An interview with Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles

For nine months of the year, Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles are possessed by supernatural entities. It’s like demons – or angels – have taken over their bodies and they are powerless to do anything but watch their days unfold through someone else’s eyes while they speak someone else’s thoughts and live someone else’s lives. Of course, those entities are just the fictional characters they play for their TV show, but when they’re Sam and Dean Winchester for “sixteen hours a day, five days a week – it’s like being in a different world,” Padalecki related. “I’m Sam Winchester more often than I’m Jared Padalecki!”

When Jared and Jensen are working those kinds of hours in the mindset of brothers who are trying to stop the apocalypse while dealing with their dysfunctional relationship and coping with the fact that the blood of all humankind could be on their hands due to the roles they played in freeing Lucifer, the enormity of it all can be rather “exhausting,” Ackles confirmed. “It’s been an exhausting season so far.”

What’s surprisingly not difficult for Ackles is having to pretend like he wants to kick Padalecki’s Sam’s ass to Hell and back. “I love it when they fight each other!” he insisted with a laugh. “In the past, Dean could never stay mad at his little brother, but this time he could because he has all the reasons in the world to be mad: his little brother caused the Apocalypse! I mean, come on!”

Padalecki agrees. “I love the conflict. Before it was like, ‘Oh, you made a deal with a demon, didn’t you?’ ‘Yeah.’ ‘Uh, okay. So, how long?’ ‘A year.’ ‘You suck. I’ll find a way to get you out. Hug me.’ But then the situations obviously changed, so even though the brothers still cared about each other, what Sam and Dean went through changed them both and separated them more into individuals, so their relationship got much darker. I like the dynamic of brother versus brother when they both think they’re doing the right thing for the right reasons. And I would like to see how dark Sam could get.”

Both actors don’t actually expect that things will go darker; they expect that Sam and Dean will change the destinies laid out for them in The End. “They still have their own inner demons and skeletons and secrets and all that to deal with,” Padalecki pointed out, “but I’m sure they’ll get back together and join forces somehow.” Ackles agreed, adding, “Yeah, I kinda think they’ll spend most of the rest of the season trying to fix things up and forgiving their mistakes, especially Sam, because he’s feeling guilty for Lucifer’s rising on Earth. He’s admitting his faults and trying to find redemption.”

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Now, Jensen Ackles, the man behind Dean Winchester, is moving one step closer as he lends his voice to a new animated Batman DVD release.

According to the LA Times, Jensen will voice The Red Hood, an anti-hero, superhero in Batman: Under the Red Hood. Bruce Greenwood will voice Batman and even Neil Patrick Harris will be along for the ride.

No word on the release date yet, but a preview of the film will be included on the next Justice League DVD “Crisis on Two Earths.”

Photo: Jensen Ackles poses with his Ten Inch Hero castmates Danneel Harris and Elisabeth Harnois. Credit: Cynthia Boris

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Supernatural returns on September 10th on The CW.

Jensen Ackles as Dean and Jim Beaver as Bobby, Jared Padalecki as Sam and Rachel Miner as Meg in SUPERNATURAL on The CW.

Photo: Michael Courtney/The CW ©2009 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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– New casting spoiler from TVGuide Magazine about yet another returning character in a shiny new package.

– Ausiello has the scoop on the actor who is making the jump from one mysterious TV show into the role of Lucifer on Supernatural.

– Christian Kane fans who showed up for the Leverage star’s gig in Portland got a huge surprise when Jensen Ackles hopped on stage to sing along.

Jensen was on his way up to Vancouver to begin shooting the new season but wanted to stop and say happy birthday to his old friend. Jensen, Steve Carlson and Aldis Hodge (Jake from Superantural, Hardison on Leverage) spurred the crowd on to a rousing rendition of “Happy Birthday to You.”  And he also sang back-up to Christian’s fast-paced version of “Luchenbach, Texas.”

I had the pleasure of previewing Christian’s new CD and it’s a great mix of classics, ballads and that Southern Rock style that he does so well. They were shooting for a summer release to coincide with the new season of Leverage.

Here’s a vid posted by a fan:

How about this great old Supernatural photo. If you haven’t rewatched the pilot in awhile, do it. It’s fun to see how the boys began.

Supernatural Picture (l-r): Jared Padelecki as Sam, Jensen Ackles as Dean Photo Credit: ©The WB/ Justin Lubin

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If you love all the shows on The CW, you should make The CW Source a part of your daily rounds.

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* Michael Shanks’ signed, personal “SG-1″ scripts (with hand-written notations), plus scripts and call sheets from his appearances on the USA Network series “Burn Notice” and the Fox Network series “24″

* Stargate DVDs signed by the original movie’s stars, Kurt Russell, Mili Avatal, Erick Avari and Alexis Cruz.

