The Boys: Why Stormfront Actress Aya Cash Had to Step Away From the Fan Conversation

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[Editor's note: The following contains spoilers through the Season 2 finale of The Boys, “What I Know.”]
With her new movie We Broke Up hitting theaters on April 16th and VOD on April 23rd, Aya Cash took the time to join us for an episode of Collider Ladies Night. As always, the show starts at the beginning and paves the way to the guest’s latest achievement, and for Cash, that meant touching on one of the biggest TV shows of 2019 and 2020, Amazon’s The Boys.
Cash joined the ensemble in Season 2 as Stormfront, the supe added to The Seven to replace Translucent. While there was a brief moment when Stormfront just seemed like a very subversive individual looking to shake up the Vought system, ultimately the show revealed that Stormfront is an especially vile form of evil. She was born in Berlin in 1919, married the founder of Vought and is a Nazi.
Given the nature of the role, we took a moment to look back on Cash’s experience committing to play such a character. One might suspect taking on such a challenging role might be an easier choice to make given the quality of the material in Season 1, but Cash didn’t have that luxury because she scored the role of Stormfront before The Boys Season 1 was released. Check out what she had to say about that in this clip from Collider Ladies Night!
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@bingbong3643 2 года назад

Never apologize for playing a part. We understand you’re not a Nazi in real life.

@Galasholet 2 года назад

She is jewish lmao

@jeremysears4263 2 года назад

@@Galasholet believe it or not (research it) so were some of the Nazis

@bill4639 Год назад

It would have been better if she didn’t talk so much about disliking her character.

@alexjohnson439 Год назад

@@jeremysears4263 a bunch of high ranking nazi’s were homosexual as well

@evig8510 Год назад

@@bill4639 it would be better if she didnt dislike nazis? ☠️

@joefriedman9843 2 года назад

She was fantastic in this role. A despicable, but great villain. She was the main reason I liked season 2 more than 1.

@skymenblade1523 2 года назад

We all hate her character that means she nailed that role so good!

@4_vaccuum_salesman_of_marr944 3 дня назад

I didn't hate her character.

@simonf3503 3 года назад

She played the role well. She was diabolical.

@michaelbarletta1024 3 года назад

She was so good as storm front. Can’t wait to see her more in the future!

@helmutkirchweger3962 2 года назад

Yes, Aya did a great job in TB .. regarding the character of Stormfront: I don't think that Stormfront is dead after the final fight in Season 2, as she "just" sustained devastating but not necessarily deadly injuries from Ryan's heat vision, just like Anakin Skywalker in the battle of Mustafar from Obi Wan. So I guess they will bring back Stormfront as some Darth Vader like masked cyborg figure, and for that it doesn't need be necessarily the same actress.

@ronaldomacaroni7696 2 года назад

This didn't age well

@JakeRoss827 2 года назад

@@ronaldomacaroni7696 well we didn’t really see her die did we?

@ronaldomacaroni7696 2 года назад

@@JakeRoss827 Bro she's dead no doubt about it

@angustang6726 2 года назад

damn this didn't age well

@kristianrichardson576 3 года назад

She was pure fucking evil really underrated actress

@notionSlave 6 дней назад

yeah makes sense she can play it well, she's jewish, thats why.

@blindg0blin_252 2 года назад

It always takes more guts to play the villian

@CRiley-zx1ws 2 года назад

And as a Jewish woman to play a literal Nazi.

@doug989 9 месяцев назад

She nails it

@jongordon7914 Месяц назад

@@CRiley-zx1ws Most of the people playing Nazis in Hogan's Heroes were Jewish. Some even lost family members to the Holocaust.

@LordJL 2 года назад

if you hate the character thats good but dont hate the actors they do their job right

@georgeproud3465 Год назад

the sad thing is, I've heard some people justify the hating of the actors and not the characters because they were so good at being so unlikable as the character, I swear as a species with this amount of logic we're doomed

@turretgunner1 16 часов назад

I never confuse the actor with the role they are playing - be it good or evil. However, if I was an actor I would have difficulty playing some characters, such as the defense attorney who destroys a rape victim on the stand, essentially assaulting her all over again. I think how many rape victims would see that scene and vow to never come forward if they were raped just to avoid that kind of trauma in the courtroom.

