When you got the script for Season 4, what were your initial reactions to what was happening?
How can it get more outrageous and top what its already done?
TOMER CAPONE: You know thats a really good question.
Tomer Capone as Frenchie in ‘The Boys’Photo courtesy of Amazon Prime Video
CAPONE:The script just allows us to have fun.
Thats always the first reaction, but its definitely the case in Season 4. and they surprise me every time.
With Frenchie, it always starts from the outside in.
Tomer Capone as Frenchie and Karen Fukuhara as Kimiko in ‘The Boys’
The hair is a big thing with Frenchie we took it to a different direction this season.
We started off with blue hair and then didnt like it, so we changed it.
But everything is very dynamic.
Youd think everything is so well organized but no, man, were crazy.
What connects you and do you find youve grown with him?
CAPONE: At the end of the day, Frenchie is the wild card.
Eric likes to say that Frenchie and Kimiko are the heart of the show and I agree with that.
When I got the role of Frenchie, the fact I was a foreigner I think helped me.
It all happened really fast after that.
It was a very interesting process that I had never experienced before.
But I thought I would hang on to that.
But now, Im growing up and having my own identity crisis in a way.
Its not easy being Israeli these days.
The stupid, egomaniac, power-driven men in this power-drunk society that we live in.
The only idealist actually is Frenchie, and even he had a horrible past as an assassin.
DEADLINE:Youre an Israeli man living in Israel.
As an actor, how have things changed for you since October 7?
CAPONE: Its still an ongoing experience.
I cant sum it up with a few sentences or words.
Im still going through everything that is happening here.
But Im sad because I dont think anything is going to change at all right now.
That will save us so much time!
But listen, at the end of the day, when this started, I was very depressed.
I was in a very dark, dark, dark period like the majority of us here in Israel.
Its crazy how this situation is the new fire on social media that everyone is watching and throwing into.
DEADLINE:Yes, youve just wrapped a romantic comedy series in Israel.
The world feels like it needs more romantic comedies right now.
What can you tell us about this one?
CAPONE: Its calledThe Wedding Organizer.
Its really funny mash up of sort ofNapoleon DynamitemeetsThe Wedding Singer.
Its a six-episode series.
Thats all I can say right now.
And how has this experience helped you against the backdrop of where you are right now?
CAPONE: I think I needed to remind myself that this too has meaning.
And it took a second.
Its not about picking sides.
Of course, when people ask me, of course its about freeing Palestine but free Palestine from what?
Free Palestine from terror, free Palestine from Hamas yes.
But the same goes for Israel.
Free Israel from all of the extremist, weird people that are trying to take over my beautiful country.
These people are everywhere and its so sad to see that the extremists are the new mainstream.
DEADLINE:That really gets you in the pit of your stomach.
Were you personally affected by what happened on October 7?
Were there people you knew who were involved in the atrocities that happened on that day?
CAPONE: Its a quick yes.
There were many people I know who were murdered on that day.
Im so traumatized by the whole situation.
Listen, I served in the army here and nothing like that has ever happened to us.
It was like having an out-of-body experience.
DEADLINE:Lets move on to what else you have coming up.
You recently worked with Casey Affleck and Laurence Fishburne on upcoming feature filmSlingshot.
What was that experience like?
Mikael Hafstrom is an incredible director.
Im really excited to see what audiences think of it when it comes out later this summer.
DEADLINE:Theres going to be one more season ofThe Boys.
How do you feel knowing that you have one more season playing Frenchie and working with this team?
But my dreams are endless, and the music never stops.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
