Midnight Mass star joins The Boys spin-off show Gen V ahead of season 2
Jun. 5, 2024Hamish Linklater is set to play Godolkin University’s new dean
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The Boys spin-off Gen V has added Hamish Linklater to its cast ahead ofseason 2.
According toVariety, the actor, who recently appeared in Mike Flanagan’s hit horror seriesMidnight Mass, will play Godolkin University’s newly appointed “charming and charismatic” dean Cipher. (RIP Dean Shetty).
Having been trained as a scientist, which will either prove trouble or a saving grace for Marie and the gang, depending on his awareness and attitude towards the anti-Supe virus, Cipher is also described as “politically brilliant”. The publication goes on to say that the character “has the trust and admiration of officials at the highest level”, but given how littered the show is with untrustworthy adults, we’re not too sure whose interests he’ll have at heart yet.
Based on the ‘We Gotta Go Now’ story arc from The Boys comic book, written by Garth Ennis and illustrated by Darick Robertson, Gen V season 1 starred Jaz Sinclair, Chance Perdomo, Lizze Broadway, Maddie Phillips, Derek Luh, Asa Germann, Shelley Conn, and Clancy Brown.
Set in a Vought International-run college for young Supes, it follows the next generation as they get drunk, have fun, and compete in various trials to be the next big thing in the superhero world. Oh, and stumble across a terrifying, world-threatening secret about their prestigious school…
Most of the cast are expected to return for season 2, though it’s uncertain what will happen with Perdomo’s character Andre followingthe actor’s tragic death back in April. It’s been confirmed, however, thatthe role will not be recast.
Linklater is no stranger to playing morally complex roles having tackled Father Paul Hill, a mysterious, enigmatic priest harboring a dark secret, in the aforementioned Netflix show. Since then, he’s played US President Abraham Lincoln in Manhunt and had a brief cameo as himself in American Horror Story: Delicate.
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