Production is currently underway in Toronto for the fourth season of Prime Video’s The Boys. Today the production has revealed two new characters who will be joining the upcoming season when it debuts in 2023.
Firstly, Valorie Curry joins as Firecracker. Curry recently starred as the female lead, Katherine, in the Imagine/CBS series on Peacock, The Lost Symbol, based on the Dan Brown book opposite Eddie Izzard and Ashley Zukerman.
She will be joined by Susan Heyward who will debut in season four as Sister Sage. She is best known for her breakout performance on the final two seasons of Orange is the New Black on Netflix as ‘Tamika Ward.’ Prior, Susan was the series lead of Powers, the first original series for Sony/PlayStation and is also known for her major arcs as ‘Cece Matthews’ on HBO’s Vinyl as well as The Following on FOX.
Both characters will wear suits designed by the now legendary Laura Jean Shannon aka LJ Super Suits. The studio has release first look images for both suited up and ready for action:
The Boys stars Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Dominique McElligott, Jessie T. Usher, Laz Alonso, Chace Crawford, Tomer Capone, Karen Fukuhara, Nathan Mitchell, Colby Minifie and Claudia Doumit.
The Boys is based on The New York Times best-selling comic by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, who also serve as executive producers, and developed by executive producer and showrunner Eric Kripke. Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, Neal H. Moritz, Pavun Shetty, Phil Sgriccia, Craig Rosenberg, Ken F. Levin, Jason Netter, Paul Grellong, David Reed, Meredith Glynn, and Michaela Starr also serve as executive producers. The Boys is produced by Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures Television Studios, with Kripke Enterprises, Original Film, and Point Grey Pictures.