Amazon Prime fans are raging over Emmys snub for ‘greatest TV villain of all time’
The Emmy nominations are out and, as ever, TV fans have a series of bones to pick.
Nothing for Stranger Things (fair), nor for Taylor Sheridan (he won’t care) and Industry has yet again been shut out (hey ho, the Emmys seem to hate that show).
One of the glaring omissions that has TV fans raging in the wake of the full nomination list is the absence of Antony Starr for his work on The Boys.
The New Zealand actor closed out his run as utter scumbag Homelander this year, as the Prime Video superhero satire wrapped up its fifth and final season.
Starr’s villain, deranged by power, finally got what was coming to him (keeping things spoiler-light), but the actor himself has noticeably not.
Given that Starr had yet to receive a nod for his work on the show, he now never will – as a tweet pointed out, to over 3million views and countless replies describing Homelander as ‘the greatest villain in TV history’.
Replying to the original social media post, Nicholas on X described it as ‘actually egregious’ that Starr has never been nominated.
Hunter wrote: ‘Kinda one of the biggest robs of all time, because Antony Starr has played Homelander absolutely flawlessly in every aspect.
‘One of the greatest villain performances I’ve ever seen, and he’s single-handedly kept The Boys captivating for years on YEARS. A crying shame.’
Other fans compared Starr to Andrew Lincoln, who was also Emmy-nom-less after 11 seasons starring on The Walking Dead.
Metro's thoughts on Homelander's snub
Deputy TV Editor Tom Percival shares his thoughts on Antony Starr’s Emmy snub…
I must admit I’m incredibly confused by the Antony Starr/Emmy furore.
Firstly, caring about awards is, to be frank, silly. If you think something’s good or you like it, then that should be enough. You shouldn’t need some self-important and self-imposed body to pin it to the metaphorical fridge for other people to gawp at and clap at.
With that in mind, if you think Starr’s the best TV villain of all time, then that’s an entirely valid thought to have, and no one can tell you otherwise.
That said… Do I really think Starr’s performance was particularly deserving of a nomination? Not really. The Boys was coasting since season three, and the fifth go-round, this particularly gory maypole was at best fine.
I agree that Starr did give Homelander a certain unhinged je ne sais quoi, especially in earlier seasons, but season five didn’t really do anything new with the character; he just sort of stood there looking either smug, annoyed, or, in his last few moments, terrified.
It was amusing, and it worked for the show, but it wasn’t an award-winning performance; it was a performance designed to become a GIF response in a work Slack channel, and honestly, I think that’s probably a better legacy.
But some The Boys watchers pointed to the show’s decline in later seasons as a potential reason why it was shut out, even if they remained unanimous on the fact Starr should have received some recognition.
The long-running abuse-of-superhero-power tale did get some Emmy love, as is the award show’s habit of rewarding shows for their final seasons.
But the gongs that The Boys is up for are all in behind-the-camera categories, including music supervision, stunt coordination and fantasy/sci-fi costumes.
The Boys is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video.
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