@zairac2564 12 часов назад

@@georgeproud3465 I recall Kevin Sorbo talking about some guys trying to start a fight with him after he played Hercules because they thought he thought he was tough. He was like "Dude, I'm just an actor." There are some 'amazing' minds out there.

@ruzaroos 3 года назад

Aya is my favorite actress at the moment. There is something extremely captivating about her. I look forward to the watching the full interview.

@bennyton2560 2 года назад

props to her tho, she's really scared me as that role, and that's saying with homelander being on the show

@Andrewdotstuff 3 года назад

Cash is a superb actress. Check out her performance in the film Scare Me.

@beln14 2 года назад

She did a great job. And I think the perspective in which you watch this show is really important. I feel it is a critique of the modern world, and it is played in such a satirical way that it gets easier to detect certain actions that are so wrong and so used nowadays. Like, what Stormfront says about making people angry so they vouch for you? Man, that's like the easiest way to explain how populists work (such as the alt right). So, I think playing a character like this in this kind of show, just shows that she is in the other end of the conversation. She is helping visualise these problems.

@1DARBY1 3 года назад

She played that role so good

@junosmith8099 Год назад

she’s totally right that it requires a good amount of intelligence to play a role like that well, and i really think she did an amazing job of it !

@AdmiralBison 2 года назад

Aya Cash did such an incredible job portraying a pretty scary and vile villain, that it helps to see her play different roles as a sort of drink "chaser" after that character. It goes to show she did a great performance.

@angustang6726 2 года назад

her and starr acted so well

@thepc6988 2 года назад

We need more characters like Stormfront, John Walker, recently Reva from Kenobi and etc where the character is so hated to the point that a separation from the actor can’t be made. I’m not saying it’s okay to attack the actor, I’m just trying to say that they’re that good at their job.

@beegee80 Год назад

Absolutely hated the character, but that was the point. Aya Cash definitely did her very well. I also hate the fact that I fucking loved her hairstyle so much in that role that I had to get it because I thought it was gorgeous. XD I think she was completely fabulous in this role and handled it incredibly well.

@thegreenskittle 3 года назад

Omg, Wolf of Wall St is one of my favorite movies. I've also watched Game Over, Man and The Boys. I never realized she was in all three! She had completely different looks and mannerism in all three roles, it's impressive!

@doug989 9 месяцев назад

She is incredible Watch You’re the Worst

@bunniesplaymc100 5 месяцев назад

She was also in Scare Me

@Meanie74 Год назад

Watching Stormfront commit hate crimes legitimately made me sick to my stomach bc she’s so good at acting. THATS HOW YOURE SUPPOSED TO FEEL WITNESSING A HATE CRIME. Unfortunately the world can’t separate tv from reality so the just disgust at a Nazi gets turned into abusing a talented actrsss

@Burtlocker 2 дня назад

If by "the world" you mean "the media" then sure. Since nobody honest on this planet had anything negative to say about Stormfront. Not one person in the comments even comes close to disliking her. I get that it's just an expression so you can feel better then others but just don't, it always comes of bad.

@Meanie74 День назад

@@Burtlocker no I don’t

@Meanie74 День назад

@@Burtlocker I’m pretty sure what comes off bad is acting like genocide isn’t happening right now. Probably bc you yourself are brainwashed by typical media

@Meanie74 День назад

@@Burtlocker and yes I am superior to Nazis. But interesting hill for you to die on. I think it’s you with a ego problem if you’re so concerned with others being self aggrandizing over a RU-vid comment

@Affiliate067 2 года назад

It's a character from a work of fiction. If people can't understand that then you're just hating.

@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259 Месяц назад

It's one of the greatest characters and villains I've ever seen. Highly underrated. If stormfront sadly had been a man he'd have a bigger fan base. See soldier boy. And that's incredibly sad.

@cwolf201 3 дня назад

@@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259 sadly some of the hate came from ones who read the comics. while the rest who read the comics didn't hate. stormfront was male, in a red supersuit. in the comics.. and this stormfront had a longer story than he did.

