The actor talks about his life underneath that suit for four seasons.
Warning: This article contains spoilers fromThe Boysseason 4, episodes 1-7.
The goggles were reminiscent, and the all black," Mitchell tellsEntertainment Weekly.
Nathan Mitchell’s Black Noir with Chace Crawford’s the Deep on ‘The Boys’ season 4.Amazon
Yet he’s the only member of the core cast who’s neither seen nor heard.
That changed with season 4, which is currently rolling on Amazon’s Prime Video.
I took the role with that in mind and I embraced that reality.
Nathan Mitchell as Black Noir on ‘The Boys’ season 2.Amazon
All I could do was dive into Noir with everything that I had and see what happened.
What’s your version of events?
I am not sure what my face was doing, but my heart dropped.
Then he was like, “But you’re coming back!”
I have connections to my characters, but I haven’t thought too deeply about that.
When I found out Noir was dying, damn, it did hit me.
I did feel like I was losing someone.
Kripke gave me the option of being Noir unmasked in season 3 or unmasked in season 4.
I’ll be New Noir."
But it was a mourning process for me a little bit.
That was an experience I didn’t think I would have.
If I turn my head slowly, how is that different from if I turn my head quickly?
What impact does that have on the audience?
How much of New Noir’s backstory did you get over the course of filming the series?
He’s this actor who has never had the success that he’s wanted to have.
Then all of a sudden this opportunity comes about.
He is like, “What else am I doing?”
So he jumps in and realizes it’s more than he bargained for.
Amazon released a fake video of your character’s audition tape to become New Noir.
Did that in some ways help you wrap your head around who this character was?
That’s something we explore with Noir, and it’s an interesting take.
Did you end up shooting a lot of material like that?
We did that and maybe one other thing.
So we will see if that other thing comes out.
You shot your first scene without the mask last week [forepisode 6].
It was kind of the opposite.
So there are ways in which I was more mindful when I was filming as Old Noir.
Was that actually you in the harness?
Honestly, I wish I could say I was in the harness.
We have a great stunt team that we wouldn’t be able to do any of this without.
Kripke says he really wants to do more scenes with you without the mask on as the New Noir.
Did you guys talk at all about the fifth and final season?
We have talked a little bit.
I’m very excited about the things he’s mentioned.
I had a few ideas, and then he shared with me what he was thinking.
I was like, “Whoa!
That’s cooler than what I was thinking of.”
I can’t wait to jump in and do that.
How have you guys been digesting that the fifth season will be the last?
Some of us may have wished for a sixth, just because we love spending time together.
We can appreciate this last ride and going out on our own terms.
I think you saw the paparazzi photos that leaked from theSupermanmovie set showing a Black Noir-esque character.
What was your reaction to seeing that?
That was such an honor to see.
The goggles were reminiscent and the all black.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
