'Supernatural's' Jensen Ackles: The brothers' relationship is 'the constant that you rely on'
Any "Supernatural" fan can tell you the first half of Season 6 felt drastically different than the show they had come to know and love over the past five years. Not a bad different, but different nonetheless.
The relationship between Sam and Dean, the core of the show, changed radically with Sam coming back from hell minus his soul; The revelation sent Dean into crusade-mode, tirelessly fighting to bring his brother back.
Zap2it was On the Scene at the Creation Entertainment Salute to Supernatural Event in Los Angeles where Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki talked openly about the challenges they both faced in the first half of the season.
"This season has been surprisingly out of my comfort zone, so to speak, because the character was written so differently," Ackles says, adding that all of the "little nuances and idiosyncrasies that he has established with Dean were "wiped away."
What affected Ackles the most, however, were the changes to the brothers' relationship, something he had always utilized as an actor. "There was a big giant wall put up between that for the first half of the season, so that was very difficult," he explains. "It was like a split up. The constant that you know and kind of rely on was gone."
Ackles sums up the first half of the season as "tough, but challenging, so good nonetheless, I guess."
For Padalecki, this year has proved to be more of a challenge than previous seasons, a challenge that he welcomes. "It has been a challenge. Our show really had a five-season arc that we did in the five seasons, so this year we kind of got started on a new foot, but still in the same direction," he says. "Still the same characters, still the same journey, but it did change."
It seemed as if the brothers had reversed roles in the first ten episodes: Dean had become the
more somber and emotional brother, while Sam slept around and spit out
one-liners he would have once rolled his eyes at if Dean had said them.
"We were flip-flopped, so that was definitely challenging, but a lot of fun," Padalecki says. "We're kind of finding our groove again and carrying on, so it's been great."
And if either one of the brothers want to make waves they can always bring in the "other brother" Adam and pick up a new story line thread with him.
Jensen must get worried around contract renewal time knowing that they can give Dean the ultimate death and place Jared in the drivers seat and Jake Abel (Adam) in the passengers side.
It's still 2 brothers hunting.
Jesse, hun, you are not too bright, hmm? But you're also not funny and that is even worse.
Jesse, hun, you are not too bright, hmm? But you're also not funny and that is even worse.
No--no more Adam.
How can you tell she's not bright when what she wrote must have hit a nervous nerve with you to comment on her comment.
That was an old theory of mine, but Jake has moved on to movies. He's in the 'I am Number Four' movie, which doesn't seem to have good reviews so he might just come back Jesse so lets hope Jensen has enough pull to stick around.
I really don't think Jensen's going anywhere. Considering he's the only actor on that show to have ever been considered for an Emmy, it would be ridiculous to consider him leaving for any other reason other than he'd maybe not want to return.
That said, given that the Sam Show is yet again, ALL ABOUT SAM, if Jensen wanted to leave, I wouldn't blame him. Jensen is a far better actor than Jared and they continually give the show to him. And now they have Sera 'self-professed-Sam-girl' in the driver's seat. If Jensen wanted out, he could do so much more so I'd applaud him and as he's the only reason I watch? I'd be done. Jake and Jared combined, even with Misha, could not sustain that show's popularity.
As much as the CW is a house full of idiots, I don't think they will risk losing the best actor on that show.
These are the idiots who believed it was a great idea to push back the premiere after the break for a week. I wouldn't put it past them to do anything more stupid than loose him. Then again....
You know, Julia, I don't think they'd want to loose him, but I think that with the way the storylines have sucked, they'll screw him over just enough that they'll have no say in the matter.
I stand by what I said earlier, and after tonight's ep, which was a disaster (ranked right *up* there with Bugs) and totally pointless and irrelevant, I think Jensen would be wise to leave. Let Jared have this ****-fest that Sera is continuing with her Sam-worship. Jensen has a brighter future ahead of him.