'The Boys' star Karen Fukuhara talks to THR at San Diego Comic-Con and talks about the final season of the Prime Video show. Plus, she explains how the storylines made the characters more human in season 4.
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00:00So many of the characters face their past in this season, what was it like doing that for Kimiko?
00:05I love this season because every character, even the heroic ones that we've seen in the past,
00:12we get to see a darker side of them and I think it just makes it a little more human.
00:17I mean, nobody's perfect and we see that with Annie's character and how Firecracker confronts her
00:27and it's kind of the same with Kimiko.
00:30I feel like we've only seen Kimiko as a victim of her environment and circumstances
00:36and I just think that it gives her a lot more depth when we realize that she's had to, you know,
00:44face her shitty past as well and her being a shitty person.
00:50Yeah, no, it was a dark season, it was a dark season, yeah.
00:55The season ends with the boys in probably the worst place we've ever seen them in.
01:00What do you think or hope happens for Kimiko in Season 5?
01:04Ooh, I mean, I keep joking that she's going to be like this crazy blabbermouth chatterbox.
01:13Now that she can speak, she's going to be like, no, no, no, no, no, like, we should get this for dinner.
01:18But, I don't know, I kind of, I'm wary of her speaking a ton.
01:27I'm not sure, I don't know.
01:29I feel like the writers always have a better understanding of where the character should go
01:36and so I don't want to say too much, but I think up to this point at least,
01:42a special aspect of Kimiko and she brought something new to the table
01:48and it's kind of what makes her her and so I don't want her to lose that identity
01:55and I would miss that part of her if we decide to go in that direction, yeah.
02:01We got to see Kimiko and Frenchie finally get together, finally kiss.
02:05Do you ship them as a couple?
02:07Yes, yes, I've been shipping them from day one.
02:10Hashtag kimchi forever.
02:12Anyway, yeah, no, I've been really into that idea of them being romantically together from the beginning,
02:19but I didn't want to say anything because, you know, in the comic books it's a little bit ambiguous
02:24and they have an iconic moment at the end where they're facing each other
02:30and he says, you know, it's always been you or something like that
02:35and I just think that it's like such a heartwarming moment.
02:40We'll see, we'll see, we'll see where their journey goes.
02:46He is going to be trapped probably in the beginning of season five,
02:51so I'll go save him, I'll go save him.
02:54Yeah, I'll take him out, I'll take him out and we'll go to Marseille together, whatever.
02:59I mean, girls get it done every time, so.
03:01Yeah, that's what we've all been saying.
03:03We were thinking about it.
03:05We have something called estrogen nights with all the girls.
03:08We just have like wine and we stay in and we order in food
03:12and one of the days we were saying, oh, like, you know, it sounds like we're going to have to get the boy,
03:20like we're going to have to go save them.
03:22And I'm like, wait a second, girls get it done?
03:24So we'll see, we'll see.
03:26The show has grown in viewers every single season.
03:29What do you think it is about this show that not only keeps fans coming back,
03:32but also continues to draw in new viewers?
03:35Honestly, it's such a blessing.
03:37It is incredible that anyone pays attention to the work that you do,
03:42but our fans are fucking phenomenal.
03:46Can I curse on this?
03:47I don't know, but like they're phenomenal and they're loyal.
03:50And not only do we have, you know, the original comic book fans that carried on to our show,
03:56but like the superhero fan base that decided that, you know, our chaotic show was something they could enjoy.
04:05I mean, I just can't express how much I'm grateful to have all of our viewers.
04:17We saw them, some of them in Hall H today and they ride, they ride hard.
04:24And so I'm just very, very, very thankful for them.