Stranger Things‘ Mason Dye has booked a guest-starring role in the fifth and final season of The Boys as the character Bombsight, Deadline has learned.
Further details are being kept under wraps, but Bombsight was previously mentioned on The Boys as the third oldest known supe in history who was active in the ’50s.
Noone is confirming but according to sources, Bombsight is being introduced on the The Boys before migrating to the upcoming prequel spinoff series Vought Rising, with Dye poised to become a series regular opposite Jensen Ackles and Aya Cash.
The Boys stars Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Jessie T. Usher, Laz Alonso, Chace Crawford, Tomer Capone, Karen Fukuhara, Colby Minifie, Claudia Doumit, and Cameron Crovetti.
The series, based on the best-selling comic by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, who also serve as executive producers, was developed by executive producer/showrunner Eric Kripke. Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, Neal H. Moritz, Pavun Shetty, Phil Sgriccia, Michaela Starr, Paul Grellong, David Reed, Meredith Glynn, Judalina Neira, Ken F. Levin, and Jason Netter also serve as executive producers.
