Antony Starr was born in 1975 in New Zealand. He started his career as a television actor, in films such as Xena: Warrior Princess or Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. Antony Starr’s handsome face and deep eyes did not bring him much attention in the 90s, but on the contrary, it also caused the actor to suffer “hardship” in art for a long time.

Antony Starr: The ‘greatest’ superhero movie villain?Antony Star has a handsome face and deep eyesAntony Starr never wanted to give up, but he had to wait until more than 10 years later for the first fruits of his career to be reaped by Antony. In 2007, he won Best Actor at the Qantas Television Awards and Actor of the Year at the Asian Television Awards, for his role in the New Zealand family series Outrageous Fortun.

In 2010, Antony Starr had his first leading role in a movie called After the Waterfall. In this film, he plays a heartbroken father searching for his missing daughter. This is probably also a rare protagonist image that we rarely see Antony Starr take on a similar role in the future.

Antony Starr: The ‘greatest’ superhero movie villain?Antony Starr in After the WaterfallNot satisfied with what he has, Antony Starr is determined to find a place in Hollywood. However, in such a “land with so many people”, a New Zealander who hasn’t had a single breakthrough movie like Antony so far, it’s really difficult to make a name for himself.

Antony Starr decided to delve deeper into his inherent strength, which is drama, he participated in American Gothic – a horror series released in 2016 and received many positive reviews. The film revolves around the Hawthornes – a wealthy family in Boston, when each member must redefine themselves after discovering that the recently deceased Family Head may be a serial killer. The whole family suspected that one of them might be his accomplice.

Antony Starr: The ‘greatest’ superhero movie villain?Antony Starr in American GothicAmerican Gothic is a truly “chilling” series, and Antony Starr, instead of pursuing one-color main characters, completely demonstrated his ability to take on multi-dimensional roles, bringing many layers of emotions to the story. audiences.

The impressive performance in American Gothic is also one of the reasons why Antony Starr was invited to play the role that can be considered the “best” of his career to date, the corrupt superhero Homelander. in Amazon’s “anti-hero” series The Boys.

Adapted from the comic of the same name, The Boys revolves around the main character Hughie Campbell (Jack Quaid), an unfortunate guy who witnessed his girlfriend “disintegrate” due to the carelessness and irresponsibility of a group of heroes called caused by The Seven, whose leader is Homelander (Antony Starr), considered a “fake” version of Superman. Hughie was accidentally recruited into The Boys group by Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) – the man who had no relationship with Homelander. Following Billy, the audience and Hughie were shocked to discover that superheroes like Homelander are not as good as imagined, but are truly miserable people…

When it was first shown on the Amazon Prime Video platform in 2019, The Boys immediately brought in a huge amount of interest and followers, when it was estimated that nearly 900 million minutes of the movie were watched. The Boys also became the series not produced by Netflix with the highest views in the world for some time. The film was rated 8.7/10 by iMDB and rated 93/100 by Rotten Tomatoes.

The character Homelander is considered by many newspapers such as New York Magazine, CNN, and Forbes to be one of the scariest villains in superhero movies, even on par or slightly better than Marvel’s Thanos. DC’s Joker.

The scary thing about the character Homelander is not his strength, but hidden behind his superficial appearance, viewers cannot guess what he wants and how “sick” he will act. Antony Starr fits the role so well that even his co-stars in The Boys don’t know when Antony will step out of the role. They think that when I talk to Antony Starr in real life, I might be talking to Homelander himself in the movie.

Antony Starr: The ‘greatest’ superhero movie villain?Antony Starr “acts like he’s not acting”In essence, what the author fictionalizes about Homelander is not only because he wants to “attract customers” with shocking scenes, but through this character, the dark corners of American political culture will be exposed in an ironic and ironic way. heavy sarcasm.

When approaching this “heavyweight” character, Antony Starr said: “One of the most difficult things is that you have to stand from many perspectives. If you are an audience, you will find him despicable, but he always justifies his actions, I want to clarify why. The best thing about this series is that the heroes do not live within a conventional moral code. Each detail presented will arouse many thoughts from the audience. Like when Homelander let the plane crash from the sky to the ground. This is not a normal superhero movie, so Homelander has his own solution.”

Last March, a source from the New Zealand Herald reported that Antony Starr was drunk and attacked a 21-year-old chef at a nightclub. This person then had to go to the hospital and have four stitches above the eye. On March 5, Alicante city police confirmed to Variety that the actor was sentenced to 12 months in prison and paid a fine of more than 5,400 USD.

In nearly 30 years of career, Antony Starr has never had any scandals, so many viewers believe that this behavior may come from the consequences of playing the role too well, which is definitely the case. Homelander in The Boys cannot be another character…