@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259 3 дня назад

@cwolf201 dude be real nobody is actually a fan of the comics and that hate died down from the people who pretended to care about the comics (they're really mad about needless gender swapping which I get) until around the third episode where she grew on them.

@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259 3 дня назад

@@cwolf201 I never said she was hated. Just not beloved like soldier boy.

@cwolf201 3 дня назад

@@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259 missed the comment to the showrunner on twitter threatening to kill the writers for "ruining" the comics did you too bad it was a created that day account and x doesn't do anything about those reports anymore

@roguedexx938 3 года назад

She did an Awesome Job!

@theheadsn 3 года назад

Fans of the comics were saying this wasn't stormfront because in the comics he's a man.... Fans that flipped out when they found out how the character really was, were upset that their image of a character they liked was shattered, and they couldn't use that image to push their own personal bias

@sukorileakbatt294 3 года назад

🤣🤣 you're right about StoreFront

@theheadsn 3 года назад

@@sukorileakbatt294 ha damn autocorrect

@Thelastairbendy 3 года назад

i mean if it was a man in liveaction how would he be any different from SuperShock

@abhijiththampi7960 Год назад

What personal bias? That a woman can't be a nazi?

@SlashinatorZ 2 года назад

I hope I can hug her at a convention one day. I'm gonna meet Homelander next week! (if the damn place isnt packed like sardines) She did great making us hate her in the show but I'd love to see how lovely she is in real life.

@cooper-wo6re 3 года назад

Watch You’re the Worst. Her best work

@Selkie7 2 года назад

Honestly tht show...I couldn't get thru ten mins of it . She was great as Storefront tho

@snakeeyes6061 3 года назад

She seems down to earth ❤

@PezQ84 3 года назад

Gravity. Helluva thing.

@101adelphia 3 года назад

🤦‍♂️

@nikifalcon Год назад

All of The Boys' cast are great people from what I see

@mulder006 7 месяцев назад

She was amazing in You're the Worst also. I barely recognized her at first, lol. So used to the red hair.

@leviuzumaki3903 2 года назад

She is an amazing actress and absolutely awesome, and super wholesome. ☺️

@damianstarks3338 3 года назад

Great interview.

@MichaelRose87 2 года назад

She was so amazing in that role. Like, Antony Starr levels amazing

@RCSurf 3 года назад

Aya was perfect as SF and handling the supemecist angle, she worked well with the cast , hope she comes back for the next season , I love her

@SlashinatorZ 2 года назад

Well Stormfront died

@diornotwar2356 Год назад

@@SlashinatorZ I'll be honest, Stormfront's death was satisfying. She was dragggggged in so many ways.

@sukorileakbatt294 3 года назад

She did a great job

@ArmandoReportes 2 года назад

She was great at playing a villain everyone hated. Now she has to apologize. Nuts. She should be able to feel good about it, and show it.

@isidoreaerys8745 2 года назад

I thought she was incredibly likable up until Kenji dies… I think that’s what made her so great. She’s so likable.. nazi sympathizers are normal people just like everyone else, “People love what I have to say. They believe in it. They just don't like the word ‘Nazi’,…”

@themeeks-verse754 2 года назад

People honestly can’t be that fucking stupid right? I mean I wonder if they think the characters name is their name in real life 😭

@isaiahsimmons4104 Год назад

Do you mean feel good about doing a good job or playing a white supremacists?

@doug989 9 месяцев назад

Actually Yes. It’s called “Acting”

@mikaela5938 2 дня назад

i don't know why it's so hard for people to understand that a character that an actor or actress plays is not indicative in any way of the real life person, that we keep getting stuff like this that happens or people who say or do awful things being defended online because they played a heroic character they liked

@christianmbabazi9722 2 года назад

Imagine a KKK member with super powers that's pretty much her character but the actor did a really good job on the character

@OptimusForTrains117 2 года назад

That’s white dragon, peacemaker’s father from DC

@twasbrillig33 Год назад

She is gorgeous highly intelligent and super sharp and versatile. Perfect for any roll she could be given and was AMAZING in the roll. Ironically she was playing a white supremacist but is half Jewish. =D

@doug989 9 месяцев назад

Totally And she has always openly identified as Jewish Super Actress

@colinlonn8942 7 дней назад

@@doug989 baruch hashem!