* Photos, posters, DVDs and action figures signed by – among others – Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles and Misha Collins (“Supernatural”), Jeffrey Donovan (“Burn Notice”),  Jamie Bamber and Katee Sackhoff (“Battlestar Galactica”), Joe Flanigan, David Hewlett and Paul McGillion (“Stargate: Atlantis”), Sean Astin (“The Lord Of The Rings”) and Gareth David Lloyd (“Torchwood”).

* “SG-1″ team and individual photos, DVDs, and more, signed by Michael Shanks, Claudia Black, Amanda Tapping, Beau Bridges, Ben Browder and Christopher Judge, among others.

The profits from this auction will be donated to the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada. The auction starts today and new items will be added daily for the next two to three weeks. You can go straight to the auction on ebay or visit Michael’s website for more detailed information.

The Cap

On offer here is a Stargate SG-1 tan cap, produced to celebrate the milestone of 200th episode. The cap is embroidered on the front with the Stargate SG-1 moniker, and on the back with the words “200th Episode”.

The cap has been signed by:

* Michael Shanks  – Daniel Jackson
* Erick Avari  – Kasuf
* Carmen Argenziano  – Sel’mak
* Steve Bacic – Camulus
* JR Bourne – Martouf
* Ben Browder – Cameron Mitchell
* Claudia Black – Vala Mal Doran
* Alexis Cruz – Skaara
* Colin Cunningham – Paul Davis
* Peter Deluise – Director extraordinaire!
* Bill Dow – Dr. Bill Lee
* Torri Higginson – Elizabeth Weir
* Tom McBeath – Harry Maybourne
* Corin Nemec – Jonas Quinn
* Davd Palffy – Anubis
* Cliff Simon – Ba’al
* Amanda Tapping – Samantha Carter
* Kavan Smith – Evan Lorne
* Alex Zahara – Michael

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At last week’s Supernatural convention in the UK, Jared Padalecki was quoted as saying that he and co-star Jensen Ackles both had six year contracts. Where creator Eric Kripke was only signed for five.  This has always been the case, but a half a year ago Jared and Jensen were both leaning heavily on the idea that they’d be leaving when Kripke left — at the end of year five.

Today, TVGuide’s Matt Mitovich addressed the question in his column saying that CW boss Dawn Ostroff might “override” the five year plan and extend the show if the ratings keep going through the roof as they did this past year.

Smallville without Gough and Millar, Buffy without Joss Whedon and now Supernatural without Eric Kripke?!? What is this world coming to? On the other hand if it’s a choice between Supernatural without and no Supernatural at all, I’d pick the former.

The Supernatural Season 4 DVD  streets on September 1, 2009. Special features include:

• The Mythologies of Supernatural: From Heaven to Hell
• 3-Section Featurette Gallery Bridging Heaven, Purgatory and Hell to Examine Key Mythological Precepts
• Creator Commentary on 3 Key Episodes
• Extended/Unaired Scenes
• Gag Reel

Once again, no commentary from the boys. The DVD is available for pre-order at Amazon.com

Box Art: Amazon

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Director Patrick Lussier and writer Todd Farmer have a congenial chat as they watch the film, doling out great behind the scenes stories and cluing you in on some of the things you may have missed. Ackles fans will get a particular kick out of Lussier’s observations about the talented actor, whom he thinks will make a fine director one day. Farmer seems more interested in how “dreamy” Jensen is and he won’t get any arguement from me on that point.

What caught me by surprise was Farmer’s mention of Jared Padalecki who was in Texas filming Friday the 13th at the time. It was part of a conversation about which of the Winchester boys was having a better time filming their summer feature. Farmer thought it was Jensen for the win, owing a lot to Betsy Rue’s state of dress, or should that be undress.

Near the end of the commentary, Farmer gives a nod to the Supernatural fans and I can’t say more than that without giving away the movie.

For those who can’t get enough of Jensen Ackles, he also appears in several deleted or extended scenes on the DVD, pops up in a couple of shots on the gag reel and has a short interview in the behind the scenes featurette.

If you’re a Supernatural fan who’s afraid of slasher movies, buy My Bloody Valentine as a stepping stone to Jared’s Friday the 13th. Though the kills in Valentine are gruesome, you can see most of them coming so you’ll have time to hide your eyes. But the real saving grace is the fact that there is a mystery plot and a love triangle which add up to a good number of scenes where no one ends up bloody. Just be sure to watch during the day from a place where no one can walk up behind you.

Photo: Amazon.com

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Sam is a changed man….sounds like there’s no going back now.

Finally, the angels talk with Dean about the final plan of attack.

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