2015/05/23 Melbourne MELBOURNE 23RD MAY
@JensenAckles says Australia like an excited child. // Mark lamented the lack of seatbelts in the Impala. Said Jensen at least gets to hold the steering wheel.
Jensen misses playing the comic relief, but appreciates the challenge. #ahbl6 // Jensen found S9 tougher than 10 due to Dean's headspace & the fact he had a little girl 1500 miles away.
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#AHBL6 Jensen:Anger Dean was showing during the burning of Charlie's bones was also Jensen's because he knew they weren't getting the audio. Mark: WOW you looped that whole scene? Jensen: Yep, a month later we redid the audio. Mark: I didn't even notice! That's amazing! // Mark needed a new pair of pants after being in Baby when Jensen was reversing outta Cain's place. Missed the fence by a quarter inch! Mark very impressed constantly by the energy and commitment J2 show after 10 yrs. Has made this set the best work place for him. "Mark gave me a complement, which he normally doesn't do." #Spnfamily inspires him to do the charity work. The impact the show has on people is also a key motivation. If Jensen could be any hero he would choose dean Winchester . Jensen would want to be an unlikely hero. The everyday Hero's.
@JensenAckles is more a batman guy than a superman guy. The many faces of Sam Winchester and the Two of Dean' Jensen on Dog and Demon Dean. Jensen can just cruise when he plays straight Dean, he found been a demon tricky.
Jensen found it challenging to shit [shoot] episode 3 before 1 and 2 cause he had to think of coming from demon Dean.
Jensen made demon Dean uncaring. He was a the most carefree character, the opposite of Dean
Jensen is glad to give Jared the variety of different characters and stick with Dean.
'Do you feel more comfortable directing or been on screen' 'what do you think?' 'On screen?' 'Thank you' – Why why, why am I doing this to myself' Jensen on directing. Jensen is directing next season. Jensen just got the email of seasons 10 gag reel. //Jensen: They could produce a 6 disc box set just from the outtakes and gag reels if they were able to //have loved so many of the minor characters and have often asked to have them back – Felicia and Tim O amongst them // Fave guest: My dad. (Which one, Matt or JDM?)You guys do know my actual dad was on the show right. Omg. // Jensen and Jared try to make the set a fun place and that helps get good performance from the guests cast. // @Omundson is asking Jensen questions from within the audience in a horrendous Texas/British accent. // Jensen: I really liked the Cain episodes but I think unfortunately the actor was just phoning it in // What is Deans biggest regret so far, is the question.
Tricking Sam into saying yes to possession is Dean biggest guilt factor. // Dean's biggest flaw is he won't accept help. #ABHL6
And good old Sammy won't give up on him – // Jensen is going to relay or the love from us to Jared. #ABHL6
Jared is much better and his problem is that he gives to much. // 'I look back and I think I don't think that's a problem, I think that's a gift // We hope to see you guys again next year' Jensen, on Jared's health. // Osric and Tim would rather be stranded on an Island with Jensen rather than Jared bc Jared would eat everything and Tim wants to continue the human species with Jensen."
"Tim really appreciates the Spn crew and working with Jensen."
http://redteekal.tumblr.com/post/120024904284/stories-from-melbourne-meet-and-greets-a-question AHBL-M JA MG Cute answer at the end about who JJ likes better, Tom or Shep.
"Stories from Melbourne Meet and Greets
A question was asked about stunts and how was driving the Impala in the finale scene into the hole so it bogged?
Jensen responded with a note of pride in his voice that that was all him, he did all the driving in that scene and that it was one of the few occasions that things went wrong, to the point where a crew member had to walk away as he was just so angry. Jensen went on to describe how the hole he had to back the car into was literally only as round as his arms out and circled. He showed us with his arms out forming a circle. In other words not very big. To get the aerial shot they use this special telescopic camera crane which as both he and Mark went through – is nearly a million dollars worth of equipment. So this thing is treated with near worshipful care. The 500 thousand dollar camera with the 40 thousand dollar lens starts off on the ground located right behind the hole where the tyre gets bogged but is supposed to pull upwards as his tyre goes into the hole to give the above shot. Due to a miscommunication between the dolly grip Dave (who both Mark and Jensen sang the praises of, Dave is literally recognized as the best dolly grip in the business and they both talked about his amazing skill at being able to move the dolly the exact same speed three times in a row to get the shot) and their camera guy Brad and for some reason the camera didn’t pull up. Now Jensen has just floored it into this hole and that in itself was quite a feat – going at full speed and nailing it into that rather small space. He then opened the door (as per the scene) and in a split second about 5 thoughts go through his head – Registers the 40 thousand dollar lens is right there, wonders if he should keep going because as soon as he guns it that wheel is going to toss up a whole bunch of crap, mud and water, knows this is their second take, thinks how much time to set up another take then ultimately thinks “Screw it, that’s what insurance is for” and floors it! And that was the shot they went with. But Dave the most professional dolly grip in the business had to walk away as he doesn’t make mistakes!
A question was asked: It’s 10 years into this show, we know being away from family and friends is the toughest aspect but what would you say is the greatest challenge or difficulty you face in your day to day experiences at work?
