Eric Kripke, the showrunner for The Boys, teases Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s mystery role in Season 4. Based on Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s comic book, Prime Video’s satirical superhero series follows the titular vigilante team, lead by Billy Butcher, as they confront corrupt superpowered individuals who abuse their talents.

Season 4 of The Boys, which will air in three episodes on June 13, adds a few new characters, including Morgan, whose position has yet to be revealed, thus much about his character remains unknown.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Kripke started to open up about Morgan’s mystery character in The Boys season 4. The showrunner says “he is an old colleague of Butcher’s” who “shares a lot of Butcher’s concern and hatred of superheroes.” Read Kripke’s full comments below:

“He is an old colleague of Butcher’s. I can tell you that he shares a lot of Butcher’s concern and hatred of superheroes. It really came from the notion of everyone else in The Boys is always trying to pull Butcher back. So what would happen if he started working with someone who wants to push him forward?”

What To Expect From Jeffery Dean Morgan’s Character In The Boys Season 4

Morgan is the latest Supernatural star to join The Boys, since the two shows share a creator in Kripke, with other actors including Jensen Ackles, Nathan Mitchell, Adrian Holmes, Christian Keyes, Jim Beaver, and more. However, unlike some of the other actors to make the transition, Morgan already has experience playing a complex, superpowered character – The Comedian in Zack Snyder’s Watchmen, an adaptation of the comic by Dave Gibbons and Alan Moore. It’s still unclear whether Morgan’s mystery character will have superpowers in The Boys season 4.

It was previously theorized that Morgan would play Tek Knight, a prominent character from the comics, in The Boys season 4. However, Derek Wilson was introduced as the billionaire Supe in The Boys spinoff Gen V, ruling out the possibility that Morgan would play him in season 4. According to Kripke, Tek Knight was never considered for Morgan, saying “Once the character that he plays came up, we said, ‘Oh! That would be perfect for Jeff.’ He was always going to play that character if he was able to swing it.”

Morgan believes the role he is presently portraying is “a little bit more perfect” for him than the previous roles Kripke explored for him, but he does not reveal any additional information. Kripke’s comments imply that Morgan’s mystery figure is an old coworker of Butcher’s who shares his strong hate for Supes. Overall, the goal of his character, according to Kripke, is to investigate what would happen if, rather than attempting to contain Butcher, someone encouraged and embraced his aggressive nature. When The Boys season 4 premieres, we will learn a lot more about their relationship.