Parker Corno played Ryan in Season 1 finale, "You Found Me", credited as "8 yr old boy". Ryan was originally based on Black Noir's Son from the comics.
Despite her extended lifespan and super endurance, Ryan critically wounded Stormfront with his heat vision in a bid to protect his mother. With powers that volatile, Ryan could have the upper hand in a fight against Homelander, especially if Homelander struggles to react.
Ryan Was Probably Recast Because Of His Story Arc
While it's unclear at this time why Corno was replaced with Crovetti, a likely explanation is simply that the former lacked the experience necessary to pull off this complicated role.
The Boys Season 3 finale heavily teased a change of direction for the show with Ryan Butcher (Cameron Crovetti) showing a darker side whilst attending a rally with his father, Homelander, as he smiles at his maniacal dad's decimation of a protester.
Reggie / A-Train
A-Train was born on the 14th of January 1987 and his Zodiac sign is Capricorn. He has an older brother Franklin. Once again, Jessie T. Usher is younger than the character he plays.
Aging. Whilst some Supes such as Stormfront and Soldier Boy don't age than their human counterparts, the average Supe ages almost identically as the average person.
Longevity: Black Noir has been active since the 80s. He is older than Gunpowder and is likely somewhere around his 50s or 60s, however he shows no signs that his age has affected his physical condition and he even appears to be even stronger then he was forty years prior.
Ryan was originally based on Black Noir's Son from the comics. Fans may agree that Ryan is somewhat a parody of James Rogers in Marvel comics and Jon Kent in DC comics.
The grand finale of The Boys comic book series confirms that there is only one hero who is actually stronger than Homelander, and that's his (even more) evil clone, Black Noir. Created to be an upgraded version of Homelander, Black Noir proves his superiority in the final battle between these two deranged powerhouses.
Ryan Butcher is the son of Homelander and Becca Butcher. He inherited his father's powers to some degree, making him the first supe to be naturally born.
Yup, Soldier Boy is Homelander's biological father. Suddenly all these daddy issues make a lot more sense. This character element isn't from the original The Boys comics, but was something Kripke and the writer's room came up with for the show.
While Supe'd up, Butcher may be stronger than most regular Supes, he is still not as strong as Homelander on an even playing field. Not only is Homelander faster and stronger than Billy Butcher but he's also more durable, surviving some of the comics' most brutal injuries.
Rebecca "Becca" Saunders Butcher is a minor character in Season 1 and a supporting character in Season 2 of the Amazon series The Boys. She was the wife of Billy Butcher and the mother of Ryan Butcher.
While The Boys' “evil Superman” Homelander was the show's most odious villain for a long time, Soldier Boy soon proved he might be even worse than Homelander. This made it all the more surprising when The Boys season 3 revealed that, as a first-generation supe, Soldier Boy was Homeland's absent father.
In theory, Soldier Boy should be able to kill Homelander, assuming his power affects Homelander the same way it affected Kimiko. But there's no guarantee; Homelander could get wind of the attempt and kill everybody before they try something.
Make no mistake, Homelander is more powerful than Soldier Boy, but can he take him out in a fight? We don't think so. Besides, unlike Homelander, who probably wants all the credit for himself, Soldier Boy isn't above asking for help.
Superhuman Strength: One of Queen Maeve's primary abilities is tremendously enhanced superhuman strength, far greater than that of normal human beings.
In the comic series, Noir is revealed to be a clone of the Homelander and enhanced with Stormfront's DNA, created to replace him if he ever went rogue. Driven insane by a lack of purpose, Noir resolved to frame the Homelander for various atrocities as part of a plan to gradually drive him insane and replace him.
How Did He Not Know About Compound V? After the secret of Compound V is revealed to the public, Black Noir is shown weeping after finding out that his entire life had been a lie.
Eric Kripke confirmed in July 2022 that Nathan Mitchell will portray a replacement Black Noir in Season Four; describing the character as a "whole new" and "really interesting and hilarious character".
Dancer Link Berthomieux says that when French people use the English word "black," "It's a trendy way to say 'noir. '" Words describing race and skin color vary wildly across languages. Even within languages.
During Payback's fight against Soldier Boy, Black Noir received catastrophic brain injuries that left him both unable to verbally communicate and saddled with bizarre hallucinations of cartoon animals.
Noir survived after losing multiple limbs, an eye, and being disembowelled. Butcher had to break his skull open and destroy his brain to finally kill him.
The Deep is very fond of receiving unreciprocated oral sex, even preferring it to coitus. Perhaps his self-consciousness regarding his gills has guided this preference. He blackmails Starlight into performing oral sex on him, and his complaint about his wife is that she "gives terrible blow jobs."