Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter The Boys showrunner has shared the surprising reason Dominique McElligott’s Queen Maeve did not appear in the series finale — and it wasn’t for want of trying. McElligott, 40, appeared in the first three seasons of the superhero drama as the feminist hero who survives an explosion but fakes her own death to escape Vought, the corrupt superhero conglomerate, and its leader Homelander (Antony Starr). Queen Maeve showed up less and less in the show after 2022, leading to speculation over the reason for her exit. Now, after the Irish actor did not appear in the conclusion of the Amazon series, show creator Eric Kripke revealed that he was open to having her return for the finale — but McElligott told him she retired. “Dom and I email a couple of times every six to eight months or so, and she …