TW: opinion
Someone worded this better than I could - the beauty of Antonyâs Starrâs portrayal of Homelander is that he had no other performance / interpretation to base it off of.
He had the comics (bad and also different) and a vague âSuperman but evilâ. He had to (or rather got to) craft the character into his own vision of who Homelander should be, with very little to go off of.
Every choice made is Starrâs interpretation to who Homelander should be.
Kripke even said by season 5 Antony was deciding most of the character moments for Homelander that Kripke had forgotten about - for example it was Antony who added that Homelander would try to impress his dad by drinking bourbon, because at the end of the day Homelander himself is still a child seeking approval. That kind of brilliance was all Starr, with very little influence or direction, at least in the beginning.
It would not be wild to say Antony Starrâs Homelander rivals Heath Ledgerâs Joker as the best superhero villain in filmed history. That isnât to say he *wins* necessarily (obviously itâs hard to compare a 5 season show vs. 1 movie).
But truly - it would not be a far fetched argument.
















