“Dream me some fake blood,” said Claudia Doumit. Describes the process of filming her horrific death for Season 4 of “The Boys.” Claudia Doumit thought back to how the death scene from The Boys Season 4 was recorded for her character, Victoria Neuman.
With the successful release of four seasons, The Boys has captured the interest of viewers worldwide. Character deaths are inevitable in the series, but Season 4 dealt a devastating blow when Victoria Neuman, played by Claudia Doumit, was brutally murdered by Karl Urban’s Billy Butcher.
Claudia Doumit in The Boys | Amazon MGM Studios
Known for its unflinching portrayal of superheroes who are shown corrupted in the show, it continued to bring its gritty theme on top. This is all the more reason why Neuman’s end at the Season 4 finale, made the show darker. The former recently spilled the beans on how her character’s death was filmed for the show.
Claudia Doumit Details About Her Character’s Death in The Boys Season 4
Claudia Doumit‘s portrayal of Victoria Neuman has been a standout in The Boys, who is introduced as a congresswoman with an enigmatic personality and moral dilemmas, that captivated audiences.
As the show went on, it became evident that she was hiding something of her own, including her superpowers, despite her initial support for more control and regulation of superheroes, or Supes. She was working covertly for Vought International, so her death had greater significance.
Victoria Neuman’s death scene from The Boys Season 4 | Amazon MGM Studios
For the unversed, Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) 𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁s the super-powered vice president-elect lady with his newfound supe powers, by shooting out tentacle arms from his chest. Her brutal demise takes place in front of Neuman’s daughter, Zoe (Olivia Morandin), and Butcher’s teammates.
At SDCC 2024, she shares insights about how she felt on filming her character’s death, telling ScreenRant, “It was a really relaxing day for me, like, ‘I’m just going to die today, it’s fine, whatever.’”
She continued to delve into the filming process, providing an interesting contrast between the gruesome scene and the lightheartedness of the set atmosphere. She told the outlet,
“No, because it was the last day of the set, so I was really just running around giving everyone their wrap gifts and going from department to department, taking photos. So I was having a really fun day.”
She added,
“And then they called me in, rigged me up, and told me to move around a bunch. Then they laid me in some fake blood and were like, ‘Now just put your eyes in the back of your head, and you’re dead.’”
From her statement, it was clear that she was ready to bid farewell to her character, who took it as a joyful experience, despite the gravity of the sequence. Whereas, her death is surely a heart-wrenching scene for many fans, elevating the show to another grittier level.
Claudia Doumit Expressed How She Felt on Bidding Farewell to The Boys
Claudia Doumit in The Boys / Amazon Prime Video
The Timeless actress got candid about her dramatic exit from the Amazon Prime series, feeling mixed emotions. On one hand, she felt sad about putting an end to a beloved character yet on another, she is satisfied with how her character contributed to a pivotal moment in the series’ storyline.
It is undeniable that Neuman was a complex character in the show, who at times, struggled with her ambitions and ethics. In discussing her character’s end, she told Variety,
“It was really shocking, but it was also really beautiful…It was a great death — that’s an honor in and of itself. I’m really happy to got a fun, twisted death, which is just such a great rite of passage for characters on this show. So I was really happy about it, which sounds like such an insane thing to say about being split in half.”
While filming her final scenes, she just felt “like another day at work,” she only realized about her exit when she went back to her trailer as she added that “there was no next scene” for her. That realization left her feeling, “And it was this beautiful, bittersweet moment.”
Because Butcher wasn’t sure that she had actually turned against him, he 𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁ed her without hesitation, which added a graphic element to the show’s brutal demise. Not to add, the fact that Neuman was 𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁ed in front of her kid made her scenario all the more tragic. Since Season 5 of the well-liked series will be its last, the show still has major events to unfold.