The final episode of The Boys Season 5 is releasing today on Prime Video. As the main series ends, star Jensen Ackles has shared how the prequel Vought Rising will be different.
Jensen Ackles details the difference between Vought Rising and The Boys
Speaking to Entertainment Tonight ahead of the Season 5 finale, Ackles described his emotions as an “odd mix” now that The Boys is ending. “It’s like saying goodbye to The Boys, but I’m also doing the prequel to it. So it’s like my journey hasn’t necessarily come to an end,” he said, calling it “bittersweet.”
That journey continues in Vought Rising, where Ackles reprises his role as Soldier Boy alongside Aya Cash’s Stormfront. But fans expecting more of the same frantic, modern-day chaos might notice the difference. The prequel operates on a fundamentally different wavelength.
“It’ll feel definitely like a different show, with the foundation and the heart of what made The Boys,” Ackles explained. The core distinction lies in Soldier Boy himself. “In The Boys, in modern times, he’s a fish out of water. He’s an analog guy who’s trapped in a digital world. So now we see him in his element. We see him kind of… what made him who he was.”
This shift reframes the character entirely. Instead of a disoriented relic fumbling through contemporary society, audiences will witness the confident, ruthless Supe operating at the height of his power in the era that shaped him.
Creator Eric Kripke and showrunner Paul Grellong previously described Vought Rising as “a twisted murder mystery about the origins of Vought in the 1950s.” The series explores the early exploits of Soldier Boy and the rise of Stormfront, then known as Clara Vought. Both characters share intertwined origins. Soldier Boy was the first non-aging American Supe created during World War II, while Stormfront was Vought’s first successful Compound V test subject (via Deadline).
Production on the prequel began in August 2025, with the show targeting a 2027 release on Prime Video.
Originally reported by Devanshi Basu on SuperHeroHype.
