‘The Boys Presents: Diabolical’ EP Simon Racioppa On Working With Andy Samberg And Steve Ahn On A Universally Relatable Story With “John And Sun-Hee”
deadline.comWhen Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg asked Simon Racioppa if he was interested in creating a spinoff of The Boys, he jumped at the chance.
The timeline was tight, less than a year to create eight episodes, but Racioppa was up for the challenge.The Boys Presents: Diabolical is an Amazon Prime animated anthology series taking place in the universe of The Boys.The episode up for Emmy consideration “John and Sun-Hee” is written by Andy Samberg and directed by Steve Ahn.
On a more serious note than some of the others, this episode follows John (Randall Duk Kim), a janitor at Vought, who steals a vial of Compound V in the hopes of saving his dying wife Sun-Hee (Youn Yuh-jung).Each episode has a different writer, director, and style of animation to fit with the story, which Racioppa says didn’t seem like the smart choice at the time.
However, he believes “John and Sun-Hee” would not have been nearly as powerful a story if they didn’t make that choice.DEADLINE: Was the series always planned to be different styles of animation for each episode?SIMON RACIOPPA: That was a conversation we had early on.
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