@ShellShock11C Год назад

She was killed off to early. I'd have liked to see her fight with Soldier Boy for a WW2 "grudge match".

@Zigazaga420 2 дня назад

This happened to the jack gleesen too it’s very sad.

@icaliver 16 часов назад

They have been do excellent casting in that series. Like Valerie Curry, I remember her from the Following. Her character was slippery little B hated every minute she got away but love and respect for her for bring that character to life. I hope Aya Cash gets more rolls, even if it’s in video games, I’d love to see more of her and her range as an actress.

@kevinpatrickcarey3741 2 года назад

damn shes FINE!

@FactsTrumpFeelings. 16 дней назад

She nailed this role, her and homie the two best characters ever in the boys

@isidoreaerys8745 2 года назад

“People love what I have to say. They believe in it. They just don't like the word ‘Nazi’,…” Truest line of the Decade

@diornotwar2356 Год назад

Not everyone loves what she had to say or her dog whistles lol

@isidoreaerys8745 Год назад

@@diornotwar2356 I don’t. I’m a high ranking Antifa member.

@forgottenson3411 11 дней назад

Excuse me what?

@bluecollarmenproductions 16 дней назад

Nah don’t apologize come on girl you did great if people can’t understand you’re acting and the boys is satire they are the issues

@nicholasborkowski3589 3 года назад

The Boys is a great show!

@ShellShock11C Год назад

It was, now it's just more woke trash.

@RaptorJesus. 6 часов назад

She was fantastic as Stormfront, Everyone loved her, and then the truth of her character is revealed and everyone hates her! She did a great job and stirring up emotions, reminiscent of Jack Gleesons portrayal of Joffrey from GoT.

@eltravos99 День назад

And here we are in 2024 with people thinking Homelander is the good guy. The world has changed.

@kingol4801 День назад

? He is a bad guy. But that is not his fault, entirely.

@Shatter149 2 дня назад

i just hope she returns in the future seasons. and i hope shes more diabolical than before

@bingbong3643 2 года назад

She’s so hot.

@hasemanone9394 2 года назад

What? Hot? Compared to your grandma? 😂 Wouldn’t touch her even if she was the last women on earth.

@jessemick8436 2 дня назад

She made people hate the character she played. For that, she did outstanding.

@freddiemarino5367 3 года назад

Is this an episode of "PITCH MEETING"?

@Jrh-rp7np 2 дня назад

I never understood people hating on a actor or actress because of a character they played in a tv show or movie …I guess the glass half full way of looking at it is ,,you played your role so well people actually hate you.. and btw she played that role to perfection…

@sidewinder2057 3 года назад

Is it me or Perri and Aya kinda really look alike a bit here?

@jw1415 3 года назад

Nope...other than similiar hair color. How so?👀👀

@jeromelsantillan3298 3 года назад

Me too haha. She looks like a daughter of Homelander and Stormfront XD

@shunonigiri2710 2 дня назад

She done great job, great acting performance ✨

@jairbear619 3 года назад

Does Stormfront live at the end of the finale?

@mikeallen9962 3 года назад

Still alive, question is can she heal the massive damage she endured, or is she crippled for life.

@dekuuchiha9990 3 года назад

@@mikeallen9962 I hope they don't cyborg her

@Jxjon117 3 года назад

@@mikeallen9962 they have that limb growing dude they're probably gonna use

@vaasmontenegro2016 Год назад

💀

@RichardGarza-zo9mo 3 дня назад

In the past and present, some actors played bad characters, and some fans thought that they were like that in real life. Hate mail or death threats. It's just actors played the part and that they are good at it. Aya is just playing the part.

@qwad6203 3 года назад

Ruthless charming supe..have ever seen....her acting skill just amazing........india

@aayushbhargava5554 2 года назад

She is so good at acting like. She literally made me hate her character

@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259 Месяц назад

One of the best villains ive ever seen. "People believe what I have to say, they just don't like the word "n**i""

@chelsix66 8 месяцев назад

I'm literally shocked of her character in s2 ep 3

@Thelastairbendy 3 года назад

they look similar

@Saiub 2 года назад

I think I love her.

