coordinator, John Koyama, who’s also amazing, said, ‘Oh yeah, no, it’s going to be okay.’ So he had one of his stuntmen rub all that fire gel on his butt and ignite it, take after take after take. I couldn’t get over it.
Asking someone to pull a stunt like that just to get a quick glimpse of a scene was, forgive me for saying it, pretty audacious. I’d love to see footage of the stunt coordinator’s conversations with his staff of him repeatedly calling for volunteers to set his nether regions on fire. So this guy had to rub (pretty carefully, I guess) with flame retardant gel over and over again for several takes? What a day at the office!
You can see this everyday hero when Starlight (Erin Moriarty) and MM (Laz Alonso) walk into the house and mourn Frenchie’s absence, as she’s always wanted to attend Herogasm.
Eric Kripke has already spoken about his heroic-oriented conversations. with Amazon’s Standards and Practices Department regarding details like “how often you can fake fuck and whether or not you can show an erect penis and how long you can show a private part.” Ultimately, the network’s biggest red flags centered around The Deep (Chace Crawford) lunging with an octopus, as it violated the company’s bestiality policy.
The added beauty of ‘Herogasm’ was that it not only satisfied the fans’ demand for Eric Kripke to adapt the spin-off, but also provided tons of important storylines like Season 3 has ended. . Although we know The boys Season 4 started filming this year, we probably still have a long time to wait until he get answers to our big questions and see the long-awaited divided Generation V . Meanwhile, you can relive the first three seasons with a Amazon Prime video subscription and see what awaits us in the new year with our TV show 2023 .
Source: Cinemablend
