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J2 NashCon 2016 Gold Panel
Jared talks about how Jensen dragged him out of bed after the concert last night. Jared says he was in his underwear in bed when he gets a text: Jensen: What’s up? You awake? Jared: Yeah it’s 11:45pm I guess I’m awake. Jensen: Just got back from the concert, my voice is gone. Nightcap? So they went out for a midnight nightcap in Nashville lol.
Cheers for Jensen singing at the SNS.
Jared mentions how he even sweats in snow, Jensen says yeah because you wear beanies! Jared starts stripping off his beanie, scarf, and jacket. Jensen: Notice it’s not so hot anymore! Fans telling Jensen to take it off, but he says he has nothing left to take off. Jared: Take off your shoes!
Jensen teases Jared and the fans aww – Jensen jokes that Jared’s family is in the audience. Jared: Shh! My mom is talking. Jensen: Thanks for coming, Mom.
“Where do Sam and Dean keep those fucking suits?” Jared: Girl, you don’t wanna know. They start talking about their “magic pockets” where they will pull weapons out of nowhere during a scene.
They talk about last week’s wrestling ep and how funny it was. Jared mimics Jensen when Dean was in the ring and said he loved it. Jensen explains he only did it once (after getting advice/ an example from The Miz who told him to be like Ric Flair). He said it was edited to where the footage was basically doubled/tripled to create the scene we saw, said it was a nice collaboration and lots of fun.
Back to the suits: Jared says the suits are in the trunk. Jensen: You should see what Sam can do with an iron. They should show it. Sam ironing shirts, Dean steaming the pants.
Jared said he had tears in his eyes when he read the script for 11×20
Jared drops possible minor spoilers concerning ironing lol (blame the hangover).
Fan asks Jensen if he was a high school cheerleader. After some shenanigans with the fan’s phone (aka Jared taking a selfie of them and the crowd) Jensen explains that it was the annual Powderpuff football game and he was dating the captain of the cheer-leading team at the time. He and a bunch of the other guys on the baseball team dressed up for fun to cheer them on from the sidelines and “acted like idiots.” Jensen: My wife still thinks I was a cheerleader.
Boys discuss that they were too small to play football back in high school (Jared hugs Jensen), and that the actual players on the team were huge.
J2 say on the last day of filming they are going to get the Impala because they will take off and not come back. Jared says Jensen gets Impala #1, Jared #2, and they’ll drive them right back to Austin.
Jared tells his favorite Misha story, which is when J2 first met him and they thought he was creepy. Turns out Misha started out as a method actor but that didn’t last long. Jensen talks about how Misha being part of the show really helped them out because of the workload. He goes on to talk about how they like when people come on the show that like having fun and don’t take things too seriously. Those are the ones that stick around.
Asked about improv, boys say there was a lot in the wrestling ep. The last line (”Damn right”) was improv. Jared says another improv was when Sam was possessed by Meg – Dean punching him after Sam is exorcised and Sam’s reaction to the punch was all the boys, none of it was scripted. Jensen says sometimes they will rework a scene if dialogue is clunky or not working well. The writers trust them to do that. J2 care about their characters.
Fan talking about how a city is called Hell in Michigan. Jensen: The city planners were not happy that day.
Fan asks if Jensen knew Danneel before filming Ten Inch Hero. Jensen: Not only did I know her, Jared knew her. Jensen talks about how he and Danneel carpooled to work together.
The fan asks how he feels about Danneel’s nude scene in the movie. Jared jokes, I’m fine with it. "i thought it was too short.. which is exactly what she said"
Makes a “that’s what she said” joke about it being too short and collapses on the floor. After joking around Jensen says that it was Danneel’s decision to make and he is fine with it. Says he can now go back and watch it and say “yep, I locked that down.”
Jared talks about how they are Texas boys who married the strongest Italian women who make decisions and they’re like “yes ma’am.” Jared: “We are both feminists because we get that women are freaking powerful.” When their wives make a decision that’s it.
Jared is asked about Sam and how he would feel about God if he came back. Jared: Watch the rest of the season. Jensen: Whoa spoiler alert!
What are their top three things on their bucket list? Jared talks about how you need to keep moving your feet and find something really special. Says if he was given a day to live he would spend it at home with his wife and kids, would also want to jump out of a plane in one of those squirrel suits (Jensen calls it a moose suit). He also mentions that out of curiosity he wants to try Petrus wine.
Jensen talks about wanting to hit a ball at a major league ballpark one day. Then he stops to tell Jared that Jared has a bottle of Petrus wine in his house, “freaking open it!” Jensen: What are you waiting for? Hearing from the doctor you’re gonna die? Open it! Jared: Touche, touche. Jensen, back to the bucket list: If they are tangible then go for it. Life’s too short. If there’s things you wanna do make it happen.
Jared: Live the life you wanna live. Don’t push it until tomorrow. Live life how you wanna live it today.
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Jensen meet and greet
https://fangasmthebook.wordpress.com/2016/03/03/jensen-ackles-meet-and-greet-from-nashcon-the-evolution-of-a-rockstar/

here are a few tidbits from Jensen’s meet and greet. He started out the panel reading his text conversation with Jared from the night before, because Jared had made it sound like Jensen dragged him out to a bar when really it was more like Jared luring Jensen. The entire conversation was hysterical, because he read it line by line, every now and then adding some editorial commentary.
Jensen: Are there kids in here? There’s a lot of language….we tend to use a lot of language
Jensen: Nightcap?
Jared says okay, and Jensen suggests they just raid the mini fridge.
Jared: There is no f—king mini fridge!
Jensen: (searches the room in vain for a mini fridge) F—k. Sh-t.
Jared: Bar?
Jensen: Okay. Call Clif or alone?
