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Post by hodaharb on Sept 16, 2008 19:26:17 GMT -5
INTERVIEW: Traci Takes on Supernatural- An Exclusive Interview with Traci DinwiddieSeptember 14th, 2008 “Whether she’s flirting with the boys or conjuring spirits, she works it unapologetically, with the bold fierceness of a total rocker chick!” That was Traci Dinwiddie’s response to my question about what drew her to playing the role of psychic Pamela Barnes in the Supernatural season 4 opener ‘Lazarus Rising’ which will be airing on the CW Network Thursday September 18th at 9PM EST. Supernatural, the hit Warner Bros/ CW Network series now entering its fourth season, stars Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles as Sam and Dean Winchester – two brothers who have spent their lives being trained by their father to save people by hunting down and killing all manner of supernatural entities and creatures while at the same time tracking down the Yellow-Eyed demon that killed their mother when Sam was baby and Dean was four: a demon with plans for Sam, who seems to be endowed with mystical powers of his own, to become the leader of an army of demons released from hell. The climatic ending of season two left the Yellow-Eyed demon dead and Dean bound in deal in which he would trade his soul into hell in one year’s time for having his brother Sam, who had also been killed, brought back to life. The chilling finale of season 3 saw Sam facing down a new demonic threat named Lilith and Dean having to make good on his deal and have his soul plunged into an abyss of torture as a heartbroken Sam could do nothing but cradled Dean’s lifeless hellhound ravaged body. Season 4 of Supernatural picks up four months later with Dean climbing out of his grave having been taken out of hell and put back into his fully restored human body with no clue how it happened. After hooking back up with his brother Sam and their friend and fellow ‘hunter’, Bobby Singer (played by Jim Beaver who enters his 3rd season in the role of this highly popular recurring character) they head off to find some answers. Enter, Pamela Barnes whom Bobby Singer describes as ‘the best damn psychic in the state.’ Eclipse Magazine caught up with Traci Dinwiddie, the vivacious and very talented thirty-four year old brunette actress who has taken on the role of psychic, Pamela Barnes. The first thing that Dinwiddie reveals to us is that she knew about Supernatural because she had heard of it and seen some funny Youtube blooper vids and loved them. She has since moved on into being a true fan of the series. “I am now the proud owner of the box set of the first 2 seasons,” she tells us and then, her voice lowering conspiratorially, she makes a huge confession about how she has to watch them. “I had to watch them during the day. I’m better at doing the spooking than being spooked!” To illustrate her point, Traci Dinwiddie draws on a personal story from her teenage years that had me thinking ‘now this is my idea of someone who would have been way cool to hang out with’ and could immediately see why Dinwiddie felt right at home in the setting of Supernatural. “You might or might not find this funny but, as a teenager, I used to scare the crap out of my cheerleading squad during camp and late night storytelling as I would pretend to channel evil spirits. I even got sent home from sleep-overs, TWICE, for freaking out the birthday girls with my wild stories and portrayals of demons. At last, I have found my home in Supernatural.” Dinwiddie’s character of Pamela Barnes is, as described, a psychic and we asked if this posed any challenge to her and what kind of research she did for the role to prepare for taking on the task of playing someone who talks to spirits. “Usually, I go with the writers’ intent,” she explains in regards to the question about research. “It’s a respect thing, in TV.” However Dinwiddie does have personal knowledge of tools employed by psychics and tells us that she uses Tarot cards regularly for meditation purposes, which she says helped to give her something of a personal nature to add to the character of Pamela Barnes. “I am also familiar with stories of the Fox Sisters. Evidently, they put on a grand show! You know of them?” Even with her feeling at home in the world of Supernatural, I asked Traci Dinwiddie what was the most challenging aspect for her in playing the role of psychic Pamela Barnes in Lazarus Rising. Her answer was very enlightening. “If I told you, Eric Kripke would have me hunted down and hanged from my toenails!” Oh my! I think that pretty much tells us that Supernatural fans and viewers have something really exciting and big to look forward to in the upcoming season 4 series premiere, so moving right along now to what Dinwiddie could tell us about her experiences working on Supernatural she said that the thing that was the biggest surprise for her was finding out where the hit series was filmed at. “I actually did not know that Supernatural was filmed in Vancouver, so it was a pleasant surprise to finally get to check out “Van” as the locals call it.” The Tricks and Treats of Working on Supernatural It would appear that Supernatural stars Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles, who play Sam and Dean Winchester, are fast becoming an ‘urban legend’ all on their own for what seems to be a growing notoriety concerning their penchant for playing pranks on guest stars. Dinwiddie tells us that she was forewarned that Jared and Jensen are quite the pranksters. “I stayed on alert for any of their mischief,” she says with a smile then relates to us a funny story of how she came to realized she might have become a bit too paranoid about waiting on the two known pranksters to spring one of their tricks on her. “One night when I returned to my hotel room to find the radio blasting some static and the bathroom trash can placed on top of the toilet with water running in the sink. I thought no they couldn’t have gotten into my room, could they? I called the front desk and found out that it was just that the maid had not turned down my room properly. What a trip!” Traci tells us with a laugh over how the boys managed to ‘get one over on her’ without even having to do a thing. Of course now that we’ve possibly given Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki new ideas on how to pull pranks on guest stars just by psyching them out, I asked Traci what her experiences were like actually working with the two lead pranksters…err I mean lead actors of Supernatural. This question elicited a wicked smile from the beautiful Dinwiddie as she told me with instructions to ‘insert wild Jane of the Jungle roar here’: “Let’s just say I would happily indulge in a Supernatural Sandwich consisting of equal parts Jared and Jensen.” LOL! After advising Traci Dinwiddie that she could actually get a decidedly G-Rated one of those by participating in a Creation Salute to Supernatural Convention this coming November, we moved on to talking more seriously about working with what she described as two very talented and dedicated young actors and working with the equally talented and dedicated Jim Beaver. “All jokes aside, Jared and Jensen are terrific fellas, just great guys all around but let’s not forget Mr. Jim Beaver. He was actually my favorite buddy on the set,” Traci says with fondness very evident in her voice over this newly made friendship. “He even took the time to have a nice dinner with me on our day off.” Yet, so far for Traci Dinwiddie the biggest ‘treat’ of all has been the feed back she has gotten from the fans of Supernatural since it was announced that she was going to be guest starring in the role of psychic Pamela Barnes. “The Supernatural fans have rocked my world,” Dinwiddie tells us with appreciation in her voice. “I’ve received some nice fan mail here and there over the years, but nothing like this. By the second day of shooting, my mailbox was full of messages through my website and myspace from Supernatural fans. I was blown away!” Dinwiddie says that what really has surprised her the most was the overwhelming and kind responses to her being a woman in her 30’s and also a stage actress. “I even had two drummers write to me that found out I play djembe and asked if I would be drumming in the show. I told them to write to Eric about that!” Traci Dinwiddie says that this, so far, positive feedback and acceptance of her into the role and the show has come as another pleasant surprise. She told me that, as far as the discernment factor among Supernatural fans, that yes she has heard that the fans could be quite opinionated concerning female cast coming into the show. “Honestly, I don’t blame them for wanting their favorite show to feature fine acting and not just