Nathan Mitchell Reflects on His Audition Tape for Black Noir in The Seven

Everyone knows that The Boys is one of the most popular superhero series around. Garth Ennis’ dark and twisted take on the genre has turned into a cultural phenomenon, with Eric Kripke’s vision elevating the show to new heights with each season.

As the series gears up for its wild final season, we’re taking a moment to revisit the recently concluded fourth season. One character we hadn’t discussed much before is Black Noir, who played a significant role this season with his intriguing comeback from the dead.

While we saw a “new” Black Noir on screen, with Nathan Mitchell reprising his role, the in-universe events behind his return were much more complicated. The “new” Black Noir had to go through a unique audition to become the latest member of the Seven.

If you haven’t seen it yet, The Boys recently released an audition tape for the “new” Black Noir as part of the fourth season’s promotion. In this hilarious meta moment, actor Nathan Mitchell portrays an unnamed character auditioning to take on the role of the “new” Black Noir. Check out the tape here:

The character actually speaks, which is surprising, and it’s easy to see why everyone believes he nailed the role. Later, the actor gave an interview with TV Insider, where he shared his thoughts on the tape and the significant changes:

An audition tape for your character was unveiled. Does he have an official name yet? And what was it like getting to embrace new physicality with the role?

There is no character name at all yet. He’s just new Noir to me. But yes, that tape was a fun [behind-the-scenes] thing that we did. But in terms of the mannerisms, it’s funny because it is like I get to bring more of my mannerisms to this character because he’s more of a normal, everyday person.

Getting to highlight his unique brand of quirkiness is fun because with old Noir there was more of a stillness. I loved that the more still you are, the more meaningful a tilt of the head is, every single motion matters.

New Noir is a little freer, he’s able to flow some more. So it’s fun being more expressive and getting to do that with this character. The old one was still fun, but this is just a little more freedom of expression.

Source: TV Insider

Did it feel foreign speaking while wearing the mask?

Yeah, it was, I’ve always wanted to do it. I remember the first few episodes I’m like, “Wait, I’m speaking, am I supposed to be doing this?” So it took me a little while to adjust, like, “Oh yeah, I can be here and take up this space and voice this character.”

And what’s also funny is when I read my dialogue, I was like, “Wow, Eric [Kripke] knows me better than I thought he did because this is exactly what I would say at this moment.” He’s really on point in terms of how he writes to us and for us and merges the character with who we are as people.

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