Karl Urban

And I've really taken my inspiration from the likes of Peter Jackson and Sam Neill, who have international careers but work here.

I thought that's a pretty good way to go.

Yeah.

Oh, wow.

Never moved.

Holy.

And, you know, partly it was because, you know, when I had kids and I didn't want to move them away from their grandparents.

Come on.

It's so good.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Fundamentally, you've got to realise that the whole comic book genre was designed for 10-year-old boys.

came to you is that something that got offered to you when you're straight into it you're auditioning for it yeah i was actually i was driving along here in new zealand no i won't say i was driving i was at home and i was checking my phone as you do and i saw that uh my mate and star had been cast in this thing called the boys and i like oh and i read about the synopsis went the boys

and read the synopsis about this satirical look at the superhero genre.

I thought, that's a catchy title.

It's a good premise.

It sounds interesting.

And just two weeks later, a week later, I got an offer to –

to be in it.

I read the script, was immediately loved the character of William Butcher, this fun kind of Machiavellian character who could convince people to do anything, you know, sort of a tough guy, but, you know, not to be trusted.