a pretty face,” Dinwiddie offers in understanding of where the fans are coming from. “I think it is very encouraging to see so many people digging the idea of having a strong chick in her EARLY 30’s sharing the plot with their boys.” Dinwiddie goes on to temper this a bit with what is also a very pragmatic outlook about how quickly the acceptance could change. “All of that being said the true test will be on September 18th when the episode airs and fans see my work in it, eh?” So what next for the lovely Traci Dinwiddie now that Lazarus Rising is set to air? “Well…dare I say- I’ll be tied up most of October, shooting a recurring on your very own ‘Supernatural’. Also, audiences may see an entirely different expression of me as I play Catherine, a fresh-faced midwestern mama, in the feature film “The 27 Club” with Joe Anderson.” Traci Dinwiddie is also currently looking into co-producing a feature film and tells us that she’s already got one mysteriously magical film in the works with her dear friend and fabulous Stop Motion Animator, Michael Granberry. She and her manager are reading scripts day and night but that audiences can see her in various completed projects as well. “I’m playing the lead in several films that are heavy hitters on the film festival circuit right now, so we’ve become utterly inspired while attending several screenings.” Dinwiddie promises that more will be revealed about her upcoming projects, and that Eclipse readers will be one of the first to know about them and about new updates on her recurring role in Supernatural season 4. Meanwhile Supernatural viewers and fans can take a look at Traci Dinwiddie as Pamela Barnes in a sneak peek teaser for Lazarus Rising and can watch the full episode as Supernatural season 4 premieres Thursday, September 18th at 9PM EST on the CW Network. Source
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Post by hodaharb on Sept 16, 2008 19:27:20 GMT -5
INTERVIEW: Sam Winchester at War – An Interview With Supernatural’s Jared Padalecki About his Character in Season 4September 16th, 2008 Life gets complicated when your brother comes back from hell! Jared Padalecki, one of the two hot young stars of the hit Warner Bros/ CW Network Series Supernatural comes striding into the press room of the 2008 San Diego Comic Con on the determined mission to make up for lost time after getting inexplicably hung up in traffic and now running late for meetings with the press to promote the upcoming 4th season of Supernatural. Taking his place in the ‘hot seat’ to answer questions, the handsome 26-year-old actor is immediately handing out a heartfelt apology for keeping everyone waiting on him. “I’m sorry I’m late,” Padalecki says as he takes care to make eye contact with everyone present and acknowledge him or her in his apology. Then, since time is running late, he quickly gets down to the business of answering questions about the upcoming 4th season of Supernatural and some of the directions his character of Sam Winchester is headed in. In the past 3 seasons, Padalecki’s character Sam Winchester has undergone some very life altering changes, from being yanked out the normal life he was building for himself, to finding out he had psychic powers that a high level demon know as Azael or The Yellow-Eyed Demon has plans to take advantage of, to having to watch his older brother Dean Winchester (played by Jensen Ackles) have to make good on a deal with a demon to trade his soul into hell in one year’s time for having Sam brought back to life. Season 4 is no different and Sam finds himself dealing with the aftermath of Dean’s death and sudden resurrection by a mysterious force. The first thing that Jared Padalecki is quick to point out is that Sam is dealing with whole different set of circumstances than in the Supernatural season 3 episode Mystery Spot where Sam had to deal with watching his brother Dean dying over and over again in many different ways with no way for Sam to stop it. Padalecki points out that the events of ‘No Rest for the Wicked’ in which Dean’s soul is taken into hell and his body ravaged to death by hellhounds, has no ‘reset button’. “It’s more real,” Jared Padalecki says of what Sam goes through after Dean’s death at the end of No Rest for the Wicked.’ “ While there was both pain and death in the Mystery Spot, which was obviously this crazy loop that you kind of saw for what it was and that it was the Trickster’s doing, Sam sort of came to realize that he was just dealing with this illusionary pain.” Yet that all changed at the end of season 3 and Padalecki tells us that Sam had to deal with the total reality that he had buried his brother, his brother died. “It wasn’t the Trickster, it wasn’t fake it, was four months of living without his brother, of having to exist without his brother Dean being there with him,” Padalecki’s voice fills with something close to the same sense of feeling of what his character has gone through as he relates Sam Winchester’s distraught emotional state to us. Jared Padalecki tells us that Dean’s resurrection from hell also creates a new complication for Sam Winchester who has had to learn to deal with being without Dean there to be his partner in the war against the demons. “There is a line in the first episode where they’re talking about taking care of these demons and Dean is like ‘we gotta wait’ and Sam is like we ‘gotta do it now we, can’t wait’ and Dean responds with ‘well now the older and smarter brother is back’ and Sam kind of takes offense because Sam has been alone for four months and he’s been doing it alone. And not kept in touch with anybody, not kept in touch with Bobby and just kind of gone off and maybe had been a bit suicidal like, ‘hell if my brothers’ gone, I’m going to go out and if I die in a war, I die in a war’.” When questioned about whether Sam, as happy as he is to have his brother Dean back, is starting to find himself dealing with feelings of resentment upon Dean’s return, Jared Padalecki expresses total agreement that Sam is feeling resentment as well as happiness. “Of course there is a lot of pain a lot of built of resentment stemming from his brother’s sudden return to life and into Sam’s life. “Sam’s always had a sort of a sense of ‘why me’. The very first thing, from the very first moments in the pilot- like why is this happening to me I don’t want this life, why did I wake up when I was three years old with a gun and I don’t know how to use it. Why is Sam’s life now nothing but a constant embracing of violence? Because he had to, he was forced to. His brother is dead,” Jared tells us, his voice strong with a deep sense of wanting us to understand this motivation he sees his character of Sam Winchester going through. That doesn’t mean that Jared Padalecki isn’t aware of what the character of Dean Winchester is going through and what affect it is having on him and how it relates to what is affecting the brothers and creating conflict for them and changing the dynamics of their interaction with each other. “We see the same thing from Dean. Dean has also spent four months somewhere doing something. So he and Sam both have secrets from each other and now as opposed to not being able to hide it, like in the finale of season two, you know when Dean made a deal and Sam asked, ‘how long do you have?’ and Dean said he had a year, and Sam said ‘I will get you out’. You know it was the brothers. Now they both have their own thing and now they are trying to figure out either if they are going to let the other brother know what’s going on or if they are going to keep it and hold on it and be much more individual in their pursuits and not working together.” So what is all of this change in direction for his character offering Jared Padalecki as an actor in a long running series? A lot of fun “One of the traps of television is inevitably you’re making 22 hours of film and essentially it can start to get repetitive. It can be the same questions and same answers and the same this and the same that,” Padalecki gives a shrug of his broad shoulders as he tells us about this pitfall that can sometimes sap an actor’s desire to go on giving his best performance in an ongoing TV character role. Then his eyes light up with laughter as he talks about what is different from this in working on Supernatural. “It’s not the case with this show, though. It’s starting to mix it up and the writers constantly keep us guessing, keep us on our toes about what is coming next. So it’s neat to do new things and to try to figure out what the hell is coming next for your character and realizing that in some cases it might literally mean hell is coming,” Padalecki says with laugh. One thing is for certain when you listen to Jared Padalecki talking about his work on Supernatural is how much he really enjoys being a part of the series and playing the character of Sam Winchester. “One of the first things I ever really loved about this show is that you get to laugh, you get cry, you get fight, you get to do everything. So it’s very exciting for me as an actor to get to explore a new side of Sam and it’s a side of Sam that I always wanted to explore. Ever since going to the bad side and we got to see Sam go all bad ass, I was whew that’s kind of fun even though it was a demon, but I was like … I like that, lets get back to it. So it’s going to be exciting to me. I’m looking forward to it.” And with that, all too soon our time with Jared Padalecki was up and he had to go. “So sorry guys,” he is once more apologizing and making eye contact as he rises up to his full and very impressive 6’4” height to go off to do his next round of questions, which will be centered on the promotion of his new horror film, Friday the 13th. Padalecki has the lead role in this updated ‘re-imagination of the 80’s cult horror classic of the same name which will be hitting theaters on February 13th, 2009. Meanwhile fans and viewers can catch Jared Padalecki in his role as Sam Winchester in the Supernatural season 4 premiere episode, Lazarus Rising, on Thursday September 18th at 9PM EST on the CW Network. Source
