Years before the TV series got the green light, there was the idea of making “The Boys” as a film. Adam McKay was one of the directors attached. The studios couldn’t make it work in their minds, however, so the project never came to fruition. According to Darick Robertson, Simon Pegg already felt too old to play the part of Hughie back in 2009. The actor told Robertson that he felt the character was in his ’20s and he was simply not the right age for the part.
When the show finally got made, Simon Pegg was brought in to play Hughie’s father, as mentioned earlier. While it was a great nod to the character’s visual inspiration, there was always going to be a segment of the fanbase wondering what the show would have been like if the actor they’d associated with the character for years actually got to play him. Well, with the release of the animated series “The Boys Presents: Diabolical,” fans finally got to witness Pegg taking on the role he was born to play.
In the spinoff’s third episode, Butcher takes out a drug-addicted supe by providing his dealer with a special concoction made up by Frenchie. As he, the dealer, and Hughie (voiced by Pegg) watch, the hero kills himself and another hero while high on the drug. It’s a short episode and Hughie’s screen time is very limited, but there is a certain satisfaction in seeing a creative loop being closed.
Years before the TV series got the green light, there was the idea of making “The Boys” as a film. Adam McKay was one of the directors attached. The studios couldn’t make it work in their minds, however, so the project never came to fruition. According to Darick Robertson, Simon Pegg already felt too old to play the part of Hughie back in 2009. The actor told Robertson that he felt the character was in his ’20s and he was simply not the right age for the part.
When the show finally got made, Simon Pegg was brought in to play Hughie’s father, as mentioned earlier. While it was a great nod to the character’s visual inspiration, there was always going to be a segment of the fanbase wondering what the show would have been like if the actor they’d associated with the character for years actually got to play him. Well, with the release of the animated series “The Boys Presents: Diabolical,” fans finally got to witness Pegg taking on the role he was born to play.
In the spinoff’s third episode, Butcher takes out a drug-addicted supe by providing his dealer with a special concoction made up by Frenchie. As he, the dealer, and Hughie (voiced by Pegg) watch, the hero kills himself and another hero while high on the drug. It’s a short episode and Hughie’s screen time is very limited, but there is a certain satisfaction in seeing a creative loop being closed.