Karen Fukuhara Describes Her Kimiko Audition as “Confusing”

The Boys is one of the most popular superhero series worldwide, with its fourth season concluding on July 18, 2024. Although initial reactions were mixed, the series gained momentum and earned a Certified Fresh rating with high scores.

The fourth season featured numerous intriguing and unexpected moments. While we’ve covered many characters, Kimiko—who had a particularly shocking moment in the season finale—hasn’t been a major focus in our discussions. This report aims to address that.

In this article, we’ll cover Karen Fukuhara’s recent appearance on the “I’ve Never Said This Before With Tommy DiDario” podcast. During the interview, Fukuhara shared intriguing details about Kimiko, her audition process, and her personal life.

As mentioned, Karen Fukuhara appeared on the “I’ve Never Said This Before With Tommy DiDario” podcast, where she was asked about how she landed the role. Fukuhara revealed that the audition process was both confusing and intriguing.

TD: Clearly, your role on The Boys means so much to so many people. And I mean, I have to tell you, you’re one of my favorite characters. Of course, you know Kimiko is so powerful. Of course, she’s mute, but you play her in all of these beautiful nonverbal ways, the expressions, the slight eye movements… I mean, I’m not kidding you, like I’m going to give you my bill for Kleenex because you bring me to two multiple times throughout the course of watching the show. So, I guess my first question is… did you have any fears stepping into a role that was so heavily nonverbal, because that’s a very different role for you?

KF: Yeah, no, I love playing this character so, so much. I think in the beginning, when I first got the email for my audition, I was a little confused because, you know, the sides only consisted of me… doing… reading the stage directions or acting out the stage directions. Then obviously there was no real dialogue from my end, and my character was also not in the pilot episode, so it was really confused.

But I got to working on it after reading that Seth Rogen’s name was attached to it, I knew that it would be a good project and that it would be done well, and that it’d be hilarious. So yeah, I kind of had I kind of trusted the project itself, and then, luckily, got through the auditioning process and was chosen. But honestly, like… really confused in the beginning. I think anyone would be, you know, playing a mute character. It doesn’t come across your desk often.

This perspective is certainly intriguing, and Fukuhara shared some fascinating insights. To listen to the full podcast, follow this link.

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