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Post by hodaharb on Sept 16, 2008 19:28:05 GMT -5
Supernatural's Sam Talks Season 4 Jared Padalecki tells us what's to come.September 11, 2008 - Supernatural returns next week, picking up from one hell of a season finale – if you'll forgive the pun. Yes, when last we saw the Winchester Brothers, Dean (Jensen Ackles) was killed and sent to hell, as his brother Sam (Jared Padalecki) looked on in horror. It's no secret that Ackles is still a series regular this year, but of course there are many questions about how exactly Dean can still be on the show. Last week, I paid a visit to Supernatural's set in Vancouver. At a real life former mental institution (posing as a retirement home for the series), Sam and Dean were once again on a mission, in scenes that will occur in episode 6 of this season. During a break from filming, Jared Padalecki sat down outside with me, with the Winchesters' iconic Chevy Impala parked a few feet away from us. We talked about what's to come in Season 4 of Supernatural, how Sam has changed through the years and the fascinating turns Sam and Dean's story are taking. IGN TV: This is a pretty gutsy show. In Season 3, all year you're trying to save Dean, and in the end, you don't save him.Jared Padalecki: I love it. I was just talking to Jim Beaver ["Bobby"] about that today. This is gonna surprise a lot of people, but I just finally, today, watched the finale of Season 3. I read it and I acted in it, so I knew what happened. I'd done my ADR, so I'd seen some of it, but I hadn't seen the whole episode until today. And I was talking to Jim, and I was like, "Man, it was a good episode! Cool shots and the tension…" And he brought up, "Yeah, and I loved that they killed him." I said, "I do too!" The whole sequence where the bells starts ringing, and you think "What does that mean? Does that mean… they're going to kill him?" I remember when I read it, I was going, "Aw, this is bad ass! I can't believe they're gonna do that!" I love that about the show. I've died. Jensen's died. Our dad died. And other than Jim Beaver, essentially all of our favorite guest stars have died. It's like, [Executive Producer Eric] Kripke don't F around! Love 'em, kill 'em! That's how you know you've made it. They say if you have a Weird Al song written about you, you know you've made it. But you know you've made it on Supernatural when you die. It's like, "Cool, I'm in!" IGN: So the question now, of course, is how does Season 4 pick up from that?Padalecki: From episode 1, Dean's back. And there's a whole period where I don't believe it's him. I think it's a demon inheriting his body or a remnant or something, and Bobby Singer freaks out. We finally figure out it's him and we're like, "How did you get back? I tried everything for four months." But one of the things I loved that's gonna happen this season, is we're going to go back and we're going to see Dean in hell and see what happened in those four months. We're going to go back and see Sam on Earth and him burying his brother and trying and trying [to save him], with everything – making deals with demons -- Doing everything he possibly can to save his brother and none of it works. So there's a really interesting way that Dean gets out of hell that we don't know about just yet. We're only six episodes in, so we'll find out I think right in the meat of the episodes, between episodes nine and fifteen probably – right in the middle. I'm really excited about going back and the characters are different now. Obviously, Dean's been in hell and Sam's been without Dean, so I had to become a badass on my own. There's a scene in the first episode where Sam's like, "Dean, I think we should do it this way," and Dean's like, "Well, the older brother's back. The smarter brother. So we're going to do it my way." And Sam kind of takes offense. He's like, "Dude, I've been here on my own, for four months and I've been doing well." They're both more individual now and they're both holding secrets from each other, so I think it's going to be neat to see that play out. IGN: Sam's gotten a bit darker and more intense as the show has progressed, especially last season, as he tried to save Dean. Has it been fun for you to take him on this path?Padalecki: Absolutely. And I love the darker side of Sam. From the pilot, obviously, he was a college boy in his Abercrombie sweatshirt and blue jeans and Converse sneakers. Pretty cookie-cutter. And we've seen him go dark and one of my favorite things to do as an actor was I did an episode called "Born Under a Bad Sign" where I get possessed by a demon. And I got to play that kind of dark, fun, badass character and I loved it. So I was really hoping to see some darker sides of Sam, and the shoot first, ask questions later side of Sam. And I've gotten the chance to do that a couple of times this season, so I can't wait to see how far dark and how deep we go with it. IGN: Your show has a nice sense of humor, sometimes with the little things like the aliases you use. I see in this script you call yourselves Agents Tyler and Perry. Is it nice to have those lighter moments in there?Padalecki: It is, it is. There have been a couple of cool episodes where we're usually rock stars. I think we've been Page and Plant and Agents Young and Young. I think we were even Jagger and Richards one time. So a lot of cool shout outs. That's cool, being a classic rock fan. But also, there was one episode where we were reading the places and they were Ogdenville and North Haverbrook, which is from a Simpsons episode where they were doing the Monorail. And I was reading it at a table read and I was like, "Simpsons!" I yelled it and kind of made an ass of myself. It's really cool to see the writers' kind of weird, crazy sense of humor, wired in and out of the scripts. IGN: Do you try and find out what's to come on the show ahead of time?Padalecki: I love knowing what's ahead. I love getting the scripts as soon as possible, not because I need to memorize them way ahead of time – I'm usually so busy memorizing what I'm doing that day, that I can't really work on that ahead of time. I just like to know what's coming up in the future. Especially if there's something like… The best example I can think of is I had to do a sex scene in the second season and I found out two or three episodes ahead of time, and I thought, "Aw, s**t!" I think this was right after eating a big old steak and some cheesecake. [Laughs] I'm like, "I'm gonna read the next script," and it says, "Sam is naked," and I go, "Come on! You could have told me this a month ago, so I could have started working out or something." But if I have a big monologue coming up or a big scene coming up, I like to know and just get it in the back of my head. But conversely, I think Eric is the kind of writer and creator that likes to be able to change things up – to watch the dailies and the episodes and take a cue from it and go, "Ooh, I like that," and then put it in this next script. I think he has a master plan, but he likes to keep it flexible. So we don't know a whole lot. We're shooting episode 6 right now and I just got the script yesterday for episode 7 and we're going to start that next week. So it's not like I'm figuring out what we're going to be shooting in a month. I have no idea, and maybe they don't either. I wish I could know a little bit more ahead of time. I think I do my best work when I have the most time to prepare, so it's a little frustrating, but that's episodic television. You're making a 42 minute movie every eight days, so the writers are hauling ass, we're hauling ass, post-production is hauling ass… It's just one of the necessary evils. IGN: You mentioned a sex scene, but in general, neither of the Winchester boys have very good luck with relationships.Padalecki: [Laughs] Yeah. He had one in Season 1, I had one in Season 2 and we kind of got rid of it after that. We don't have much luck with women. Sam especially - his mom burning on the ceiling; his girlfriend burning on the ceiling. He's kind of S.O.L. when it comes to relationships, but I guess that's one of the themes of the show. Sometimes you have to make some s**tty sacrifices to do the right thing. IGN: We're sitting a few feet from the Chevy Impala, so I have to ask if you guys ever find yourself sitting inside it, making Dukes of Hazzard references.Padalecki: Oh, for sure! When no one's looking, we've been known to do some donuts around parking lots and some power slides and peel outs and stuff like that. I haven't yet jumped through the window. But it's a character on its own, just like the General Lee was. It's been pleasant to have the Impala around for the last four seasons. Source
