Let’s get this out of the way up front: no, The Boys is not going to recast Frenchie, played by Tomer Capone, in the final season of the series. I have not reached out to Prime Video to confirm this. I do not have an insider in the cast or crew. If you can believe it, I just figured this out using my brain, and a cursory amount of internet research to find out where this recasting rumor came from. Basically: I Googled it for you.
So why do people think Frenchie is being recast on The Boys Season 5? Well, in today’s episode of “the internet just realizing things,” everyone suddenly figured out that Capone is Israeli. And like most Israelis, was a member of the Israeli Defense Force (IDF). I want to be very clear here before we go further: this is a comic book website, so I’m not going to weigh into the very thorny politics of Israel and the Middle East. However, in Israel, nearly everyone is conscripted into the military when they come of age. So yes, Capone joined the IDF in 2004.
Not sure if I need to point this out, but The Boys premiered in 2019 on Prime Video, so this is not news. Granted, some things have happened in the Middle East recently that have, shall we say, complicated the relationship fans have with some actors and others, particularly if they are of Israeli descent. And Capone did sign a document (also signed by hundreds of other celebrities) in 2023 thanking President Biden after the October 7 Hamas attack.
But — and here’s the operative question — why do people think Frenchie is going to be recast now? There are two reasons… One having to do with the content of the show, the other your regular TikTok nonsense.
Here’s Why The Boys Fans Think Frenchie Will Be Recast In Season 5:
The first reason has a bit to do with the general structure of the season, which has seen several characters going on side missions. When Hughie (Jack Quaid) was alone in a hospital for episodes at a time with his mother and father, fans speculated there had been some sort of falling out on set… Instead of there being a plot and thematic reason for separating him from the rest of the cast.
In Season 4, Frenchie has been developing a romantic relationship with a man named Colin (Elliot Knight). Unbeknownst to Frenchie’s new paramour, Frenchie killed Colin’s whole family back when he worked for the Russian mob. He eventually confessed, Colin beat the crap out of him, and Frenchie turned himself in to the police.
Given that, some fans speculated this was to get Capone off set due to his time with the IDF. Two things about this: 1) Whatever you think about the storyline and its execution, as with Hughie this whole season is about the characters trying to let go of their past, and Frenchie’s past is murdering people. As we saw in Episode 7, “The Insider,” he’s now trying to move forward the right way, with Kimiko (Karen Fukuhara). 2) Showrunner Eric Kripke, unlike the internet, is probably not shocked to learn Capone used to be in the IDF. As I pointed out above, that’s old news, and was old news when Capone was cast. Kripke is not sending Capone to a fictional jail because of the latter’s past to punish him, or whatever Twitter/Threads thinks.
Frenchie Recast Rumors Come From A Viral TikTok Video
The other reason this is blowing up? [longest of all possible sighs] A viral TikTok from user invader.zema which states Frenchie is being recast. Captioned “frenchie is being recasted?” as of this writing it’s gotten 813.7k views, 89k likes, 4,422 comments, and 12.3k shares. Folks, if you watch the full thirty-six seconds of the video, it is clear this is a joke. invader.zema suggests that the show will bring in Timothée Chalamet for Season 5 to play Frenchie. That will not happen. The TikTok user is using this — again, 36-second long — video as a way to fundraise for their moms.
Point being… This is not true. invader.zema is an active pro-Palestine account, and that’s the agenda here (beyond the mom fundraising). Again, not passing judgment one way or the other, just providing clarity for casting on a superhero TV show, because that’s my lane.
What Is The IOF? It’s TikTok for IDF
The last thing I’ll note because it’s been confusing some people… Invader.zema refers to Capone as being part of the IOF. The actual name of the organization is IDF (Israeli Defense Force), but many folks, particularly on TikTok and social media, have taken to calling it the IOF, aka Israel Occupation Forces or Israel Offensive Forces. The goal clearly is to repaint the IDF as an attacking force on Palestine, versus “Defense” which implies the opposite.
So to sum up, no Frenchie won’t be recast for The Boys Season 5. In fact, he’ll be attending the upcoming panel for the series at San Diego Comic-Con, just to reaffirm his ongoing participation in the series. Whether you like that or hate that is, of course, up to you. But whenever The Boys Season 5 premieres, Capone will be Frenchie to the sure-to-be apocalyptic end.
The Boys Season 4 Premiere Dates And Episode Guide:
The Boys season 4 will officially premiere on Prime Video on Thursday, June 13 at 3 am ET / 12 am PT. The season will be eight episodes long, with three dropping on premiere day.
Here’s the full list of episodes in The Boys Season 4, with expected premiere dates:
- Thursday, June 13, 2024: The Boys, Season 4, Episode 1 – “Department of Dirty Tricks”
- Thursday, June 13, 2024: The Boys, Season 4, Episode 2 – “Life Among the Septics”
- Thursday, June 13, 2024: The Boys, Season 4, Episode 3 – “We’ll Keep the Red Flag Flying Here”
- Thursday, June 20, 2024: The Boys, Season 4, Episode 4 – “Wisdom of the Ages”
- Thursday, June 27, 2024: The Boys, Season 4, Episode 5 – “Beware the Jabberwock, My Son”
- Thursday, July 4, 2024: The Boys, Season 4, Episode 6 – “Dirty Business”
- Thursday, July 11, 2024: The Boys, Season 4, Episode 7 – “The Insider”
- Thursday, July 18, 2024: The Boys, Season 4, Episode 8 – “Assassination Run” *Season Finale*
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What I can’t stand is we have gotten what 4 seasons in, and that’s when Hollywood decides to insert their woke agenda.
