The Boys has successfully released four seasons, which continue to captivate audiences’ attention all across the globe. Since character deaths are inevitable in the series, Season 4 delivered a gut-wrenching blow as Claudia Doumit’s character, Victoria Neuman, met a gruesome end at the hands of Karl Urban’s Billy Butcher.
Known for its unflinching portrayal of superheroes who are shown corrupted in the show, it continued to bring its gritty theme on top. This is all the more reason why Neuman’s end at the Season 4 finale, made the show darker. The former recently spilled the beans on how her character’s death was filmed for the show.
Claudia Doumit Details About Her Character’s Death in The Boys Season 4
Claudia Doumit‘s portrayal of Victoria Neuman has been a standout in The Boys, who is introduced as a congresswoman with an enigmatic personality and moral dilemmas, that captivated audiences.
Initially advocating for greater oversight and regulation of superheroes, better known as Supes, as the series progressed, it was clear that she had a secret of her own, including possessing superpowers. Given that she was secretly working with Vought International, her demise became more impactful.
For the unversed, Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) kills the super-powered vice president-elect lady with his newfound supe powers, by shooting out tentacle arms from his chest. Her brutal demise takes place in front of Neuman’s daughter, Zoe (Olivia Morandin), and Butcher’s teammates.
At SDCC 2024, she shares insights about how she felt on filming her character’s death, telling ScreenRant, “It was a really relaxing day for me, like, ‘I’m just going to die today, it’s fine, whatever.'”
She continued to delve into the filming process, providing an interesting contrast between the gruesome scene and the lightheartedness of the set atmosphere. She told the outlet,
No, because it was the last day of the set, so I was really just running around giving everyone their wrap gifts and going from department to department, taking photos. So I was having a really fun day.
She added,
And then they called me in, rigged me up, and told me to move around a bunch. Then they laid me in some fake blood and were like, ‘Now just put your eyes in the back of your head, and you’re dead.’
From her statement, it was clear that she was ready to bid farewell to her character, who took it as a joyful experience, despite the gravity of the sequence. Whereas, her death is surely a heart-wrenching scene for many fans, elevating the show to another grittier level.
Claudia Doumit Expressed How She Felt on Bidding Farewell to The Boys
The Timeless actress got candid about her dramatic exit from the Amazon Prime series, feeling mixed emotions. On one hand, she felt sad about putting an end to a beloved character yet on another, she is satisfied with how her character contributed to a pivotal moment in the series’ storyline.
It is undeniable that Neuman was a complex character in the show, who at times, struggled with her ambitions and ethics. In discussing her character’s end, she told Variety,
It was really shocking, but it was also really beautiful…It was a great death — that’s an honor in and of itself. I’m really happy to got a fun, twisted death, which is just such a great rite of passage for characters on this show. So I was really happy about it, which sounds like such an insane thing to say about being split in half.
While filming her final scenes, she just felt “like another day at work,” she only realized about her exit when she went back to her trailer as she added that “there was no next scene” for her. That realization left her feeling, “And it was this beautiful, bittersweet moment.”
Her gruesome death made the show grittier, as Butcher didn’t hesitate to kill her, because he was not convinced that she had truly changed sides. Not to mention, killing Neuman in front of her daughter was enough of a reason to make her scene more heartbreaking. The show is yet to unfold serious events, as Season 5 will be the final of the popular series.
Meanwhile, The Boys can be streamed on Amazon Prime Video.