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Post by hodaharb on Sept 16, 2008 19:38:57 GMT -5
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Jim Beaver Returns as Bobby Singer in the Supernatural Season 4 Premiere!On Thursday, September 18th, The CW's cult hit series Supernatural returns for its fourth crazy season premiere. And this year promises to present one of the most exciting episode runs in the entire history of the show. When last we saw our beloved demon hunters, Dean's contract was up and he was sent soaring deep into the bowels of Hell. In the season four opener, Sam and demon hunter/mentor Bobby Singer will hook up with a TV psychic to try and track down Dean, attempting to save him from his horrible fate. To celebrate the upcoming season, we tracked down Bobby Singer (aka Jim Beaver) to talk exclusively with him about what we can expect to see over the course of the next few months. Here is our very scoopernatural Supernatural interview with the man: For the uninitiated, can you give us a little bit of background on your character, Bobby Singer?Jim Beaver: Yeah. Bobby Singer is a Hunter. He is someone that hunts down and kills demons. He was a friend of John Winchester for many years. He is now a sort of surrogate father and uncle-type figure to John's two sons, Sam and Dean. That's it in a nutshell. I just saw a clip from the upcoming season four premier. Dean returns to your house, alive. And you try to stab him with a silver blade. Can you extrapolate a little bit more on that scene, and how it continues to play out through this particular episode?Jim Beaver: If you are a professional demon hunter, and a dead guy shows up at your front door, you don't take it for granted that everything is okay. That's what happens with Dean when he shows up at Bobby's front door. Bobby is very suspicious. Well...Suspicious isn't the word. He knows that this can't possibly be Dean. And he will take all the necessary steps to eliminate whoever this is. Bobby certainly has a surprise coming for him. How does this play into the rest of the season? I know that Bobby and Sam team up with a psychic to find the real Dean. How does that run through the rest of the series?Jim Beaver: That's kind of hard to say. I am not privy to what happens in the episodes I am not in. Nor the rest of the season from the point we are at now. I can't say what Eric Kripke has in mind. I don't recall the psychic trying to contact Dean. It may look that way in the clips you've seen. But that is another problem entirely. There may be some misdirection there. Our Psychic Network friend wasn't there to contact Dean. Do you think Bobby Singer is going to venture into Hell this season?Jim Beaver: I don't know. They haven't said one word about that. I'm sort of hoping not. Just because Dean comes back, doesn't mean everybody gets to. I have no idea if I will go to Hell or not. I have done three episodes out of the six that were shot for this season. We just finished. Beyond those three, I don't know what happens. Speculating is something a cross-town bus can do as well as I can. I don't know any of the secrets until they allow me to shoot them. Are you going to be sticking around for the entire season? Or do you even know that much?Jim Beaver: I don't know that much. I don't know anything. I'd presume that Bobby will be around in some sense for the entire season. He drops in when the boys need him. And they manage on their own when they don't. The producers will call me up a couple of weeks ahead of time, and they will tell me they have an episode for me. But until then, there is no sense of how many episodes I will be in. When the season starts, I don't know if I will be in nine episodes, or twelve. Or just the three. It all comes as it shows up. What sorts of things can we expect to see out of Bobby Singer in the three episodes that you've already shot this season? What sort of storylines are you involved with?Jim Beaver: I think we continue the traditional layout of the past seasons. We do a few episodes of the long-standing story arc, which deals with what is really going on with the Winchester brothers. And how their lives are shaped. And where their lives are going. That will be counterpoised to the individual adventures that they have. We have already shot a little bit of both. There is always a threat that comes from their ongoing lives. The one we just finished, episode six, is an individual adventure rather than an advancement of the mythology of the Winchester family. But still, there is always a touch of that. There are some revelations, or near revelations, that have occurred involving the brothers and what is really going on with them. Those will be quite tantalizing to the audience. So far, it has been a mixed bag. The first two episodes of the new season I was present for. In large part, they are explorations of Dean's return. And what that means to the show. What steps the hunters ought to take. There will always be a lot of variety on the show. I think Eric doesn't like to get stuck in one particular rut. He likes to mix up the styles of the storylines. I know there is going to be some real stylistic adventures this season. We have some episodes that will be completely different from any other episode in the entire run of the show. Especially in terms of their look and their approach. That is going to be fun. Well, it will be fun to watch. I wasn't really involved in those. Do you have a particular moment that you are really excited for the fans of the show to see this season?Jim Beaver: I think the opening few scenes of the first episodes are going to hit the fans hard, both in terms of excitement and in terms of emotion. I am really looking forward to hearing what the fan response is. Especially to the things that happen in the first part of the first episode. I will be pretty excited to see if the fans feel the same way about it that I do. I can't imagine they wont. Your character is very well versed in the occult. Is that something you had to study up on when you came onto this show?Jim Beaver: (Laughs) No, that is what writers are for. I let them tell me what to say and do. If I were playing an archeologist or a gold miner, I might do a little digging into that. But most of this stuff is so far outside my own area of expertise. But it is certainly right up Eric Kripke's alley. So I let him handle the research. He is much better at it than I would be. I guess that also goes into your look. Did you have a hand in creating this iconic look for your character, with the trucker hats and the sleeveless flannels?Jim Beaver: No, not really. Though, I am glad about the trucker hat. It means I don't have to spend much time in the hair stylist's chair. I wear baseball caps all the time in real life, anyway. So, I was happy about that. But I didn't suggest it. Again, I figure that the professionals whose job it is to come up with that stuff are better at it than I would be. I have sat with Eric, and talked about his vision. It is not really my job to impose my own vision. This is Eric's show. For the most part, I am happy to wear whatever they tell me to wear. For the most part. Yesterday was the first time I ever asked if I could wear something different than what they laid out for me. It was simply a matter of the scene. Bobby had just taken a shower and gotten cleaned up. Why would he put on a dirtier hat than he had on before? But that is a pretty small thing. These guys usually know what they are doing, and I let them do