Angel: It seems that we’re going to get Evil!Dean soon, so do you think
you’ll enjoy exploring that side of him? Especially since you did such a
good job with Ben on Dark Angel.
Jensen: There was a… The episode that we did last season, What Is and
What Should Never Be, I got to explore the side of Dean that could’ve
happened had none of this actually happened. It was really interesting,
and it was almost kind of liberating because it took Dean - it took me
as an actor out of my comfort zone with playing Dean. Because after a
season or two seasons, you kind of find these little idiosyncrasies that
kind of are easy to come up with and it becomes natural to play the
role. So to take all of those elements and all of those crutches away
from me, it was difficult, you know. I had to think a little bit harder.
But at the same time, it’s challenging and I always like to challenge
myself. Because I think that if you’re not challenging yourself, then
you’re not evolving. And if you’re not evolving, then you’re just
staying the same. Which is why I did the theatre play. It was something
totally different, something totally out of my element that I wasn’t
familiar with and I wasn’t comfortable with and I was like
‘Absolutely!’. So, I think as an actor, I like to do that stuff, so…
A: So, changing Dean, and making him evil potentially…
J: Is good. But, I, and I assume like you guys, like the character so
much I don’t want to tear so much away from him, but I want to find ways
to make that character adapt himself to his situation. I don’t want to
change the character, I want whatever the situation is [for] the
character to adapt to it as Dean. It’s going to be interesting. And
that’s going to be fun to play.
A: Do you think he’s going to go to hell?
J: Umm…
A: Do you know if that’s going to happen?
J: I don’t know, and Kripke likes to keep things close to the vest, so
it wouldn’t surprise me.
A: It wouldn’t surprise me either.
J: Yeah. It’ll be kind of interesting.
A: Do you have a favorite one-liner of Dean’s? Or any of your previous
characters?
J: Dean’s got a lot of good, a lot of ones. There’s almost too many to
think of.
A: First thing that pops into your head.
J: First thing that pops into my head? Umm, you know, it’s kind of an
old one and it’s kind of a cheesy one, but it was in the pilot. Just
the… “Shotgun shuts his cakehole.” I like that one simply because it
gave a big definition of who this character is. And just that scene in
itself. Just the fact that he comes out and he’s got candy sticking out
of his mouth, bag of chips and a soda, and he’s like, ‘You want
breakfast?’ and he gets in the car and he’s got a tape box full of old
metal hits. And punctuating the scene with that quote, it really defined
the character for me.
A: It was very Dean, and very older brother too.
J: Mmhmm. Just because of the insight of that scene and that quote. I
have kind of an affinity for that quote.
A: When you’re reading a script, what do you look for in a character?
J: Complexity. I like a character that isn’t monotone, you know… Or
complexity and originality. If I feel like a character’s being written
kind of after a character that I’m familiar with, then that’s all I can
see. And by complexity, I mean there’s gotta be room for both drama and
comedy. Which is one of the reasons why I took to Dean so much, because
he kind of plays both sides, which I really like.
A: When you get a script that you feel passionate about, what makes you
love it? Is there an emotional scene or a line or…
J: Yeah, if it affects me, if there’s an emotion scene that’s written
correctly, and so many people just go straight for the tears, but if
there’s an emotional scene that is written that feels like I’m observing
real life, then that really hooks me.
A: Is there a particular script for Supernatural that you fell in love with?
J: There’s been so many, like 50 scripts.
A: What Is and What Should Never Be was a really, really good episode.
J: That one was really interesting. Like I said earlier, it took me out
of my element and threw me a giant curveball.
A: There were really great nuances that you did in there, like with the
mother being alive and all these other things that were happening.
J: Mmhmm. Sometimes there are scenes that I read and I’ll be like ‘Oh,
that’s a good scene’, and then on the day, something else will happen
and it’ll turn out really affecting. Like I get really affected by it.
And then there’ll be a scene that I read and I’ll be like ‘Oh, that’s
amazing’ and then we get to the day and it’ll be like ‘Oh, it kind of
lost its luster a little bit’. And they are probably going to be the
emotional scenes because I think those scenes are the hardest, for me,
anyway. Like the scene – what was the episode? It was like the third or
fourth episode of the second season, where, at the end of the episode,
we’re sitting on the hood of the car talking about Dad…
A: Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things?
J: And um, that scene was really tough for me. It just took a lot out of
me. In fact, after we did it a couple of times, I had to walk down the
street and walk it off. Those are the ones when you’re done at the end
of the day, you feel drained. ‘Cause I think that emotional scenes are
much more draining than a physical scene. With a physical scene, you
might get sore, but when you’re emotionally drained, you’re just
exhausted. So, at the end of the day, when you’ve done one of those
scenes, and you feel like you’ve exhausted yourself emotionally, you
feel it physically. Those are the days where you’re like ‘I worked hard.
And I feel good that I’m exhausted.’
A: It was a very affecting scene. That and All Hell Breaks Loose when
Sam’s dead. That whole monologue of Dean’s.
J: Yeah. That was a tough one too.
A: I can’t watch it now. It makes me cry.
J: Me too, actually. When I see those scenes, it brings back those
emotions that I was feeling on that day, and it’s like, ‘Okay, I’ve
gotta go. It’s getting a little dusty in here.’
A: If he could have his choice of movies with equally good scripts and
equally talented cast and, what would you prefer to do? Like an action
or a period piece or… (submitted by megaera)
J: I would love to do a western. You know, with some great actors.
There’s so many to choose from.
A: There are some good westerns that have been coming out recently.
J: Yeah. 3:10 to Yuma was… I would have loved to have done something
like that. Even being on a show like Deadwood. I mean, I’ve watched some
of those episodes and they’re just really crass.
A: Would you ever consider playing a villain/bad guy? (submitted by shellz)
J: Absolutely.
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It was done in a Phillipine paper, and it seems that they are beginning season 3 over there.
