Surprise! Simon Pegg Is Part Of ‘The Boys’ Cast After All
By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 5, 2018 2:00 pm EST
Meet Hughie and his dad, played by @JackQuaid92 and @simonpegg in #TheBoysTV. You’re welcome. pic.twitter.com/DXfPlyamI2
— THE BOYS (@TheBoysTV) October 5, 2018
As you can see in the tweet above, Simon Pegg has joined The Boys cast. Pegg made his casting known at a NYCC panel for The Boys, when he walked out on stage and surprised everyone. Pegg will play the father of Wee Hughie, played by actor Jack Quaid. This makes perfect sense, of course. Back when The Boys was still being considered as a film adaptation, Pegg worried he might be too old to play the part of Wee Hughie.
“I have [read the script], it’s really good. I’d love to do it, if it came about,” Pegg told MTV in 2011. “My fear is that I’m too old to play Wee Hughie, now. But you know, obviously, the character was drawn, at least, around my face.” Here’s an image of Hughie from the comic, in case you want to see just how much he resembles Pegg.
And now, after all that, Pegg is on the show after all. I’m guessing his part will be small – in other words, don’t expect him to be in every episode. Still, this is a nice bit of fan service to make readers of The Boys comics happy.