@doug989 9 месяцев назад

Hard not to

@jamesreed2366 Год назад

Am I the only one who finds Aya Cash really cute?

@doug989 9 месяцев назад

No She is super not and doesn’t look like an Aniston/Bullock/Witherspoon/Lawrence cookie cutter type

@jamesreed2366 9 месяцев назад

@@doug989 true, she doesn't remind you of any other celebrity.

@lafamiliasalamanca 3 дня назад

U guys are talking bout how you hate the character and not the actress but I gotta say I loved the character too And the chemistry between her and Homelander,s love story was badass and legendary they were the most badass couple in the show literally

@TheJadeJester 2 дня назад

Outstanding.

@JohnsJohnson-ns5xm 19 часов назад

Isn’t it scary the amount of people out there who don’t understand that this is an actress! It’s acting it’s make believe. Somehow they think that someone playing a part translates to what that person really is ,scary.

@KDA8919 4 дня назад

She's very pretty

@VideoGamesAndTheWorld Год назад

She totally made me hate her. I really enjoyed Season 2 and I loved Aya so much in it.

@itscharlieschannel 3 дня назад

Bro, shes acting. Shes not ACTUALLY turning into a nazi. What a weird first question.

@rmnhn 19 дней назад

If you’re going to physically or verbally attack a performer because a character they play is horrible, then they’re doing their job right, and you’re an awful human being.

@brocksanchez2988 19 дней назад

Correct she's playing an awful human being.

@JaziTheWolf 9 месяцев назад

She was such an excellent actress playing Stormfront, really captivating that facist, racist bigotry. For a moment i just hated her like the actual actress, but you always have to separate the actor/actress from the character. She just did such an excellent job. She is a beautiful and superb actress, I hope for her to have a successful career with a lot of characters. I know she will do them exceptionally

@VeerSingh00017 2 года назад

She looks like my previous school friend

@ragabashmoon1551 Месяц назад

I didn't hear about the backlash against her, but it doesn't surprise me. So many people can't separate fantasy from reality. The worst villains can be the best, as they drive the heroes, and the best actors are the ones that can portray them, especially when they are so vile. You are supposed to cheer for the heroes to ultimately defeat Stormfront, and the more and more despicable she is, the better she is as a VILLAIN.

@tolkienblack День назад

Stormfront was one of the best characters. I would’ve actually liked her if she wasn’t a nazi but she kept my attention

@Filmation77 2 дня назад

Ms Cash was and is a GREAT VILLAIN

@vernturnquist6729 День назад

Aya will go down in legend for her bad assery I welcome her into the Jane Badler Baddass Supreme Women of Sci-fi group

@mawagreenfoo 22 часа назад

Great villain... Would have been good if she'd stayed longer in the series.

@candyman02 Год назад

Nazi or not, I still fucking LOVE her

@saskruffriders8234 4 месяца назад

If people hated your character, because you played it so well; you did your job. Look at president Charles Logan (Gregory Itzin) from 24. People hated that dude because he was so weak. Which means he crushed the role.

@premiumpreparationmedia 24 дня назад

You are an ACTOR 🔊 NEVER APOLOGIZE. I SAY THIS AS A BLACK MAN IN AMERICA 🇺🇸 Your portrayal of StormFront was brilliant

@Oneonlymack 20 дней назад

An apology from a white actress that played a white supremacist on a tv show with hidden truth, I see why she wanted to apologize. Also coming from a black man in America, I think the apology was definitely needed.

@ericeric-xi8sr 4 дня назад

@@Oneonlymack Acting isn't real. wake up sir.

