Quaid is just as into music as his Joel-obsessed character is he says he makes a playlist for every character he plays (he's previously appeared in HBO's Vinyl and the romantic comedy Plus One, among others) and has shared his own selections in an expansive playlist for Hughie with Amazon over on Spotify.
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"But each and every time, it takes a lot of trial and error." "Sometimes, like Iggy Pop in The Boys pilot, I found the song on my car radio as I was driving in," he says. Kripke is constantly looking for songs that might work in the show. He's a kid from New York and, to me, Billy Joel just IS New York." “The Billy Joel thing was a happy accident," he says. On his first day, filming his first scene of The Boys, Quaid improvised a line about how Hughie's favorite musicians were James Taylor, Simon & Garfunkel, and one William Martin Joel.
If you're wondering where, exactly, all the Billy Joel love comes from, the answer is directly from Jack Quaid's mind. There's a ton to like about The Boys, from the compelling story to the dark humor to the great performances, but one of the most important factors to all of that sticking together is the show's A+ soundtrack, which can start with Billy Joel and transition to punk rock or hip-hop-whatever fits, really-with a moment's notice. It's a thing.Īnd when you're a TV show, and your de facto main character loves Billy Joel, well, that means you get to play a lot of Billy Joel. And when we say he loves Billy Joel, we mean he loooooves Billy Joel. Because his thing is that he loves Billy Joel.
With Hughie (Jack Quaid), well, his thing is special. The Deep (Chace Crawford) is lost, Starlight (Erin Moriarty) is down-to-earth and kind, and Mother's Milk (Laz Alonso) is well-adjusted (all things considered, that is). Billy Butcher (Karl Urban), certainly, is brash. Homelander (Antony Starr), for example, is evil. We're not even done with Season 2 of The Boysyet, but the characters are already so well defined that it's easy to explain their personalities in just a word or two. "I put an incredible amount of love and attention into picking the right songs for The Boys," says showrunner Eric Kripke.Each needle drop is meticulously plotted and chosen for the specific moment in the series.The Boys has one of the best soundtracks on TV-and a whole lot of Billy Joel.
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