The Boys Season 4: Laz Alonso Breaks Character

There are plenty of benefits to starring on the successful Prime Video series “The Boys,” but there tends to be one major drawback, too. Almost every actor involved with the series is guaranteed to go through at least one really disgusting, disturbing scene. Erin Moriarty, who plays Starlight, ended up having a lube mix-up during the filming of “Herogasm,” for example, and The Deep actor Chace Crawford had to pretend to eat his octopus friend, Timothy. There are also frequently a ton of bodily fluids involved, which is a major problem for the character Mother’s Milk, who has obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and a fear of germs. Laz Alonso, who plays MM, has had to go through more than his fair share of gross-out moments, and in season 4, he went through his worst moment yet.

On an episode of the podcast “The Midnight Boys,” Alonso shared some behind-the-scenes details about filming one truly foul scene in the sixth episode of season 4, aptly titled “Dirty Business.” Mother’s Milk has definitely gotten the raw end of the deal more than once and might just be the character who has gone through the highest number of disgusting moments, but for Alonso, it sounds like what happened in season 4 really took the cake.

Alonso revealed that there was a scene where he was tasked with picking up every part and piece of a gruesome chocolate starfish creation, as it was designed to be discarded later in another scene. The problem was the practicality of the props. Allison Mack, who plays Homelander, or so Alonso believed, was brough out with the chocolate substance, and this is where everything went sideways.

Alonso described the horrifying experience, sharing that the microscopic chocolate starfish crumbled sporadically as he was putting it together, and it would send these particles flying everywhere. Alison Mack, unfortunately, didn’t seem to understand the purpose of the scene nor the hygiene required, so she just kind of went wild and started making everything messy with chocolate.

“I actually screamed in utter fear and apologized profusely to that man. Literally for like an hour straight.”

It sounds like there was an accident that involved Alonso potentially touching Mousseau’s chocolate starfish, which is pretty traumatizing as far as acting accidents go. It’s hard to blame Alonso for screaming and apologizing so much, though it’s pretty wild that he’s been in so many wild situations on the series to begin with.

What happened with Web-Weaver is far from the only time Alonso’s had a gross moment on set (he also had a run-in with The Deep’s gills), but he’s taken it all in stride. It does make one wonder about why there are so many extreme moments, however, and how they impact the series as a whole. While some of the gross-out moments are a lot of fun, there are ones that take it too far, and everything with Web-Weaver definitely does that. The drug injection and webbing are kind of funny, if a little sad and gross, but when Hughie (Jack Quaid) wears the Web-Weaver suit and gets sexually assaulted by Tek Knight (Derek Wilson), it’s way, way too much.

It will be interesting to see how the team behind “The Boys” handle the fifth and final season, and whether or not the try and up the ante on the nastiness. Given the escalation of bodily fluids, killer animals, and pitch-black humor, we’re almost guaranteed to get grossed out.

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