And, two, we wanted Stormfront to, you know, she has certain hateful ideologies, I would say.
One is we wanted to sort of create Homelander’s worst nightmare, and his worst nightmare would be a strong woman who wasn’t afraid of him and proceeded to steal his spotlight.
I think that would hurt him way more than if it were a male character because he has a gaping hole of insecurity.
It’s very real and slick and charming young people who are trying to hook in a new generation, and we sort of wanted to reflect how insidious that is.