Jensen Acklesfinally got his shot to play Captain America.
That is, the Captain America of the world ofThe Boys.
He’ll be making his debut whenAmazon Prime Video’s superhero satire returns June 3.
Jensen Ackles says he never actually auditioned for the role of Captain America, despite what you may have heard online.Amazon Studios; Marvel Studios
That’s what they believed for many years, and that’s what has been peddled around the internet.
“Did I audition for Captain America?
No, I did not,” Ackles says during a sit-down interview forEW’sThe Boysseason 3 cover shoot.
Jensen Ackles joins ‘The Boys’ as Soldier Boy in season 3.Gina Gizella Manning for Entertainment Weekly
“I don’t necessarily know, was that an auditioning kind of a thing?
I feel like they just met with people on that.”
“I was not available, anyway.
So, I don’t think they were going to work around my schedule.
Doesn’t seem like a kind of property that would do that,” he continues.
But, unfortunately, I didn’t get to fight him on that one."
Ackles feels like he at least gets his shot now with Soldier Boy.
In the universe ofThe Boys, supes are not born, they are made.
The Vought International corporation created a serum, Compound V, that grants people superhuman abilities.
Soldier Boy was the very first superhero Vought packaged for the masses.
“It’s Captain America on his ass,” Ackles says.
“It’s as if Captain America gave up super-heroism and was just your drunk and inappropriate uncle.”
He’s kind of like Evans' time-displaced super-soldier.
He’s even got a shield.
He’s just a total a–hole.
According to Ackles, “He’s old school.
He’s from an era that is being close to forgotten, a time passed.
He was World War II.
He partied with Hefner in the Playboy mansion.
This was just a different bang out of character.
The Boyspremieres the first three episodes of season 3 on Amazon June 3 before moving into a one-episode-a-week release.
Read ourcover story onThe Boyshere.