it. You've been involved in series television since about the mid-70s. How has that changed compared to what is going on with series television at this current moment in time? And also, you act as a mentor in the show. Does that sort of bleed into real life, with you teaching Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles little tricks of the trade here and there?Jim Beaver: To answer your second question first, there isn't much I can teach Jared and Jensen. I wouldn't really try. They are very good at what they do. In some ways, they are better than I am. Because they are here for everyday of the shoot. They are very good at technical things. I've probably learned more from them then they have from me. I'd be flattered if they picked up any tricks from me. But I don't think they need to learn anything from me. Except respect for their elders. I would say that series television has changed a lot since I first stuck my toe in the water a few years back. Fun genre shows like Supernatural tend to treat their audiences more seriously. They presume more intelligence. A lot of the stuff I did while breaking into the business seemed sort of inane compared to what we have now. I'm not just talking about the really deep shows. Even the fun, entertainment shows seem more intelligently put together. They are certainly aimed at a smarter audience. I think that is the biggest change I have seen. But that presents some challenges. I think the audience's attention span has diminished somewhat over time. There is a battle, because there are so many options for an audience. It's too easy to sit there with your remote. When I started in television, you had to get out of your chair and walk over to the TV to change a channel. That alone has made a big difference. You have to really engage your audience. Looking at your resume, I noticed that a lot of your characters have been named after producers or other key crewmembers behind the scenes. Is that coincidental, or is there something more to that.Jim Beaver: Hmm? Bobby Singer is the only one I can think of. That started out as a joke and sort of stuck. In the first episode I was in, Bobby was just named Bobby. But someone in the art department hung a sign over the wrecking yard that said Singer Automotive, just to make that connection between our producers Robert Singer. And that kind of took. But I don't think anybody writing the show started out intending to call him Bobby Singer. On Deadwood, I played a character that was named after a producer I knew of. But it was not someone I worked for. And that was by my request. The character had been named Ellsworth. By the end of the second season, they decided to give him a first name. I asked that he be called Whitney, because Whitney Ellsworth was a producer on a show I was a fan of (Adventures of Superman). It just seemed like a good name for the character. So that wasn't a coincidence. That was my choice. I can't think of any other examples. And with that, Mr. Beaver was pulled from the interview. Be sure to catch the fourth season premiere of Supernatural airing at 9 pm only on The CW. You don't want to miss it! Source
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Post by hodaharb on Sept 16, 2008 19:45:05 GMT -5
So Happy Together: Sings Supernatural’s Jim BeaverSeptember 14th, 2008 Jim Beaver’s been a television staple for the last thirty years. He’s had recurring roles on such shows as Deadwood, John from Cincinnati, Big Love, Days of Our Lives and 3rd Rock from the Sun and has made guest appearances on Monk, CSI, The West Wing and The X-Files, just to name a few. But even with more than 100 roles to his credit, Jim has never before achieved the kind of infamy that he’s received since he took on the role of Bobby Singer, the surly but affectionate father figure to Sam and Dean Winchester on Supernatural. When we last saw our intrepid heroes, Bobby was aiding the boys in the fight against the all-powerful demon Lilith. But despite some clever distractions (holy water in the sprinkler system) Bobby and Sam were unable to save Dean from being dragged into the pit by the hell hounds. But don’t worry Ackles fans, this is Supernatural where the dead don’t stay dead. It’s an emotional reunion when Season Four begins this Thursday and I asked Jim Beaver about the mood on the set. “We have a lot of fun, even with the emotional scenes and that’s not to say we don’t take them seriously,” says Beaver. “I remember when Jensen was doing the scene where he’s talking to Sam’s dead body, he kinda wanted some quiet time and we respected that. I think Jared and Jensen and I are similar actors in that we play right into whatever the scene calls for at the moment, but we’re pretty good at separating our lives once they call cut.” And once they do call cut? “We joke and laugh a lot. We had a long day shooting yesterday, there wasn’t anything particularly unusual about the scene, but for me, it was just a wonderful day hanging out with Jared and Jensen. That really encapsulates it; Jared and Jensen are two of the most fun guys I’ve ever worked with.” So that would be the best thing about working on Supernatural. So what’s the worst? “The worst thing is pretending you’re cold when it’s really hot and you’re hot when it’s really cold. I’ve played so many scenes in this show where we’re supposed to be in Louisiana or some place in the springtime and we were just freezing. Yesterday we were playing some place pretty cool and we were sweating like a pig.” I asked Jim to describe his two co-stars in two sentences. Jared came easy. “Jared Padalecki is the world’s tallest rascal. He’s irreverent, full of jokes, full of fun and really, really good at what he does.” Jensen took a bit more thought. “Jensen’s not as wild as Jared, but he’s just as funny and he’s really deeply devoted to what he does for a living. He’s a sweet guy, which is something coming from a guy like me.” When asked how the boys would answer the same question about him, Jim blew it off modestly and replied, “Oh, they’d make up some phony baloney stuff about how nice I am.” Some how I suspect that wouldn’t be “phony baloney” at all. Source
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Post by hodaharb on Sept 17, 2008 20:25:10 GMT -5
Executive Producer Kim Manners talks Supernatural season 4September 17, 2008 By Sarah Jersild Supernatural returns for a fourth hell-raising, eyeball-melting season on Thursday, Sept. 18, and executive producer and frequent director Kim Masters says fans can expect more of the show's trademark blend of twisty storytelling, horrific situations and brotherly interactions -- with the added benefit of an impending apocalypse. As fans at this summer's Comic-Con saw, Dean (Jensen Ackles) claws his way back from the grave in the first five minutes of the season premiere. How that happens -- and what the Winchester brothers have been doing in their time apart -- will be the backbone of this season's mythology, Manners says. "The mythology will carry though almost all 22 episodes this year, but it takes a back seat in many episodes," Manners says. "I think Eric [Kripke, the show's creator] is teasing the fans a little bit to make them want to find out exactly what happened when Dean was in hell and how Sam (Jared Padalecki) lived on his own for four months. Because when they buried Dean, that's it, Sam had nobody else." But Sam and Dean aren't in a sharing mood when they're first reunited. The secret-keeping we see this season is different from the lies of omission that riddled the past three years. Before, the brothers kept secrets to protect each other or deflect pain. Now, they've each got things they want to hide. They're also facing an even bigger evil than anything they've encountered before, a big bad that has been discussed but has not yet been seen. In one instance, "the boys go to a psychic to try to summon what they think is a demonic presence, and it is so powerful that the psychic's eyes are burned out of her head," Manners reveals. In addition, fans can expect old foes to return in season four. Manners hints that Lilith will be back, but he doesn't know what she'll look like. "She could still be a little girl, or she could be whatever she wants to be. Once their meat suit dies, you can put the same demon in any body you want." In addition, he reveals that we'll be seeing the return of Nicki Aycox as Meg, but he doesn't say whether she'll be playing her human or demon side. It’s a good think Supernatural keeps raising the dead, because the show tends to do away with some talent people. "If you get a job on Supernatural and you’re a good actor, you’re dead," Manners jokes. "Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who played John Winchester: Great actor, kill him. Fredric