From out of nowhere with no pre-text, they turn Frenchie into a homosexual. This is a blatant slap to the face of the fan base and the writers are laughing at us.
We have seen this before with other shows like True Blood where deep into investing your time into a show and liking it, they (from out of nowhere) suddenly go queer. At which point you either stand on principle and stop viewing the show, or cave in like that want you too and keep watching.
Personally I stop watching because it’s a huge betrayal to the fans and I will not accept your political agenda being forced down my throat.
It’s a real shame because I really did enjoy the show until the writers blatantly ruined it.
Keep your political ideology out of entertainment, unless it’s a politically driven show. People turn to entertainment to break away from life, if just for an hour.
They don’t want to be reminded or real world BS. When you insert your woke agenda, you ruin the show. All you get is one chance. You violate your fans and they walk away without giving you a second chance.
What’s currently happening to Star Wars at the hands of Kathleen Kennedy Disney, has long term fans for decades, just walking away from the franchise because they don’t appreciate Hollywood destroying their precious Star Wars and they are not wrong to have this view.
What is odd, is that the writers, directors and producers of these shows know what they are doing, knows that the fans hate it, yet they do it anyway. F THE FANS!
Yes well, watch the fallout from your decisions.
But the boys has always been political. Keep your conservative bullshit outside. I do agree frenchie getting with some rando is not good writing, but him being gay is not. He had a boyfriend in his backstory.
Okay so through out the entire run time of this show Frenchie has referred to Jay as “my Dorothy” and kissed his hand, he wanted transgender strippers and MMs bachelor party, has kissed Hughie, has told MM to try to have an open mind. The character has been bisexual since the show started! Your problem is you are so desperate to cry woke you just pretend none of this happened so you can feel like a victim of the woke lefts agenda you sad loser.
You’re one of those people who didn’t realize the whole show was mocking you type of people until now. Bless your heart.
It isn’t new news that he was part of the idf I knew this years ago so why only bring it up now?
I mean, to be fair, it was only during season 4 that a lot of people became aware of the situation between Israel and Palestine.
Bro are you dumb? Frenchie has clearly not been straight from season 1. Y’all The Boys tourists need to stop pretending like you’re fans of the show.
The original definition of woke is being aware of the struggles of African Americans. Race should NEVER be used as an insult as you’ve done so here.
Also it was shown before in earlier seasons it didn’t just “come out if nowhere.”
You want to talk about “real world BS” then why did you continue after the first episode? Here’s some history for you. Ladies having to perform certain acts on guys was actually pretty common. They did it to keep jobs amongst other things. You see ladies weren’t given much opportunity let alone the time of day so fighting against him and what he did was a pretty steep uphill battle.
Also not to mention the aftermath of dealing with it. You want to talk about violating what you’ve written is a huge slap in the face to anyone who’s had to deal with that experience.
Then they brought up racism which isn’t the kind of fantasy you seem to be claiming. But you seem to think lesser about those with darker skin so I guess I’m talking to a wall.
The original definition of woke is being aware of the struggles of African Americans. Race should NEVER be used as an insult as you’ve done so here.
Also it was shown before in earlier seasons it didn’t just “come out if nowhere.”
You want to talk about “real world BS” then why did you continue after the first episode? Here’s some history for you. Ladies having to perform certain acts on guys was actually pretty common. They did it to keep jobs amongst other things. You see ladies weren’t given much opportunity let alone the time of day so fighting against him and what he did was a pretty steep uphill battle.
Also not to mention the aftermath of dealing with it. You want to talk about violating what you’ve written is a huge slap in the face to anyone who’s had to deal with that experience.
Then they brought up racism which isn’t the kind of fantasy you seem to be claiming. But you seem to think lesser about those with darker skin.
What an absolute car crash of an article.
Thanks for reading!
My thoughts exactly!
Lame article
Thanks for the objective info. Social media is infested with virtue signalling ignorants, but it’s satisfying to see that sometimes their underlying racism and hate causes some really stupid reactions.
So clearly a pro Isreal article yet claims to not weigh in to politics as is a comic book website. You need some lessons on what political impartiality actually means
How is this a Pro Israel article? Literally all they did was explain why people think Frenchie is getting recast and dispelling those rumors. Maybe you’re too caught up in the weeds of it to understand what impartiality means anymore.
Exactly! I knew once he stated that iof was TikTok for idf and how they weren’t being offensive but defensive
You are a sad low life person and I don’t even feel sad for you
“I’m not getting into that here this is comics”
Dude, you can’t just gloss over it when the rumors are starting because of the politics.
Centerists are horrid, either stand by your beliefs or don’t write about it, coward.
Just btw, yes Israel has mandatory conscription but Tomer joined a voluntary paratroopers brigade and ended up being a squad leader. So he was much more invested than was required by conscription.
Just btw, yes Israel has mandatory conscription, but Tomer joined a voluntary Paratroopers Brigade and became a squad leader. Meaning he was doing much more than was required by Israel.