The actor also described his World War IIera character as “this curmudgeon, bigoted a–hole.”

Jensen Acklesmay be sticking aroundThe Boysa bit longer than expected.

The Boysis set in a world dominated by superheroes and superhero culture.

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Jensen Ackles as Soldier Boy on ‘The Boys’.Amazon Studios

Season 3 will introduce Payback, which is essentially the Seven before the Seven came around.

“He’s a grandpa.

He’s from the ’40s.

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Jensen Ackles on ‘The Boys’.Amazon Studios

There’s just so much material there…

He’s [got] a taste for people who were of his era.”

“They find me and I’ve been essentially in captivity for a while,” he said.

(Sound familiar?)

“Certain politicians like to pitch this somehow idyllic ‘good old days’ where everything was perfect and calm.

That is complete and utter bulls—.

It was never that way.

There was never an America when they said, ‘Make America Great Again.’

It was always a struggle.

That’s the point.

It’s a struggle to make things better.”

The Boysseason 3 premieres June 3 on Amazon Prime Video.

Listen to the full episode ofInside of You With Michael Rosenbaumhere.