Lehne, the Yellow-Eyed Demon: Great actor, kill him. Sterling Brown, who played Gordon Walker: Great actor, and I killed him!" But the backbone of the show continues to be the relationship between Sam and Dean. That’s by design, Manners says. "The only way a show like this works is if it’s based in honest human emotion. Relationships in a paranormal world have got to be more normal than they are in any other setting. If you don’t make the ridiculous believable, you’ve got nothing to look at." Unfortunately, the powers that be in the television world often don’t recognize the "honest human emotion" in such show. For example, Supernatural received one Emmy nomination this year, for sound editing. Manners is used to genre shows being overlooked. "I directed 53 episodes of The X-Files and never had a nomination for an Emmy. We won 2 Golden Globes, we were never nominated for best drama Emmy. The people that run the TV industry truly think that this is just Sci-Fi nonsense," he says. "Today, if you’re not doing Desperate Housewives or some stupid legal show or a guy with a cane who’s running a hospital, you don’t have a ‘great’ show." But there are some things Manners says he couldn’t get from the shows that attract the big awards. "Eric is full of surprises," Manners says. "When you read a script like the one where we hit the Impala with a truck [at the end of season one] you go ‘Oh, cool, we’re going to kick the shit out the Impala!' That’s just part of the intrigue and the excitement that is created not only for the fans but for the crew, for the cast, for myself as a director and producer. It’s cool TV, and he’s always coming up with a curve." Source
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Post by hodaharb on Sept 17, 2008 20:25:47 GMT -5
Shocked fans hope for ghost hunter's return to ‘Supernatural'By MARK PRICE It's always a gutsy move when a popular TV show kills off one of its stars. But when the show has only two lead characters to begin with, it seems downright crazy. That didn't stop the writers of the CW cult hit "Supernatural," when they made good on a threat this year to kill off hunky Dean Winchester and send his soul to hell. The final seconds of Season Three ended with Dean, played by Jensen Ackles, suspended by hooks and screaming for help as he dangled over a bottomless pit. Fans of the show were horrified, of course, which is exactly what the writers wanted. "We were hoping that people would be screaming at their TV s," says Sera Gamble, a producer and writer for the series. "We knew all season we were going to do it. We'd be wussies if we didn't ... People were so invested, so horrified, so upset. You know you've done your job right when they care that much about a character." Season Four kicks off at 9 p.m. EDT Thursday on The CW, and Gamble isn't giving any clues as to how Dean Winchester might resurface. Clearly, he will have to return in some form, or The CW faces a fan revolt. The show, which details the exploits of ghost-hunting brothers Sam and Dean Winchester, has a strong enough following to support its own comic book, a series of paperbacks, a role-playing game and countless fan Web sites. Gamble, who writes four to six episodes a season, admits she was at first taken aback by the fans' intense level of enthusiasm, given the show's modest ratings. She recently attended a fan convention with co-stars Ackles and Jared Padalecki, who plays Sam Winchester, and compared it to Beatlemania. "It was the energy equivalent of having thousands of panties thrown at a rock star," says Gamble. "I felt that, if security hadn't been there, there would have been nothing left of the actors, not even bones ... People were nearly hysterical when they (Ackles and Padalecki) came out." Coincidentally, it was Gamble who set Dean Winchester's fate into motion, when she wrote a Season Two episode involving the legend of how blues guitarist Robert Johnson sold his soul for fame. Dean Winchester summoned the same demon and made a similar deal in an attempt to save his brother's life. The bulk of Season Three was spent trying to break the deal, leading fans to believe all would end happily. Gamble says the show's creator, Eric Kripke, made the final call on Dean's death. Kripke has given the writers a basic storyline that he expects to last at least five seasons. She says the writers gather daily, eat a lot of pizza and Caesar salad, and come up with ideas that advance his vision. "Eric does the lion's share, when it comes to the most twisted things on the show," she says. "I don't know how he comes up with this stuff. We have a big board covered with ideas, and some of them are things I have no idea how to approach as a writer." An example? "Something involving a leper colony. I don't know how to turn that into an episode." Source
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Post by hodaharb on Sept 17, 2008 20:26:33 GMT -5
Supernatural's Dean: To Hell and Back Jensen Ackles talks about his dramatic new story arc in Season 4.by Eric Goldman September 17, 2008 - Last week, I published my interview with Supernatural star Jared Padalecki ("Sam Winchester"), conducted on the set of the CW series. But where one Winchester boy goes, the others follows, and I also was able to speak to Padalecki's costar, Jensen Ackles, to discuss the very dramatic path his character, Dean Winchester, has taken. Rather memorably, Dean went to hell in the Season 3 finale. And while it's no secret that Ackles remains a series regular and that Dean returns from hell in Season 4, the why and how, plus many other pressing questions, will be a major part of upcoming episodes. Ackles graciously agreed to chat with me during his lunch break, and we sat down inside his trailer – he paused Dumb and Dumber, the movie he was watching and explained to me that because the episode being filmed that day, the sixth of the season, has a rather comedic bent, he was looking for some inspiration in his performance - Let's just say the episodes calls for Dean to behave very uncharacteristically. We then began discussing more about Supernatural and where it picks up as Season 4 begins this Thursday. IGN TV: I was telling Jared that I think your show is pretty damn gutsy, because when you set up the whole "Dean has a year until he goes to hell" story, many shows wouldn't go all the way with it and have you fail to stop it.Jensen Ackles: That is one of my favorite things about Season 3 and about how [executive producer] Eric [Kripke] took that. I remember calling him and going, "So, what's the plan, pal? How's Dean going to get out of this deal?" He's like, "Oh, he's not." "Really…? That's nice… Let me check my contract and make sure I have another couple of years." But I loved it. I loved it because everybody's expecting you to figure a way out, because the guys always do. The brothers always figure out a way to save each other. And I really like that we failed. It gave me what I want in a way I didn't expect it. IGN: The actual death scene you had was really intense. How was it to film?Ackles: It sucked! It was awful. In fact, there was a giant rig that I had to wear. I had this whole shirt thing on that was made to look like my torso, but inside it was all this plumbing, essentially, that they were pumping fake blood through. So as I was getting ripped to shreds by the hell hounds, my shirt would get shredded off and you'd see what looked like my flesh getting ripped to pieces and blood flying out of it. And that corn syrup blood that they used isn't my best friend… I ended up having to stay in the already spent piece for over six hours. That corn syrup gets really sticky, so it's like I couldn't sit down and I had blood all over my face and my arms and my hands. Ugh. It was not fun. That was not a good day for me. IGN: That sequence was pretty graphic. Are you sometimes surprised by what you guys get away with on TV?Ackles: You know, sometimes I am. The writers like to take risks and in fact, you'll sometimes see in the script, "As bloody as network television will possibly allow" or something to the point of, "Get away with as much as we possibly can until the studio calls." So they want to push the envelope. They want to make it as horrific as possible, just to get their point across to the audience. IGN: We obviously know Dean is back… First of all, because you're sitting here.Ackles: I am here! IGN: Where's he at mentally? How is he doing, having returned from hell?Ackles: He's still trying to piece things together. He's still kind of unclear as to why he got saved and what it all means and who the new characters are in his life and their purpose and his purpose and all of that. I think the questions give more validity to the character as far as the entire story arc goes. He's still trying