Interview: Chace Crawford Reveals What Lurks Beneath his Character The Deep on the Hit Show ‘The Boys’

What are the special ingredients that make a show like The Boys a smashing success? Is it the political satire? The drama of super heroes existing in the real world? The complex, dark characters that we feel a little guilty celebrating? Whatever the mix, the reason it goes down so easy is the humor. No other character on Amazon Prime’s hit show is as consistently funny as The Deep.

Played by Chace Crawford, The Deep’s character has been the writers’ punching bag for 3 seasons. He’s been #me-too’d, joined a cult, had sexual relations with marine life, and in season 3, was forced to devour his octopus best friend alive ( justice for Timothy!). had the extreme pleasure to talk with Chace about his iconic role. (LISTEN TO IT BELOW)

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If some moments with The Deep seem too real to be written, well that’s because the creator Eric Kripke is and crackerjack writing team encourage the actors to find those hilarious moments on set. Some very funny and memorable lines were improv-ed by the actors made it into the final cut.

Chace extrapolated on his approach to improv in a scene: