Karen Fukuhara is a gem when it comes to acting, essaying the role of Kimiko on The Boys to perfection. Given that Kimiko has no spoken dialogue, it really speaks to the actress’s ability to work with what she is given, and still get her characterization through with no trouble.
While the actress has honed her skills in the nine years she has been in the industry, there is another practice that she has been doing for eleven years but could be mistaken for a novice. What’s more, the actor got called out on this by Jessie T. Usher during a press junket for The Boys.
Karen Fukuhara is very bad at basketball, despite playing the sport for eleven years
Jessie T. Usher and the cast of The Boys were on Vanity Fair, figuring out how well they knew each other. Actors that were on the game show included Erin Moriarty, Chace Crawford, Antony Starr, Laz Alonso, and Claudia Doumit, all of whom took turns asking each other questions about themselves. When it came to Karen Fukuhara to ask how many years she had played Basketball, the cast had a slew of different answers.
This prompted Karen Fukuhara to drop a hint, saying that she was the worst on her team. After she revealed that she had actually tried her hand at the game for more than a decade, eleven years to be precise, Jessie T. Usher was quick to drop the sickest burn on the Suicide Squad alum, saying:
What?! How did you not get better?
As the entire cast burst into laughter, Fukuhara echoed the sentiment, wondering how she did not improve despite her continued engagement with the sport.
How important will Kimiko be when taking down Homelander?
Kimiko is one of the supes that The Boys have, and the powers that she has manifested make her quite the asset for the team against Homelander. Starlight has also joined the team in full force, and it seems that the team is also going to flip A-Trait to their cause. Apart from this, Billy Butcher’s Temp-V abuse has resulted in him developing powers of his own, which are yet to be fully explored.
Further, The Boys have their own set of super killing arsenal, such as Soldier Boy (who is put under cryogenic sleep) and the virus that can harm Supes (which Dr. Sameer is likely developing under duress). This gives The Boys enough ammo for an all-out assault against Homelander and his capos, having significantly leveled the playing field.
While Homelander has called for his comrades to be vengeful gods, how long will their reign last with The Boys still in play, and armed to the teeth? Only the coming season can tell.
The Boys Season 4 is streaming on Amazon Prime Video
