Following the Season 3 finale, Chace Crawford talked with Variety about the Deep's future in a world that is very low on heroes. With the Seven now down to three, the pressure is greater than ever to stay in the superhero spotlight, but he just might not appreciate how hard it'll be to stay there.
"I don't think he really fully grasps the severity. I think he knows in his mind that there's a line there, but I don't think he has a choice," Crawford explained. "He's seen what it's like to be kicked to the curb and be that D-list, washed-up supe in Sandusky, Ohio. I think he's so afraid to go back to that place, now he's gotten back in there." As great as it is to be rubbing shoulders with a god-like being with a superiority complex, just what is the Deep willing to do to stay there? Well, absolutely anything, as it turns out.
Upon review of his gilled alter ego, Crawford said, "His position is so tenuous still with Homelander, he'll do anything and Homelander obviously knows that and is manipulative and always testing his loyalty." It's clear that the Deep's devotion to his feared leader may still be strong, but will there ever come a time where he sees the error of his ways? Incredibly, Crawford thinks we shouldn't hold our breath, underwater or otherwise.
