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The Boys Season 3 Releases Soldier Boy Anti-Drug PSA Video
Jensen Ackles' Soldier Boy delivers a public service announcement ahead of The Boys Season 3 premiere, continuing to parody Captain America.

The Boys Season 3 Releases Soldier Boy Anti-Drug PSA Video

The Boys have continued to parody Marvel’s Captain America by having Soldier Boy deliver an anti-drug public service announcement. Set to be played by Supernatural star Jensen Ackles, Soldier Boy is due to join the show’s lineup of corrupt and debaucherous Supes, led by Anthony Starr’s Homelander. Soldier Boy is intended to be a parody of Marvel’s Steve Rogers (aka Captain America) and is a superhero from World War II who is brought out of retirement for reasons yet to be revealed. He has previously been described as the “Homelander before Homelander.” Instead of being portrayed as innocent, much as his character is depicted in the original comics, the show’s version will see Soldier Boy embody many of the worst traits fans have come to expect from Vought’s depraved collection of superheroes.

Throughout 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming, Marvel actor Chris Evans reprised his role as Steve Rogers for a series of small cameo appearances. These cameos took the form of several awkward public service announcements played for the students of Peter Parker’s (Tom Holland) school, Midtown High. So memorable are these public service announcements from the film that they also went on to inspire a slew of popular internet memes. Now, The Boys has weighed in with their own.

Most recently The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke has taken to Twitter to share a video of Ackles’ Soldier Boy delivering his own public service announcement with an anti-drug message. Reminiscent of the “Just Say No” anti-drug campaign of the 1980s, the clip also features both branding and VHS video quality reminiscent of the era. Check out Kripke’s post and the video below:

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Between his costume, shield and origins as a World War II-era hero, the threads linking Soldier Boy to Captain America are anything but subtle. This latest clip will be sure to help further cement the connection between the two characters in viewers’ minds before The Boys season 3 premieres later this week. Though whilst Steve Rogers is often considered a paragon of virtue and honor, it is more than likely that Soldier Boy will be presented as anything but. Given the proclivities of his fellow Supes, it is also more than likely that Soldier Boy’s anti-drug stance will prove to be nothing more than hollow grandstanding.

Tackling everyone from Superman, to Wonder Woman and Aquaman, the addition of Soldier Boy in The Boys season 3 proves that no character is sacred or off-limits. Even Marvel’s X-Men are set to get their own special treatment with the upcoming The Boys college spinoff, which has recently commenced production. In the meantime, viewers will be looking forward to seeing what Ackles brings to the show when Soldier Boy makes his live-action debut in the long-awaited The Boys season 3.