"Who is The Umbrella Academy?" Featurette & Get To Know The Comicbook Characters

Go behind-the-scenes with the cast of The Umbrella Academy (On Netflix) in the new video featurette above, while you can scroll thru to know MORE about the character creations from the minds of Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá from their comic book incarnations about the super-dysfunctional "Hargreeves" family of superheroes "who have eight days to get it together and save the world."


#00.01 Spaceboy ("Luther Hargreeves" as played by Tom Hopper)
COMICBOOK PROFILE/STORY: "The leader of The Umbrella Academy. As a child he possessed the ability of super-strength. After a disastrous expedition to Mars, The Monocle had to transplant his head onto the body of a Martian gorilla. His powers are enhanced physical strength and resilience. His martian gorilla body can withstand the vacuum and cold of space, so long as he has a helmet on. He often uses a jet-pack and his weapon of choice is a ray-gun. After his career with The Umbrella Academy, he moved to the Moon and lived at the Annihilation Control outpost. On the moon, Luther is attended to by a robotic butler of sorts named Ben. As revealed on the Dallas storyline, Spaceboy and The Boy (Number Five) are twin brothers. He has been shown to have somewhat of a love interest in #00.03, The Rumor."


#00.02 The Kraken ("Diego Hargreeves" as played by David Castañeda)
COMICBOOK PROFILE/STORY: "The reckless and rebellious member of the group; described by The Monocle as “an insolent brat.” He has the ability to hold his breath indefinitely and has demonstrated a strong affinity for knife-throwing. He and Luther have a very clear rivalry, and Diego seems unwilling to take orders from Luther. He is more of a Batman-like superhero in that he goes on regular patrols and can be seen taking down drug dealers. In his teenage years, he was the bass player in a band called the Prime8s, with Body (Inspector Lupo's assistant), and Vanya Hargreeves. He is also seen to be left handed in the short story "Anywhere But Here." It appears that he harbors a secret love for his adopted sister, Vanya. It is yet to be seen how The Kraken lost his right eye, but he wears an eye-patch when not wearing his mask, which has a blacked out eye."


#00.03 The Rumor ("Allison Hargreeves" as played by Emmy Raver-Lampman)
COMICBOOK PROFILE/STORY: "Described as narcissistic. She has the ability to instantly alter reality by lying. After her career with The Umbrella Academy, she married her boyfriend, Patrick, and had a daughter named Claire. The couple has since divorced, and Patrick has full custody of their daughter. She is romantically linked to her adopted brother, Spaceboy, however their love for each other is unconsummated as Spaceboy sees himself as somewhat of a monstrosity due to his martian-gorilla body. She has a cybernetic left hand, as Dr. Terminal devoured her original hand when she was a child, though in "Dallas" when she goes in and gets vocal surgery, her arm is no longer drawn as if it were mechanical, showing that her arm had also been fixed."


#00.04 The Séance ("Klaus Hargreeves" as played by Robert Sheehan)
COMICBOOK PROFILE/STORY: "Showcases a fretful, morbid temperament. His powers are levitation, telekinesis, and the ability to contact the dead, although his powers only work when he is not wearing shoes. He has the words "Hello" and "Goodbye" tattooed on his palms. It has been theorized by Mr. Pogo that he's been taking drugs since he was a teenager. In "Dallas," Klaus is seen holding a Vietnamese baby, which he later reveals to be his, to the surprise of Luther. Handing it to an elderly woman before leaving in the televator, he thanks her for taking care of the baby, to which she responds: "Where you are going is no place for kids. The baby is safer here." Before leaving in the televator, Klaus apologizes to the woman, saying: "Really sorry about what happened to its mother." The conversation was in Vietnamese, implying that he learned it during the three years he ran a strip club named "Spookies." Klaus had been killed by Hazel and Cha-Cha in "Dallas," but was rejected from both Heaven and Hell, and later noted that it did not matter when a member of the Hargreeves family was shot in the head."


#00.05 Number Five ("The Boy" as played by Aidan Gallagher)
COMICBOOK PROFILE/STORY: "At the age of 10, The Boy disappeared by traveling 50 years into the future, which seemed to hold no difficulty for him. Sir Reginald warned that he "could never go back"; it took him 50 years until he discovered how to go back in time. He physically aged normally during this time, though upon returning to the past, he retains his 10-year-old appearance, despite his adoptive siblings being 30. His body is apparently stuck in time and cannot age, as medical examinations prove that there are signs of neither cell growth nor death.

The Boy claims to have read accounts of the Academy's immediate future and their connection to an apocalypse. While trying to go back in time to warn his adoptive brothers and sisters about the apocalypse, he worked with the Temps Aeternalis. He was taught to perform "microjumps" in time, allowing him to move faster than the eye can see. He is considered to be "the perfect assassin," as he has DNA of the best killers in history. He has a 100% chance of killing if he decides to kill."


#00.06 The Horror ("Ben Hargreeves" played by ?????)
COMICBOOK PROFILE/STORY: "Possesses monsters from other dimensions under his skin (i.e. most often appear as tentacles emerging from his torso). Is deceased, but no information regarding his death is given. There is a memorial statue of him located in front of the Academy. Even though he's been dead since before the start of the series, he's been portrayed as a member of The Umbrella Academy, appearing as his statue counterpart, or in visions. His statue is ruined by Vanya when she destroys The Umbrella Academy's Mansion, and is replaced by a memorial statue of Pogo, who dies in the same disaster."


#00.07 The White Violin ("Vanya Hargreeves" as played by Ellen Page)
COMICBOOK PROFILE/STORY: "The most estranged member of the group. Vanya originally showcases no particular powers, other than an interest in music. Vanya is known to have written a book detailing her life with the Academy and her decision to leave. According to The Conductor, leader of the Orchestra Verdammten, she's the most powerful of The Umbrella Academy. In her early childhood, The Monocle suppressed her powers, and kept her on medication to keep them that way, but they were eventually released by The Conductor which ended up driving her mad. She is capable of releasing destructive waves of force using her violin that can be strong enough to cut someone's throat or destroy an entire building with a single note."

(Comicbook images via ComicVine / all text info via Wikipedia)