Spoiler alert: The following story contains spoilers for “The Boys” Season 4, Episodes 1-3.
“The Boys” has always managed to bring in A-list actors for quick cameos, but the series outdid itself in Season 4 when they convinced Will Ferrell and Tilda Swinton to join.
Ferrell shows up in the second episode and plays a heightened version of himself who’s starring in a movie with A-Train (Jessie T. Usher). Much to A-Train’s annoyance, the film they’re making is a clear send-up of “The Blind Side,” with Ferrell playing the coach.
Showrunner Eric Kripke told TheWrap that they went straight to the actors to sign them on because “agents don’t get as fired up to be surrounded by so much depravity.”