@theproblemwithkidsthesedays 2 года назад

Good villains are the ones you hate

@doug989 9 месяцев назад

Yes

@kingdae2022 2 года назад

Yk She did a great job acting since storm front was that evil and hateful. Just remember shes just a character and ayas just an actress who’s good at her job. Plus it’s my understanding she’s part Jewish

@doug989 9 месяцев назад

She is and owns it

@NorthernRealmJackal День назад

Half this comment section is like "can't hate an actor for playing a villain", but I'm not sure that's what she meant... I think maybe she meant that Stormfront inflicted a "The Wave"-effect on audiences, because the first half of S2 had her masterfully masquerade as a social justice warrior, feminist and strong Girlboss™. The point of which of course was to continue the populist facade, but slap a new coat of paint on - and to exploit her stark contrast to Homelander's commodified US-right-wing-evoking conservatism to widen The Seven's target demographic .....So if you identified with her (perceived) values, only to be hit with the Nazi twist, I can understand how that'd be slightly insulting to some viewers. As if the message suddenly was "See what progressivism really is? Nazism in disguise, you dumbdumb leftie!" IMO, the moral of her story is obviously not quite that flat: in reality, authoritarianism has many faux-ideological faces; and narcissists, capitalists, and obnoxious influencers will say/do anything to make you follow them - when really they follow no God but themselves. That's how I understood her arc, at least.

@BBFPV 11 месяцев назад

Sometimes i like the role more than the actor. Greetings from Germany.

@ndowroccus4168 3 месяца назад

Gretchen!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

@SB-Boi Год назад

People who get mad a her in real life should not be even watching the show lol

@Nikolaievich9837 2 дня назад

I Actually liked stormfront a lot more than starlight and maeve

@comabearmusic 18 дней назад

Aya is jewish. Come on. She plays the villain well.

@naudalyke 6 месяцев назад

The craziest part is the half buzzcut is what made me hate her more 😭 joking but if you play a villain and make viewers hate you, you're a great actress lol.

@JvjfjHghxc 4 дня назад

Her only problem was that she was too good at her job

@kane7173 3 года назад

Are y’all related

@cgreen9048 3 года назад

No bro there are levels

@kpag3030 2 дня назад

Why feel bad for playing an evil character well? Stories need antagonists. Homelander is the biggest piece of S in that universe and audiences love that character. It’s all good. You played your role just right. That character is supposed to offend people.

@subliminal_beatz 2 года назад

I saw she was Jewish before I saw she's named Cash 😂

@matrixxx3662 2 года назад

Aya sounds turkish

@saar144 2 года назад

Aya is quite a common Israeli name.

@mustafa-cx2fg Год назад

@@saar144 No. Aya is a Muslim name and the Israelis stole it...as they always do.

@saar144 Год назад

@@mustafa-cx2fg Aya is a name in the Old Testament, way before Islam existed.

@clemfandango5908 3 года назад

Hated her Character at first, then loved her.

@alajononon 3 года назад

Whoa weird.

@mode3763 3 года назад

Edgy. So edgy.

@Selkie7 2 года назад

@@mode3763 they aren't being 'edgy' by saying how they felt about her character. Sheesh

@evig8510 Год назад

@@Selkie7 no, they are

@MrHurricaneFloyd 18 часов назад

Great villains make the show or film. Heroes have no purpose if the villains they fight are 2 dimensional paper dolls.

@HICKSKE Год назад

When you work for Jeff Bezos, you’re not exactly expected to champion everything.

@carlosr1176 2 дня назад

Stormfront did nothing wrong. It’s a fictional character so the bad stuff isn’t real either.

@scottsrush 2 года назад

I wish I was homelander!🥰

@Joshuatree7746 Год назад

She played the role very well. It's like she has the Jezebel spirit within her. I bet she does.

@chrispataky День назад

What a joke

@fgcpeak9591 2 года назад

not gonna lie.... you can kind of tell she has done some of the passive aggressive stuff in real life. like with ex boyfriends and what not... no way someone can act like that if some of it is not in her as a person. sometimes you can just tell.

@lazwit5513 2 года назад

It's almost like she is a really good actress... hmmmmm

@fgcpeak9591 2 года назад

@@lazwit5513 It's kind of obvious she has those traits in herself as well. But you would obviously not know since you have never touched or interacted with a woman in your life

@lazwit5513 2 года назад

@@fgcpeak9591 Quite the assumption, it seems all you're good at in life is making outrageous assumptions about things that you would have no way of knowing.