A Black Noir joke from The Boys was inspired by the real life actor
Black Noir's narcolepsy comes from The Boys actor Nathan Mitchell's real life condition
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“We’ll be in scenes and he’s literally asleep. He’ll fall asleep,” The Deep actor Chace Crawford said during aHappy Sad Confusedlive event.
Antony Starr, who plays Homelander on the Prime Video series, added: “He legit falls asleep. There’s a line in there – ‘Is Noir asleep?’ – and he goes, ‘I’m narcoleptic’. Which Nathan [Mitchell] is in real life. He’s fallen asleep at that table in that suit in real life.”
Narcolepsy is a brain condition that often causes a person to fall asleep or wake up against their will. It is estimated to affect one in 2,000 people in the US and millions of people worldwide.
This isn’t even the first time a health condition from Nathan Mitchell has made its way into the show. Black Noir’s nut allergy also mirrors the actor’s real-life severe allergy to nuts.
“The actors and I were at Comic-Con …
