Remembering Chance Perdomo: An Unjust End to a Career Just Beginning
31.03.2024 - 00:15
/ variety.com
Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Five months ago, I spoke with Chance Perdomo about the Season 1 finale of “The Boys” spinoff “Gen V,” and I could feel his excitement vibrating through the phone. While any young star is likely to be thrilled to speak about their latest project, this interview felt palpably important to Chance, as it was the first time the 27-year-old British-American actor had been able to even promote Amazon’s “Gen V” due to his commitment to the SAG-AFTRA strike, which concluded one week after the finale aired.
Bursting with desire to get into the details about his superhero college character Andre Anderson, Perdomo paused at the start of our call to tell me he remembered the interviews I had done with him during his days starring as Ambrose Spellman in Netflix’s “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina“: “God bless, thank you, love. That was four or five years ago.” That’s the kind of star Chance was — genuinely gracious for everything he had; everything I believe he had rightfully earned.
And as we ended our conversation 15 minutes later, I promised Chance that, as Variety‘s “Boys” superfan, I would give him many more opportunities to talk when “Gen V” came back sans strike: “Amen, I look forward to it. God bless you and I hope you had a beautiful day.
It was lovely chatting with you. And I can’t wait for Season 2.” Perdomo died Saturday as the result of a motorcycle accident, in which authorities say no one else was involved in.
Immediately, Amazon Prime Video, “Gen V” studio Sony Pictures Television and the producers of “Gen V” released statements in remembrance of the star, noting their shock and pain over the sudden loss. Voices across social media soon joined in mourning Perdomo, who, before he was well
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