‘The Boys’ Director Nearly Walked Due to 1 Controversial Chace Crawford Scene

As chaotic and bold as The Boys has been with storylines over its first four seasons, the cast and director Eric Kripke deserve credit for coming out swinging and not slowing down.

The aspect of not "pulling punches" has been referenced numerous times about The Boys, and they've stuck by that. This stands true even when it involves situations where Kripke admits he received pushback from Amazon.

However, not surprisingly, Kripke detailed one specific situation in Season 1, where he admitted to nearly walking off over a debate involving Chace Crawford's character, The Deep. 

There have likely been multiple tough discussions involving Crawford's character, who not only speaks to sea creatures but also has a romantic love for them. But during the Sony podcast Creator to Creator, Kripke told a story to Shawn Ryan of one of the few times Amazon Prime Video stepped in regarding a scene.

"The first season of The Boys was definitely the hardest one, and I had a wonderful staff. But it’s like, I’m learning how to do the show, they’re learning how to write the show," Kripke explained.

"Then on top of all of that, we were a tone that sort of hadn’t been done in television before and so, the amount of Amazon saying, ‘You can’t imply that The Deep f---ed a dolphin,'" he continued with a laugh.

While Kripke did laugh it off, he also admitted how hard he pushed back on it, leading to him threatening to go home, as Collider detailed.

"You would have laughed at how hard I pushed back on that. I was like, 'Well, I’m going home then. Because if you don’t want him to f--- a dolphin, then what are we even doing here? Then clearly we’re not making the same show.'"

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Not surprisingly, Kripke's approach and relentless push not to hold back on the storylines, regardless of how crazy, led to some hard conversations, which he also explained on the podcast.

"It mattered to me in terms of — this is our tone, you have to be reckless and insane, if we’re gonna pull our punches, what are we doing? Why are we making this?" Kripke stated.

"So, there was an incredible amount of intensity, second-guessing, kind of fighting, but we ended up winning more than we lost. And then the show was on the air and...it’s helpful when it works."

Kripke is correct about the tremendous success The Boys has become, and it's almost certainly helped with the second-guessing and any pushback in recent seasons.

Heading into the fifth and final season, fans are optimistic that The Boys will go out with a bang, and based on Kripke's statement, it's hard to envision things ending in any other way.

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