Jensen paused a little to think about his answer on this one and after some thought he came up with his ability to compartmentalise. He finds the compartmentalizing of his life his biggest challenge that he has to work at every day. The ability to balance how much he gives of himself to his work, his character, his performances, his crew, then how much he gives to his family and friends, just a couple days ago he rang his Mum in the morning to check in as he knows she gets a little tense when he’s travelling around the world a lot, also how much he gives of himself to his fans and then after all that hoping there’s a little bit left for him. He then went on to talk about how he tends to have a much more analytical approach to finding this balance which he believes does help unlike his missing brother and best friend Jared who tends to be much more emotional and wears it all out there and just is an all or nothing kind of guy who just gives and gives and gives and then what happens is what happened and how Jared had to tap out. So whilst he knows that this is Jared’s gift and one of his biggest qualities he also knows his more analytical approach does allow him to let the big guy know when to pull back a bit."//
Jensen said he really enjoyed it and found it challenging enough. Although he was a bit taken aback when Rich arrived with the Kings of Cons shirts – thinking they were going to try for a little bit of anonymity but the moment they put them on – which had all their ages on there as their big numbers – he realized they had their surnames in big letter on the back. So the rest of the day whenever they ran past people they had blokes yelling out “Hey SUPERNATURAL!!!” Yeah so much for the low profile there. But he was pretty pleased with how well they did…and said they’d run 75% of the 12 miles…he and Jared would have run 100% but a couple of the team couldn’t keep up not mentioning any names, Rich, Rob and Os. He and Jared took it in turns to piggyback Os at the 9 mile mark cos Os’s knees are not the best. He was surprised about how easy some obstacles were that he was concerned for but then there were other ones he thought would be no problem that were a bit horrible. But he was pleased they did it.
A question about have there been any stunts you are reticent about?
Jensen said he’s pretty confident doing stunts by this point but that he has found that some guest stars can be pretty nervous when it comes to doing stunts with the main leads. He and Jared spend quite a bit of time assuring the guest stars that they’re not assholes about stunts. But the scene with one of the Stynes where the guest star has to place a plastic bag over Jensen’s head – it took several rehearsals there for Jensen to convince the guest star to yank it down hard and pull back properly enough. Every time the guy would do it he would be way too tentative and Jensen demonstrated to us with his shaking hands this guy being too scared in case he accidentally suffocated the main lead on this very popular and established tv show. Eventually they got the shot but he did reflect that this happens quite a bit with guest stars who have to do stunts with them. He went onto elaborate about the types of knives they use – there’s 3 types the rubber ones that bend, then the brittle plastic ones and then the metal ones. And that in the fight scene with the demon at Cain’s house – the main demon he has to fight in the kitchen is actually Todd his usual stunt double. So that entire fight scene is Jensen himself with his stunt double and Jensen’s constantly amazed by how much this guy would put himself through and that Todd is one stunt guy that just keeps taking the hits and throws over and over and comes back for more. He’d nearly broken himself in the part where he crashed through a door and collected his head on the top of the door frame which Todd had assumed was the light balsa but it wasn’t. It was solid wood, Todd’s head connected and Todd flipped straight onto his back (with no back pad) full speed. Momentarily out of breath for a little while but then straight back up. Jensen was worried but Todd wasn’t having it. Then the final scene where he has to stab the demon on the table Jensen was using the plastic blade but hadn’t realized the very tip had been bent at the end and because he slams the knife down so close to Todd’s face as per the scene requirements – the tip totally sliced Todd’s cheek open. Instantaneous blood! Jensen freaked but Todd jumped up and swiped at his cheek and carried on.
Question about which Padalecki JJ liked the most?
Jensen smiled at this and said it depended on the day but JJ pretty much always loves hanging out with Thomas. But Thomas doesn’t always wanna play with JJ so then Shep is trying to hang out with JJ and that’s kind of funny. Jensen loves Shep, he’s a really funny little kid and he finds Shep really amusing.
Other topics talked about –
Charlie’s Death
The Mystery about Who or What Crowley is
How good Jensen is at scaring Mark when he’s stunt driving the Impala
What he would like to see in Season 11
What kind of undercover roles he’d like to see Sam and Dean tackle."
http://itsajensenthing.tumblr.com/post/119661224425/about-charities-and-reaching-out-to-people AHBL-M Just a general something I think some of you would like. At AHBL6, I was in Jensen's M&G &asked him how Dubai was. First off he said "Hot!"
Then he went on to say he was sad because Jared wasn't there with him and it was Jared's idea to go there on the way to Oz. It was so sweet
He seemed quite emotional over it. Like genuinely very sad about it. Like he really did miss him. He told us how Jared was all "Hey dude, we have to go there on the way" cause they both hadn't been and Jensen was just like, "Okay!" lol. If I remember correctly, he said he was sad about it a few times. It was pretty sweet and sad at the same time. I felt for both of them. But he did go on to say it was like they were kids again and had some fun. You could just tell someone special was missing.// Jensen's M&G FABULOUS! lots of good qs. He had to halt photos 4 a moment while he facetimed with JJ."HEY DADDY!" #cueAckleswidestgrin
#AHBL6 Jensen: On the Tough Mudder he and Jared took turns carrying Osric at Mile 9 since Osric's knees couldn't keep up. Os got piggybacks!
#AHBL6 Jensen: Toughest challenge on Tough Mudder the Gas Chamber. Go under muddy water into long pipe crawl thru with menthol gas. #crazy