Antony Starr , the 48-year-old actor behind the greatest villain on TV right now, The Boys ‘ Homelander , really doesn’t like walking around in public with the character’s dyed blond hair. “It kind of sticks out,” he says, in an interview conducted for Rolling Stone ‘s recent in-depth feature on the show. “Like, ‘Oh, there’s an aging chap with blond hair.
There’s some dude over there going through a midlife crisis. Oh, look! It’s the Homelander guy.'” Starr, who had grown his natural brown hair back by the time of the conversation, talks about what it takes to find the humanity in a laser-eyed, cape-wearing monster, and much more.
I know you’re a big music fan. What’s your favorite stuff at the moment? Queens of the Stone Age is my all time favorite. Just saw them last year in L.
A. And at the moment, Idles. They’re a great band.
The new album is amazing.. They’re playing on Monday night, which yours truly shall be going to.
Do you know Joshua Homme from that band? I’m one degree away. But I also don’t want to sound creepy about it. If I’m 100 percent honest, there’s not that there’s not that many famous musicians that I want to meet because what are we going to do? Are we going to be lifelong friends? Mostly it would be like, if I’m in an airport and I saw them, I would quietly go up and say, “Hey, I just want you to know, you’re a musical creative hero of mine and appreciate what you do.
Keep it up.” I met Ice-T at a conventi.
