NATHAN MITCHELL: Saying Goodbye to The Boys, A Dream Spin-Off & Celebrating Black Noir
Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND
Elvis Duran Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
This week, Tommy is joined by Nathan Mitchell, best known for his role as Black Noir on The Boys and Zion on Ginny & Georgia. This conversation is spoiler-free, and a huge celebration of The Boys as we near the series finale dropping tomorrow. Nathan opens up about stepping into the physically demanding and largely silent role of Black Noir, and how he embraced the challenge of building a character through movement rather than dialogue. He reflects on learning early on that the character would remain masked and voiceless, and how that limitation ultimately became a creative strength. As The Boys heads into its final episode, Nathan shares what it’s been like to say goodbye to the role, the emotional weight of filming major moments, and how he approached evolving from the original Noir into a completely new version of the character.
The conversation also dives into the behind-the-scenes realities of the show, from intense stunt work and navigating the iconic suit to the shocking moment he learned of Noir’s fate and unexpected return. Nathan teases what fans can expect from the final episode while also sharing his own ideas for a potential spinoff. Beyond The Boys, he teases the upcoming season of Ginny & Georgia, shares fan reactions to his character Zion, and how he balances multiple roles across very different worlds.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.7 | Hey guys, welcome to I've never said this before with me, Tommy DeDario. |
| 0:10.8 | I have to be honest, man, I'm a little bit bummed out. |
| 0:14.7 | I'm in a little bit of grief today because the series finale of The Boys, which is one of my favorite shows, is tomorrow. That's it. The show is |
| 0:22.6 | ending. No More The Boys. And man, I'm going to miss watching a group of crazy vigilantes fighting |
| 0:28.6 | these super-powered individuals who, I mean, abused their power. We can't leave that out. |
| 0:33.9 | Because, man, it's been such an entertaining show. what a wild journey this show has been i have |
| 0:39.2 | seen things in this show that i've never seen anywhere in television before things that you can never |
| 0:44.0 | forget so to pay my respect to the boys my guest today is the brilliant nathan mitchell |
| 0:50.2 | aka black noir and we're going to dive into the world of the boys and man is there a lot to cover |
| 0:56.9 | so let's see if today we can get nathan to say something that he has never said before |
| 1:06.2 | Nathan Mitchell how are you my man good I'm good how I'm good. How about you? I'm doing good. |
| 1:12.5 | It has been a whirlwind for you, huh? |
| 1:13.6 | It's been a little crazy. |
| 1:28.6 | Yeah, a little bit, you're only one of the hottest shows in the world right now. Very lucky to be on it. Yeah, yeah. Well, I'm happy to have you here. I'm happy to report that. You know, there's this online thing going around with all the Janine Georgia fans saying that you look too good to be real. |
| 1:30.6 | So I'm happy to report you are real. |
| 1:28.6 | I am a human. thing going around with all the Ginny and Georgia fans saying that you look too good to be real. |
| 1:43.6 | So I'm happy to report you are real. I am a human. You are here. Yeah. Yes. You've seen those, those tweets and tweets? I have. I have. It's funny, you know, I think, you know, I think there's like a setting on the TV, like new TVs now, where it's supposed to look like, |
| 1:44.1 | it's supposed to enhance |
| 1:45.0 | the way sports look, |
| 1:46.7 | you know? |
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