to piece things together and figure out what he's going to do now and how he's gonna figure it all out and also dealing with what he went through as well and trying to find out what Sam has been going through. We still haven't gotten to the true crux of what it's all about, but you get little flavors of it throughout the first several episodes. IGN: Do you tend to ask Eric a lot about what's to come or do you prefer to just see what occurs script to script?Ackles: In a way, I'm a fan of the show, so I don't like spoilers. So when I get the new script, I sit down and flip through it and go, "Right on, right on." I'll get ideas and write them down and stuff like that. Jared and I will usually talk about it, but for the most part we don't want any kind of spoilers. Eric will call us at the beginning of every season and kind of gives us the broad strokes of the season – the general idea of what's going to happen and the tone of it. He never tells us how it's going to happen and that's always fun to find out. IGN: Your show has a really nice sense of humor. I was mentioning to Jared the aliases you guys use, such as "Agent Tyler" and "Agent Perry" in the episode you're filming now. Is it nice to know everything doesn't have to be played 100% seriously? Ackles: Absolutely. And that's one of the big reasons I was attracted to the show in the very beginning. It was because of the blend of drama, action, comedy… Just all of that kind of wrapped into one package just really kind of struck a chord in me. And definitely, the comedic part – making a serious, kind of hardened character funny, or at least have some sort of comedic value to it, is a lot more interesting than just having to play just one level. And I think that's also a testament to the show, because in the same way, it hits a lot of different levels. It's not that monotone thing that you get with some shows, where it's just a Heavy Dramatic Show or a Light Funny Comedy. You get the peaks and valleys of all of that. IGN: Speaking of humor, I hear there's some involved in what Dean does when first returning from Hell.Ackles: Yeah, he finds a gas station and loads up with the essentials… You know, water, food and porn magazines. Good old Dean! IGN: He still wants to get to the bottom of what happened to him, but first…Ackles: Yeah, you know, a man's gotta take care of himself! IGN: Especially since you characters don't have a lot of luck with girlfriends, or the lack thereof. Ackles: No, he's definitely not a relationship kind of a guy. Neither of them are, I think just because they live this kind of nomad, vagabond life. They're constantly traveling and they have no home. Obviously, it would be a difficult thing to really have a relationship with anybody. But also the fact that they deal with something that no one would really believe. It's like, why even bother? IGN: Last season, when Bela and Ruby were introduced, I know some fans were wary, because they thought, "Here's the convenient love interests for the guys!" But considering how they were used, it seemed like another nice way your show goes against expectations.Ackles: Yeah, it doesn't go to that obvious place of, "Oh, well, we have two young guys. We gotta get 'em two young, hot girls so they can have young hot sex on television!" God knows, there's not enough of that on TV, or on this network. And that's one thing that I love about our writers, is they kind of adhere to that proverb of "give 'em what they want, in a way they don't expect it." And I think Eric and the [writers] are brilliant at that, because they keep the fans of the show coming back for more, but they also keep them guessing. It's not like, "Oh, okay, they're hiring two girls on. It's going to be the love interests. We'll see how that unfolds." No, actually, that's not going to happen. Or, "Dean made a deal. Let's see how Sam's going to get him out of the deal." No, actually, Dean's going to hell, so stick that in your hat. I love that aspect of our writers' room and they're like, "Okay, let's figure out a totally unexpected way to do this." Because I know with the girls – I could be completely mistaken, but I'm not sure if it was necessarily an Eric Kripke call. I think the network was like, "Let's get some females on there too." And Eric was like, "Okay…" And probably spent hours and hours figuring out how he was going to do that in a way that wasn't the obvious choice. So, kudos to him. IGN: You mentioned what a technical nightmare some of the FX stuff can be. That being said, you do get to be a badass on the show. Do you look at Jared sometimes and go, "This is pretty damn cool."Ackles: Oh yeah. Gun totting and saving the girl and killing the monster and being the hero… Absolutely! There's definitely that kind of heroic gratification I get, just from acting the role. It's good. Obviously, it's not something I take home with me, but it's definitely something that makes me feel good about doing this kind of work. Source
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Post by hodaharb on Sept 20, 2008 14:21:23 GMT -5
CW Connect Season 4 with Eric KripkePart 1Part 2 Source: TheCWSource
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Meet SUPERNATURAL’s Newest Angel Misha CollinsSeptember 24, 2008 If there is any truth to the old adage that you only get one chance to make a good first impression. Consider Misha Collins’ mission accomplished. As Castiel, an Angel sent down from above to aid Sam and Dean in their fight against evil, Misha Collins managed to the impossible. Sweep the fiercely protective Winchester Fangirls off their feet. Which is exactly what I congratulated him on when I had the opportunity to chat with the actor over the phone yesterday. I believe congratulations are in order. Your appearance on Thursday’s SUPERNATURAL season premiere left quite the impression on the fandom.Misha Collins: Really? I thought this was par for the course. Far from it. [Just ask Katie Cassidy and Lauren Cohan]Well that’s very nice to hear. And I guess it makes it a little nicer knowing that fans aren’t in love with everyone who appears on the show. Have you taken the time to Google yourself and see for what the fan reaction has been like?Friends have emailed me links to things but I haven’t really sat down and found the time. But having done a few interviews today, the reaction has seemed positive. How did you find your way onto SUPERNATURAL?Originally I auditioned for the role of a demon. I thought I did a great demon, really snarky and nasty. But when I finished reading Eric Kripke [SUPERNATURAL showrunner] said, “Wait, we have somewhat of an enthusiastic fan-base and we’re trying to keep it a secret that we’re introducing an angel on the show. So you’re not a demon, you’re an angel. Can you do it again with more of a quality of innocence and curiosity about how it is these humans behave.” And it was that naiveté about human beings in general that really informed how I play Castiel. How familiar were you with the show before you were cast?I’m not a big watcher of television in general, but I had seen a couple of episodes and thought it was really good. Of course now I’ve caught up and am definitely watching the episodes I’m in! Was it hard joining an established show three seasons in. Having visited the set myself, I know how tight Jared and Jensen are.It’s not so hard to step into a cast, rather it’s the whole crew. They’re one hundred people who have spent seventy-plus hours a week with each other for the past three years and you’re the new kid at school. Normally it feels a bit tricky but they’ve really made a concerted effort at SUPERNATURAL to really welcome me in a very warm way. It was really much easier than everything I’ve ever done in terms of getting to know everybody and getting comfortable. I would be lynched by the fandom if I neglected to ask what it’s like to work with Jared and Jensen?Jared and Jensen are both great to work with, really relaxed and funny on the set. I’ve heard that they’re really into pranks… That’s what I’ve heard as well. Have you fallen victim to any pranks on set yet?Nothing yet, which kind of hurts my feelings and has me thinking that they don’t like me! Or, they’re in the process of planning something really ’special’ for you.Maybe I should consider a pre-emptive Bush doctrine kind of first strike. Oh sure, those always go really well! Are you prepared for the fandom’s reaction? Are you ready for random girls to accost you on the street?A few random girls have already come up to me. The enthusiasm that I’ve been met with is something new and not something I’m really prepared for. So far it’s fun albeit kind of strange. I guess it’s a hazard of being an actor. But actors chase that notoriety and to shun it when it comes would be in bad