Karl Urban: bye-bye Butcher and The Boys explosive finale

About this episode

Karl Urban reflects on his role as Billy Butcher in The Boys and shares insights from his film career.

Karl Urban (Star Trek, The Bourne Supremacy, Red) has spent almost a decade making the charismatic Billy Butcher one of TV's most compelling and entertaining anti-heroes. Now, with  The Boys in its fifth and final season, he joins Popcorn Podcast to reflect on what it means to farewell the wild vigilante, while dropping some behind-the-scenes Easter eggs from the show (no spoilers!) and talking his most resonant and important movie moments, including The Lord of the Rings and more. More Popcorn: Suit up, Bub, it's our Deadpool and Wolverine spoiler review Kate Box and Madeleine Sami on Deadloch’s sweaty new chapter Know someone who loves movies? Please share  Popcorn Podcast  with your friends. Keep Popcorn Podcast on the air by  shouting Leigh and Tim a movie snack . Visit  popcornpodcast.com  for movie reviews, celebrity interviews and giveaways. Popcorn Podcast interviews the biggest stars on YouTube:  Popcorn Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Leigh Livingstone, Tim Iffland

Guest: Karl Urban

Topics covered

• interview
• The Boys
• Karl Urban
• TV anti-heroes
• film moments

Keywords

• Karl Urban
• The Boys
• Billy Butcher
• Star Trek
• The Lord of the Rings
• interview
• TV shows
• film reviews

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Popcorn Podcast

Books & works: The Boys, Star Trek, The Lord of the Rings, The Bourne Supremacy, Red

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