"The Boys" has always gotten a kick out of making fun of Hollywood -- from its mockery of Marvel's many phases to its parody of that ridiculous "Imagine" celebrity singalong in the first few weeks of COVID-19. As such, it felt fitting when season 4 tackled white savior sports films, this time with Will Ferrell playing a white coach who saves the troubled Black A-Train from a life of drugs.

"I'm not giving off too much of a 'Blind Side' vibe, right?" Ferrell asks, only for the shallow director to reply, "As if that's a bad thing?" The 2009 Sandra Bullock-led film has gotten a lot of flak over the years for the way it blatantly altered real events to make a condescending movie about a perfect white family rescuing a helpless Black kid from a life of crime. (That's probably not how the writers wanted the film to come across but, well, that's how it came across.) Although the culture has largely turned on "The Blind Side" these days, "The Boys" takes place in a universe where these sorts of narratives are still widely beloved, received uncritically by almost everyone.

It was fun watching Ferrell give the white savior movie his own satirical spin, but his involvement was decided fairly late in the game. "At the time, Jessica Chou wrote in the script, 'huge Hollywood star,'" showrunner Eric Kripke explained to The Hollywood Reporter. "That's what it was plugged in as, and we just needed to find the right person."

The "right person" could've been anyone, from the recurring Seth Rogan to Charlize Theron. Ferrell only came on board because Kripke had a few pleasant interactions with him, although it's not clear if they were pleasant enough to justify the whole filming experience.