Although “The Boys” is famous for his Excessive violence and sexual chaos linked to the SupeWhat he should be the most famous for is his non-New York non-New York absurd representation. The first four seasons of the show were shot in Toronto, and the last season will also be turned there; This is not a new practice for American TV, but rarely a program has put so little effort to disguise what it does. Even “Scream VI”, a film whose decor was easily identifiable as Montreal to all Canadian viewersPut more efforts in New York aesthetics than “The Boys”.

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Perhaps the coolest example of the “boys” who shamelessly show Toronto is with the Vought tower. In the show, the tower is an imposing skyscraper, with a floor on the top floor that the seven quil can use to look at the city. Most of the building is false, but the basis of it is Roy Thompson Hall, which is used for orchestra concerts, conferences, film screenings for the Toronto International Film Festival, and more. When Homelander does not use the building to torment his colleagues, A sophisticated musician will use it to play for a sophisticated audience. Do you know how sometimes We will hear violin music When Homelander has mental depression? Well, it may be just a RTH concert playing below.

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The Vought tower has the real Roy Thompson Hall as a base, then the show digitally plunged a giant tower on the top. It is as if RTH wore a giant top hat. The Vought tower is presented in the image above, and you can see What does the real RTH look like here.

Not only did the show used RTH’s outside to establish shots, but they also filmed several of their scenes inside the Vought tower in the RTH. It is inside the building that RTH becomes the most familiar; Marvel fans could recognize him as the same place where Professor X confronted Magneto in the first film “X-Men” live in 2000. Fans of “The Expane” could recognize him as the futuristic location of the UN in the 2350s.

RTH has an imposing and futuristic aesthetic which is irresistible for many filmmakers. Regarding the “boys” who wanted to establish the power of Vought International, few other buildings could have done the trick.

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The rest of the “boys” will use Toronto monuments like David Pecaut Square or Yonge StreetAnd even the trees in the background of certain plans will give the show as not really filmed in New York. However, the show makes attempts to disguise itself. In this season 1, scenes of what is supposed to be the New York metro, the production team took the time to put a specific signaling in New York at the Lower Bay station in Toronto. New York and Eagle -eyed commuters could probably say that it was not their metro, the boys entered, but it seemed close enough not to break the immersion.

And of course, you can’t really blame the show for not having shot in a real New York metro station, because it would be quite expensive. The Lower Bay station was the most reasonable choice because it is has been out of use since the 1960s And is now mainly used to train new Toronto train operators. The station may no longer be deemed adapted to the use of passengers, but it was maintained in a state good enough to make the perfect filming location for any film / show involving a metro. You may not have thought you know the Lower Bay station, but if you have seen films like Guillermo del Toro “Mimic” Or “don’t say a word” from Gary Fleder.

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In the end, Toronto is a fairly ideal place to found the production of a show. Yes, bad weather can often complicate things (As was the case with the shooting of the cameo of season 4 of Will Ferrell), but when you take the tax incentives and the large number of cool new locations from New York, the city is obvious. Toronto was not so secret of “The Boys” from Four Seasons now, and he served his role well.