taste. So I’m going to embrace it. TV stardom truly is a mixed blessing. I mean, how famous is to famous? Do you really want to make it to the level of ‘FRIENDS’ where you personal life becomes tabloid fodder?Yeah there is something really nice about anonymity in life, to be able to walk down the street and just be a nobody. But I think because I live in LA, everybody is used to seeing people that they see on television. So actors don’t get accosted that much. Unless you’re Paris Hilton, but she brings it on herself. Completely agree. But back to your character if I may. How much do you know about Castiel?All I know is what I’ve made up and what has been in the script. I don’t have much backstory beyond that. I know that this is the first time that angels have come down to earth in 2000 years and that the Army’s of Hell are on the move which is why a higher power has deemed it necessary to send angels to earth to help fight the good fight. Angels have been around for a really long time, they’ve seen it all. They were around during the Spanish Inquisition and watching all of that happen. Not actually present for it but watching from above. They’ve seen all of human society formed for thousands of years so there is a certain knowledge and wisdom that Castiel brings, that Sam and Dean don’t possess. You had a really intense scene with Dean in Thursday’s premiere. Will Sam be getting equal time with Castiel in future episodes?You know what. For the first three episodes I only interact with Dean. So much so that I was beginning to think that maybe I was a figment of Dean’s imagination and that Dean was going crazy. But I do interact with Sam as well as another angel in future episodes. But my gut feeling without actually knowing anything is that my primary relationship is going to be with Dean for sometime. Do you yourself believe in angels?Good question. Thanks but I can’t take credit for it. It was actually a reader’s question [Thanks Claudia!]So this is a plagerized question? Yes, it’s a Joe Biden question.[Laughs] I can’t say that I believe in angels but I can’t say that I don’t believe in angels. I’m open to the possibility of their existence although I don’t have any verifiable empirical evidence that they do exist Great answer! Have you ever considered running for office?I actually have. I was planning on going into politics before I was an actor. I interned at the White House but became so disillusioned with politics after interning in the White House that I turned to what some might consider an equally nefarious career. So true. I mean are Hollywood and Washington really that dissimilar?I think that they are birds of a feather. I guess it’s a good thing SUPERNATURAL shoots in Vancouver thenVancouver is a beautiful city. I had a couple of days off and spent them Kayaking and whale watching. Plus the entire time I’ve been up here it hasn’t rained once. It’s been very positive. Thank you so much for taking the time to chat this afternoon.It was my pleasure, thank you. Source
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Post by hodaharb on Sept 25, 2008 7:49:24 GMT -5
Space Podcast with Jared and Jensen September 18, 2008 - This week we interview Supernatural actors Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles. From Smallville we have Allison Mack, Justin Hartley, and Cassidy Freeman. We have an interview with Midnight Madness programmer extraordinaire Colin Geddes, and the star of a new film called Sexy Killer, Macarena Gomez. Actor Sam Witmer ('Crashdown' on BSG) discusses the new Star Wars: The Force Unleashed video game. The vault features an interview clip from 1997 with author Douglas Adams, and host Mark Askwith is joined by on air reporter Teddy Wilson to discuss Zombies, and more!
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Post by hodaharb on Sept 25, 2008 7:56:29 GMT -5
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Post by hodaharb on Sept 25, 2008 8:05:15 GMT -5
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Post by hodaharb on Sept 28, 2008 11:39:13 GMT -5
Is Supernatural's Heavenly Newcomer a Real Devil?Sep. 24, 2008 The CW's Supernatural uncorked a helluva reveal at the end of last week's season premiere, when Dean learned that he had been "pulled out of perdition" by no less than an angel named Castiel. But is this suave savior to be believed? TVGuide.com invited series newcomer Misha Collins to "wing it" in this Q&A. Plus: Look for a juicy piece of casting scoop! (Supernatural airs Thursdays at 9 pm/ET.) — Matt Mitovich TVGuide.com: I see a lot of readers going, "Where have I seen this guy before?" What's the best possible answer to that?Misha Collins: Um, Trader Joe's? TVGuide.com: Or 24.Collins: 24, probably, is the most likely place for people to recognize me from. I played Dennis Hopper's son. TVGuide.com: That was Season 1. You must've been a puppy back then.Collins: I was, I was a young lad. But I was shaving. TVGuide.com: What did the Supernatural producers tell you about the role when you first auditioned?Collins: Well, the material I auditioned with was for a demon, so I went in as a bad, snarky little demon. Eric Kripke said, "Great job, but actually you're an angel. We're just trying to keep it under wraps." He gave me a couple pointers on what he was looking for, I did another take, and I got the part. TVGuide.com: Are Jared and Jensen happy to have another guy on the show?Collins: You know, if Jared and Jensen are not happy to have another guy on the show, they hide it very well. They seem very warm and welcoming and very cool. They both have great senses of humor. They're both witty and sarcastic, and that’s fun to work with. TVGuide.com: Any initiation rituals?Collins: No hazing, and no initiation rituals. TVGuide.com: Was your character's entrance as cool as you had hoped, once you saw it on screen?Collins: It was way cooler. It was a pretty kick-ass character introduction. The best I've ever had. TVGuide.com: The rattling walls, the wind, the wings…Collins: I know! You come across as a pretty cool customer with a scene like that. TVGuide.com: What’s your approach to this guy? You have to toe a line between menacing but not evil. Are you channeling any famous movie character or…?Collins: I was channeling someone, yes — my younger brother. He is kind of like Castiel. He has this incredibly intense, powerful, kind of angelic presence, and I was tapping into that a bit. I don’t know if he's going to be pissed or not, but…. TVGuide.com: I think you just got your brother his own flock of screaming Supernatural fans.Collins: Cool. The way Castiel is written, he's not omnipotent, but he's borderline. He's got a lot of power. He knows people…. TVGuide.com: He "knows a Guy."Collins: He knows someone who can have things fixed up if needed, yeah. He's so powerful he doesn’t need to worry about flaunting it. He can be very calm and quiet. TVGuide.com: Speaking of that line he has to toe, are there any "rules" he is bound by, like "Thou Shalt Not Kill," as he helps out the boys?Collins: There is a chain of command, a heavenly chain of command, which I am expected to follow, but I think there's latitude for that to be defied. Other than that, he's actually faced with moral and ethical dilemmas just as a human being would be. So far. He's not bound by hard and fast rules. TVGuide.com: In addition to the boys and Bobby, have you had scenes with any other principal cast members?Collins: Yeah, there's another angel that’s being introduced. His name is Uriel, and he's played by Robert Wisdom, who was on The Wire. TVGuide.com: Do Castiel and Uriel get along?Collins: Not really. No, we are at loggerheads. TVGuide.com: Do we know why? Is it just old unsettled business?Collins: Well, I think that he's got more of an itchy trigger-finger than I do. TVGuide.com: There's already speculation that Castiel is not who/what he claims to be, that this is all maybe a giant ruse…Collins: Right. I would love to be able to put that to rest. I'm not positive that I can, but I think that I can. I think he actually is what he portends to be. TVGuide.com: Are you braced for the Supernatural superfans?Collins: I've heard that there is an avid fan base, yes. It sounds like it's a true story. TVGuide.com: So, "Bring it on"?Collins: Yes. They seem like cool people. Nobody has violated my privacy yet and they've been very complimentary and supportive. If the fans hated me, that would be a different story. But they don’t seem to, so far, so I'm happy to be in their good graces. Source
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Post by hodaharb on Sept 28, 2008 11:39:42 GMT -5
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Post by hodaharb on Oct 1, 2008 22:59:29 GMT -5
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