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Jensen Ackles says The Boys' Soldier Boy personifies 'outdated and toxic masculinity' present in real world | ExclusiveJensen Ackles, whose character Soldier Boy, returns from the dead in The Boys' final season, talks to Hindustan Times in an exclusive chat. Apr 9, 2026
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Jensen Ackles says The Boys' Soldier Boy personifies 'outdated and toxic masculinity' present in real world | Exclusive
Jensen Ackles says The Boys' Soldier Boy personifies 'outdated and toxic masculinity' present in real world | Exclusive
Jensen Ackles, whose character Soldier Boy, returns from the dead in The Boys' final season, talks to Hindustan Times in an exclusive chat.
Apr 9, 2026, 06:24:55 IST By Abhimanyu Mathur Share via Copy link In just a season (and some), Jensen Ackles’ Soldier Boy became one of The Boys’ most talked-about characters. The superpowered villain is back in season 5, and he brings back his regressive mindset, which erupts despite Jensen’s obvious charm. As The Boys’ final season premieres, Jensen talks to Hindustan Times about bringing the character to life, his place in the real world, and the mini ‘Supernatural’ reunion on the show's sets. Jensen Ackles and Antony Starr in a still from The Boys.The Supernatural reunion on The Boys
The Boys shares many actors with Supernatural, another iconic show created by Eric Kripke. Jim Beaver played President Singer for a couple of seasons before Jensen came in as Soldier Boy. Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who played the senior Winchester on Supernatural, had a recurring role in The Boys S4. The final season finally brings on board the other two leads of the show - Jared Padalecki and Mischa Collins. Jensen says there was an attempt to bring some meta Supernatural humour with them (even getting their character names into this show), before the experiment was abandoned. “There was one take where we tried that out, and it was a complete disaster. So we were like, no, let's not do that. Let's just keep with what we got hired to do,” he says with a laugh. Jared Padalecki (L) and Jensen starred together in Supernatural for 15 seasons.On finding Soldier Boy ‘within’
Soldier Boy is a white supremacist who led the show’s fictitious ‘superhero team’ in the 50s before being frozen in ice for decades. Think Captain America, but evil! Jensen has a simple mantra to describe the character: “Hurt people hurt people!” He says Soldier Boy’s past, as never living up to his father’s expectations, has pushed him down a path of ‘not doing the right things’. Having played the righteous Dean Winchester on Supernatural for close to two decades, Soldier Boy was a clear departure for the actor. Talking about how he found the character, he says, “He is obviously a troubled character. It's (all about) finding a centre to that character, and trying to come at it from within, as opposed to from the exterior. You then see how he presents himself to the world, how he reacts with other characters.”Soldier Boy’s fragile masculinity
“His moral compass is probably non-existent at this point. And then it's his own compass, but again, he doesn't feel like he's a bad guy. He just feels like he's doing what he thinks is right,” says Jensen. The actor admits that Soldier Boy is a ‘layered character’ and one that has many real-world parallels, at least thematically. “Crazy people don't go: ‘What's the crazy thing to do?’ There aren't many people walking around actively doing bad things,” he says, “Everyone's trying to survive, and everyone has a set of tools that they've gone out over the years that they employ to survive.” For Soldier Boy, these tools are his superpowers, which amplify his toxicity. Jensen finds that his character and Homelander, the show’s primary antagonist, are similar in that way. “Our characters are incredibly similar, thematically, and I think that's one of the things that I've really enjoyed about the show. I do think there are so many different types of masculinity in the world at the moment that are either antiquated, outdated or just toxic. And it does get handed from generation to generation.”All about The Boys and Vought Rising
Based on the best-selling graphic novel created by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, The Boys has been developed by Eric Kripke. The final season premiered on April 8, with the finale slated for May 20. The shoe features an ensemble cast including Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Erin Moriarty, Jessie T. Usher, Laz Alonso, Chace Crawford, Tomer Capone, Karen Fukuhara, Nathan Mitchell, and Colby Minifie. Even as Soldier Boy’s track on the show ends with the final season, the character will return in The Boys’ spinoff prequel, Vought Rising, where Jensen will take the centre stage. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Abhimanyu Mathur Abhimanyu Mathur is Deputy Editor, Entertainment at Hindustan Times. With almost 15 years of experience in writing about everything from films and TV shows to cricket matches and elections, he inhales and exhales pop culture and news. Currently, he watches movies and TV shows and talks to celebrities for a living, while occasionally writing about them as well. A journalism graduate of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Delhi University, Abhimanyu began his career with Hindustan Times at the age of 20, swapping classrooms for newsrooms at an early age. He began his journey in the early days of digital journalism, later switching to the madness of print journalism. Work has led him to far off places like Japan and Jordan, as well as to the interiors of Haryana and the Indo-Pak border. He dabbled in city reporting in places like Meerut, Gurgaon, and Delhi, covered the Olympics and Cricket World Cups, before finding his calling in entertainment and lifestyle during the pandemic. A Rotten Tomatoes Certified Film Critic, he is equally at home covering stories on ground as he is interviewing celebrities and studios, and sometimes prefers to shepherd teams in delivering traffic through the day. Even as his role has evolved from reporter to supervisor over the years, his first love remains writing (and of late, talking on camera). With a good understanding of cinema and its trends, and a keen eye for detail, he continues to spark conversations around showbiz for readers around the world.Read More Amazon Prime Video Get World Cup ready with Crick-it! From live scores to match stats, catch all the action here. Explore now!.Get more updates from Bollywood, Taylor Swift, Hollywood, Music and Web Series along with Latest Entertainment News at Hindustan Times. Home / Entertainment / Web Series / Jensen Ackles Says The Boys' Soldier Boy Personifies 'outdated And Toxic Masculinity' Present In Real World | Exclusive See Less
In just a season (and some), Jensen Ackles’ Soldier Boy became one of The Boys’ most talked-about characters. The superpowered villain is back in season 5, and he brings back his regressive mindset, which erupts despite Jensen’s obvious charm. As The Boys’ final season premieres, Jensen talks to Hindustan Times about bringing the character to life, his place in the real world, and the mini ‘Supernatural’ reunion on the show's sets.
Having played the righteous Dean Winchester on Supernatural for close to two decades, Soldier Boy was a clear departure for the actor. Talking about how he found the character, he says, “He is obviously a troubled character. It's (all about) finding a centre to that character, and trying to come at it from within, as opposed to from the exterior. You then see how he presents himself to the world, how he reacts with other characters.”
The actor admits that Soldier Boy is a ‘layered character’ and one that has many real-world parallels, at least thematically. “Crazy people don't go: ‘What's the crazy thing to do?’ There aren't many people walking around actively doing bad things,” he says, “Everyone's trying to survive, and everyone has a set of tools that they've gone out over the years that they employ to survive.” For Soldier Boy, these tools are his superpowers, which amplify his toxicity.
Jensen finds that his character and Homelander, the show’s primary antagonist, are similar in that way. “Our characters are incredibly similar, thematically, and I think that's one of the things that I've really enjoyed about the show. I do think there are so many different types of masculinity in the world at the moment that are either antiquated, outdated or just toxic. And it does get handed from generation to generation.”
Even as Soldier Boy’s track on the show ends with the final season, the character will return in The Boys’ spinoff prequel, Vought Rising, where Jensen will take the centre stage.
Source: HindustanTimes
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