The Boys’ Season 2 Whale Scene Used 150 Gallons Of Blood

The Boys’ visual effects supervisor Stephan Spzak-Fleet reveals that the infamous season 2 whale scene required 150 gallons of blood.

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The Boys’ Stephan Spzak-Fleet reveals that the infamous whale scene used a staggering amount of blood. Amazon Prime’s explosive superhero show follows The Boys in their quest to take down Vought and Homelander. The Boys’ season 2 finale dropped only days prior, and the show has already been renewed for season 3.

While there were plenty of crazy scenes throughout The Boys season 2, the whale scene is easily one of the most memorable. In season 2, episode 3 “Over the Hill With the Swords of a Thousand Men”, The Boys scramble to escape the Deep’s (Chase Crawford) shark attack. They manage to get onto a speedboat and race towards a storm drain when the Deep emerges with an enormous whale to block their path. In response, Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) pulls a classic Butcher move, and impales the whale with his speedboat.

Spzak-Fleet, who’s in charge of The Boys’ stunning visual effects, spoke to ComicBook about putting together the whale scene. He reveals there were “150 buckets of blood” involved in filming the whale sequence. Spzak-Fleet also explains that the crew had built a whale set, which made the visual effects team’s job far easier. He does add, though, that there was a certain kind of magic that came with seeing and working with the whale set in person. You can catch Spzak-Fleet’s full quote on the whale sequence below:

“I mean, I think they were telling me they had like 150 buckets of blood or gallons of blood for the whale sequence or something like that…with the whale, we had a lot of practical blood, and then as Eric has said on social media and stuff and in other interviews, they built this giant whale set that we didn’t have to do very much work to. We added a little bit of wetness to it here and there, but it was real. We had a real set and I’m telling you when you’re an actor or crew member or anybody and you go up and you see this real exploded whale set, it’s different, man. It connects with you in a different way than if I would have just put up a green tennis ball, so it was still the right way to go. It’s another reason why I love working on the show is we get to work with people and do things like that in that kind of way. It’s just so cool.”

Another particularly memorable example of The Boys’ incredible visual effects is the exploding heads. The show’s first exploding head victim was CIA Deputy Director Susan Raynor (Jennifer Esposito), whose head unexpectedly exploded while in mid-conversation with The Boys. Later on in the episode “Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker,” the Boys attend a Congressional hearing against Vought. Yet before Jonah Vogelbaum (John Doman) can begin his testimony, his head promptly explodes; as it turns out, his murder is only the beginning of a bloody massacre. The exploding heads sequence at the end of “Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker” is one of the most impressive – if not slightly nauseating – visual effects scenes in The Boys. As such, it’s hard to fathom the level of set-up and work that Spzak-Fleet and his team have put into creating the visual effects masterpieces seen on the show.

Season 2 of The Boys has delivered on one fantastic scene after another, in part thanks to Spzak-Fleet’s guidance and vision. Now that season 2 is in the books, fans are eagerly awaiting season 3. While its unclear what the next season of The Boys will hold, fans can likely expect to see more blood, guts, and gore galore in the future.

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