Supernatural Stars Reunite As ‘Douchebags’ In The Boys Season 5

The Boys are about to have some competition! Jared Padalecki, Misha Collins, and Jensen Ackles are reuniting for a season 5 cameo in the fan-favorite Prime Video series, and by the sounds of it, they’re going to make their mark at Vought International.

In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, showrunner Eric Kripke teased the Supernatural reunion between Ackles’ Soldier Boy and his former co-stars, and shared when fans can expect to see from the trio’s appearance in the show’s final season.

Eric Kripke: They show up in episode 5. What I love about what they’re doing is they’re just such douchebags. It’s great. I mean, Soldier Boy is no treat either, but they’re just really not morally upstanding dudes. It’s a blast to watch them play that. It was just so much fun.

The casting is no surprise from Kripke, who created Supernatural, and has been slowly bringing back his actors throughout The Boys‘ five-season run, with the show seeing cameos from Nathan Mitchell, Jim Beaver, Alvina August, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. While fans are familiar with Ackles’ frozen-in-time super soldier, it’s unclear what roles Padalecki and Collins will play, though the season’s trailers have given fans a tiny look at a scene involving the Supernatural alums. What makes Padalecki and Collins’ foray into the serious especially interesting, however, is how sharply they contrast with their Supernatural personas. Instead of playing reluctant heroes driven by morality and brotherhood, they’re stepping into the morally gray, often brutal world of The Boys, where power and corruption reign supreme.

As for what Ackles thought about reuniting with the pair, he told the outlet it sounded “awesome” but wanted to make sure the storyline made sense for the show’s fifth and final season.

Jensen Ackles: I was told that there was the possibility of it happening, and I was like, “I think it sounds awesome as long as it makes sense.” I’m protective of the show. Even though I’m not an original cast member, I still want to, as a fan of the show, make sure that every second counts on screen. Kripke figured out a way to weave them in there and make it outrageous and make it something special. It propels the story, it propels the characters.

Out early next month, The Boys‘ final season wastes no time raising the stakes — new cast members included. Things pick up in a world where Homelander [ Antony Starr] has fully taken over the U.S. government, ruling with fear while dissenters like Hughie [ Jack Quaid], Frenchie [Tomer Capone], and Mother’s Milk [ Laz Alonso] are locked away in so-called “Freedom Camps.” Meanwhile, Starlight [ Erin Moriarty] is still busy fighting the good fight, trying to spark a rebellion in a country that seems tightly gripped in Homelander’s hands.

And while it seemed like Homelander had reached the peak of his terrifying behavior, he’s just getting started, chasing full-blown god status, as he makes immortality and total domination his mission. That’s when the beloved Billy Butcher [ Karl Urban] returns to save the day. All supe’d up and armed with a supe-killing virus, he’s ready to go scorched earth on his adversaries, even if it means taking out every last one of them.

Things get even crazier when Homelander brings his dad back into the mix, a.k.a. Soldier Boy, setting the stage for the epic moment that brings Padalecki and Collins’ characters into the chaos. According to Ackles, it’s a sequence that gets pretty “messy,” blood-splattering explosions included.

Jensen Ackles: I did not expect some of the things that we filmed in that sequence to go the way they did. It’s a messy one.

The Boys season 5 premieres April 8 on Prime Video.