This article contains spoilers for the first three episodes of The Boys Season 2
This is an interesting aside! Though it could turn out to be a remark lost in translation, many fans of the series have been wondering whether Stan Edgar would turn out to be a supe himself, and some theories even posit that he will be revealed as the very first supe, whose blood is the origin of Compound V.
“I think what Edgar is trying to do is to bring value back to humanity in some way,” Esposito teases. “But that takes a certain type of control.”
The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke has also recently added fuel to the fire where rumors of Stan Edgar’s ultimate plans are concerned, but whatever they are, Stormfront – who was revealed to be a creation of the Third Reich during WWII in the comics – is key to their success.
“Here’s what I will tease, without giving it away, which is Edgar is an intelligent, Machiavellian CEO,” Kripke told TheWrap. “We hint pretty strongly from Episode 201 on that he knows the V news is gonna come out and he’s already got plans in place as to how to turn that to his advantage — of which Stormfront will be a big part of.”
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We’ll have to watch this space to find out what Stan Edgar really has up his sleeve.
