How ‘Gen V’ Showrunners Keep Outrageous Stories Grounded in Reality
variety.comJazz Tangcay Artisans Editor There is no task too tough for “Gen V’s” makeup department head Colin Penman. Across three seasons of Prime Video’s and Sony Pictures Television’s “The Boys,” and now its spinoff, “Gen V,” Penman has been assigned to creating an exploding penis, a five-foot-tall penis and, most recently, puppets who get into a bloody massacre.
The show’s executive producers Eric Kripke and Michele Fazekas wanted to take a fight sequence idea to the next level for “Gen V.” Penman happened to have puppet-making skills on his resume.
Fazekas explained the genesis behind the idea, “We had talked about real Sam [Asa Germann], and his arc is sort of struggling with mental illness.
We said, ‘If he’s under stress and hallucinating, what is “The Boys” world’s version of a hallucination?'” In keeping with the tone of “The Boys,” no matter how far they pushed the story ideas, everything needed to be grounded in reality.
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