Daveed Diggs joins final season of 'The Boys'

The popular – and sometimes controversial – series The Boys from the creator and showrunner Erik Kripke y Prime Video, is preparing everything for the fifth and final season.

The most recent news confirms the signing of Daveed Diggs in the final season, according to reports from Variety. The details of the role played by the actor have not been detailed at the moment, although It is known that it will be a regular role.

Last June, weeks before the finale of the fourth season aired, it was announced that The Boys will say goodbye with the fifth season.

Diggs joins the return of Karl Urban like Butcher, Anthoy Starr like Homelander, Erin Moriarty like Annie/Starlight, Jack Quaid like Hughie, Jessie T. Usher like A-Train, Laz Alonso como MM, Chace Crawford como The Deep, Tomer Capone like Frenchie, Karen Fukuhara like Kimiko, and Cameron Crovetti Like Ryan.

Diggs was one of the revelations of theater thanks to his double role as Thomas Jefferson and Marquis de Lafayette in the acclaimed Broadway play, Hamiltonfor which he won the Tony Award in 2016. In film he had outstanding performances in Blindspotting (2018), Wonder (2017), Velvet Buzzsaw (2019) y Nickel Boys (2014).

Stars in the series Snowpiercerand has had roles in other series such as The Good Lord Bird from Showtime, The Get Down, Undone, Black-ishin addition to having co-created and been executive producer of the series Blindspottingwhich served as a sequel to the film of the same name that starred and co-written by Diggs.

He has lent his voice to animated projects such as Central Park, Star Trek: Prodigy, Krapopolis, Invincibley Solar Oppositesamong others.

The Boys traces a story that satires the role of superheroes, presenting a world where they abuse their power and cross unthinkable limits. Its first season premiered on the streamer in 2019, becoming an immediate hit with both critics and audiences.

The series has been praised for its sarcastic humor, its satirical exploration of politics, as well as its shocking moments of violence and gore. The cast's performances have also been applauded.

It is based on the New York Times bestselling comic of the same name, by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson.

The series is produced by Amazon MGM Studios and Sony Pictures Television, with Krikpe Enterprises, Original Film and Point Gray Pictures.

At the end of July, Kripke told what we can expect from the final season:

“Know, I think the end of season four really shows that we've been planning for five years.because there is no way for a show to continue for another season after the events of that finale.

“As far as we’re concerned, it’s our show’s version of the apocalypse.”

“Homelander gets everything he wanted from the beginningwhich is to completely remake the United States in his image and according to his whims. The kids are at their lowest point, most of them are captured and we worry about their future.”

““I always look at it like the five seasons, we're at that point, it's like the end of the second act of a movie where everyone is really at their lowest point, and everyone has faced their own personal demons.”

“Now they need to really come together in season five and save the world.”