’80s and ’90s comedy icon Paul Reiser has confirmed that he is set to reprise his role as The Legend in the fifth and final season of The Boys.
The Legend is a recurring character on the series, who was introduced in the third season of the show. He was the Senior Vice President of Hero Management for Vought American, the predecessor to Madelyn Stillwell, and the one who established the job’s biggest responsibility… covering up for Vought’s “heroes.”
Eventually he would be “backstabbed” by both Stan Edgar and Madelyn Stillwell, resulting in his retirement and the latter to take up his role in the company.
While the actor believes he will appear, he doesn’t know what’s in store for him, or how big of a role he will play in the final season.
Reiser said in an interview with CB: “Yeah, there’s been talks about that. I think there is something they’re writing for me. That was so fun — it’s not my kind of show, and famously, I told my son, who’s now writing these Marvel Aliens comics…
“But when I got offered the role on The Boys, I had not only not seen it, I hadn’t heard of it, and I said, ‘Hey, do you know abuot this show The Boys? They want me to be on it. What do you know about it?’
“He says, ‘Oh, it’s great, and you’ll hate it.’ I went, ‘Why would I hate it?’ He goes, ‘Oh, just watch.’ And I remember watching it and going, ‘Oh, wow, this is way over the top.’
“But in short order, I saw, they’re not just stretching it for the sake of it — that’s the point of it; it’s so over-the-top and graphic and funny and smart. And the role was very funny. I was like, ‘What’s the guy called?’ And it’s like, ‘The Legend,’ and I went, ‘sold.'”
It’s cool to see Reiser is excited to return to the show! He’s great in everything he does, and this was fun role for him to take on. It’ll be interesting to see what they do with his story arc.
