Its eponymous team of adopted sibling superheroes was raised as hardened emotionless soldiers in order to save the world but they grew up to be emotionally damaged adults who mostly hated each other their obligation to save the world and. The first season of netflix s umbrella academy based on the comic by gerard way and gabriel bá was largely about subverting expectations. Adopted by wealthy scientist reginald hargreeves they are raised together in a.
Tom hopper plays ape like hero luther hargreeves in the umbrella academy based on the dark horse comics series created by my chemical romance frontman gerard way and illustrator gabriel bá the umbrella academy tells the story of seven superpowered siblings. Hargreeves grafts his head onto the body of a genetically engineered ape from mars. In the umbrella academy comics luther s supernatural transformation happens in a slightly different way.
As such at least one significant luther storyline from the comics was largely cut from. As an ensemble show the umbrella academy doesn t have time to delve in every character s difficulties. Luther s gorilla body makes several prominent appearances during the season including the initial reveal at the umbrella academy mansion and a drug fueled rave in the seventh episode.
Though some of his fellow cast members arrived in season two with a new status quo the umbrella academy star tom hopper is still as gigantic and stuck in an ape body like he was in the first.
