The Walking Dead favourite Jeffrey Dean Morgan's planned cameo in The Boys is still on ice.
Back in July 2020, the man they call Negan was reportedly in the mix for a season 3 appearance, which is due to premiere on Amazon Prime Video next week.
A pandemic soon got in the way of that, but even now, The Boys boss Eric Kripke doubts he'll be free for a role further down the line, as he told Entertainment Weekly: "Sad for me, happy for him: He's currently the lead, along with Lauren Cohan, on the Walking Dead spin-off [Isle of the Dead].
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"So, schedule-wise, I don't know. We might still remain star-crossed, unfortunately, because I did ask. We had a role come up, and my first question was, 'Well, is Jeffrey available?'"
The Boys newcomer Jensen Ackles, who worked with Morgan in Supernatural, went on to reveal: "I don't know exactly what was in the works for that, but I know that there were some preliminary conversations of how and what and when and why that just didn't work out with Jeff's schedule.
"He's a busy man, and everybody wants him to come on their show. I'd love to invite him into this fold because it's nutty."
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Morgan was "over the moon" for Ackles after landing the gig as Soldier Boy, the first-ever supe in The Boys universe.
"He kept texting me for updates [while I was] on set," Ackles recalled. "He was like, 'Give me spoilers'. And I was like, 'No, stop it'. He's very convincing."
The Boys seasons 1 and 2 are available to watch in full on Amazon Prime Video. Season 3 will premiere on June 3.
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