Jared: Alone?
So off they went in search of adventure, like two teenagers who just want to have some fun, like Sam and Dean looking for a good time. Jensen said later that people recognized them since they didn’t have hats on or anything. They heard some guy exclaim “That’s Dean and Sam!” but just kept walking, disappearing down a smoke filled alley like characters in some movie.
The entire retelling was uncensored – and priceless. Poor Jared was feeling the effects the next morning.Fan: Dean was adorable in the last episode.
Jensen: (laughing) Adorable? That’s one word for it…
The fan wanted to know if he’d had any martial arts training, since he looks like he can fight. Jensen said that Jesse, who used to be his stand-in, had left and opened his own dojo, and that he sometimes works with Jensen on hand to hand. Jesse also comes back and consults sometimes, and works with Jensen’s current stand in too.
Someone also asked if Jensen had fun driving the impala out on the open road when filming Baby, which I’m fairly certain was a rhetorical question.
Jensen: I’m more conservative with the car than Jared is.
He said that at one point they were doing a drive by scene and he had to pull into a parking lot. The lot was part of the filming set that day, and it was all loose dirt, so Jensen pulled in and started doing donuts.
Jensen: I’m laughing, and Jared’s hanging on and he’s laughing, and I see the crew diving out of the way, like diving for their lives and I realize it’s pea gravel!
They were apparently getting hit by stones and running for their lives.
Jensen also tends to drive the car very very fast after they’ve hit the mark and are returning back.
Kevin Parks: Jensen, must you top out?
Jensen: Yes Kevin, I must
Fan: So was that you being beaten up by a dildo in The Plight of Clownana?
Jensen: (deadpans) I’m so sorry. Jensen said no, that was Christian Kane on the ground getting beat up. He also said that Chris Dowling has a new film out called Produce which is excellent. It's about people with Downs Syndrome, and it's beautiful&heartwarming. Check that out in addition to Clownana, and be impressed with Dowling's versatility!
Someone else asked about how well the writers “get” Dean. Jensen said that Ben Edlund spoke the language of Dean, and now some of Ben almost seems to be channeled through Jenny. He also shared that Robbie Thompson tries to get the dialogue right by voicing it out loud with a friend, to get the right cadence. That’s one of the first things I learned as a fiction writer, to say the words out loud to be sure someone in real life would actually SAY that! I think all the writers would be the first to say that nobody “gets” Dean like Jensen gets him, at any rate.
The meet and greet had its emotional moments too. A fan thanked Jensen for the Always Keep Fighting and YANA charitable campaigns, talking about how special they are, and how special this Show and this fandom is.
Jensen: It’s because of you guys, the connection we have with you. It’s a rare thing, a unique thing. He said that the night before at the Saturday Night Special, Kimberly Williams (who is married to Brad Paisley) was backstage, since she’s a friend of Rob’s. She was struck by how unusual the relationship that the Supernatural cast has with their fans is, since actors don’t usually have that kind of close relationship with fans. As he talked about the closeness the cast has with the fandom, Jensen gave props to Jared for starting AKF.
Jensen: Jared was the pioneer, he started this. He’s been through stuff and we’ve helped, and we’ve all been through stuff – but it was really brave of him.
Jensen: It’s reciprocal. I get fuel from you – from my family, and from you guys.
Fans: You care about us and you don’t have to.
Jensen: You care about me and you don’t have to either! Jensen talked for quite a while about that, about how he can have actual conversation with Supernatural fans, get to know them, get to see them and talk to them. That every two weeks sometimes he spends with fans. That's a pretty unique thing, especially for actors on a television show. Musicians see their fans in person more often, actors usually do not but Supernatural broke that mold long ago.
Near the end of the meet and greet, a fan went to ask a question and barely had any voice at all after the Saturday Night Special. Fan: Sorry, too much screaming for you.
Jensen: Sorry, too much screaming for YOU. The fan went on to say that Jensen now seems to have gained so much confidence as a Jensen: That’s because of you. I used to have major nerves, or anxiety, even singing in front of one other person. Even my mom! I just didn’t wanna mess up. But this whole thing…There’s just such a comfortability with you guys. It’s .. acceptance. That’s what it is. Knowing you’re accepted, so you’re not scared to fail.
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Richard welcomes J2 to his hometown.
Jensen: Jared, how you feeling? Jared: I’m feeling fan-freaking-tastic. Rough go this morning, thank you for your patience. Says he woke up drunk, not hungover lol.
Jared re-tells the story about how Jensen got him out of bed to out on the town last night. Jared: I’m close to naked, nothing but the radio on, and some SAXX. Says he had a difficult time getting to sleep when he hears a ding. Thinks it’s Gen texting him. Jensen: Nope, Jensen! Text: U awake? (at 11:41) Next text: Nightcap? Jared: Where?
Jared takes off beanie, crowd goes wild. Jensen pretends to have hair to fling around and Jared fangirls.
Jensen talks about them going out last night and said there was a funny moment when they were walking to Printer’s Alley. Said there weren’t that many people on the street, and he and Jared were walking side by side on a mission. Then, a guy with his gf stops and they hear him say: “That’s Sam and Dean.” Jensen says they didn’t break stride just kept moving down the alley, but what was really funny was there was smoke wafting up around and behind them from the alley so Jensen was like, this guy thinks he’s in an episode of Supernatural. Jared: We were the stars of our own music video last night. Boys say Nashville took good care of them, probably too much lol.
Jensen has Jared film him and the audience singing Happy Birthday to Jensen’s mother. At the end Jensen films them both and is excited to send it to his mom. Jokes it will buy him another two months.
A fan says Jensen’s birthday is tomorrow. Jared corrects them: Two days! Jensen explains because it’s leap year. A bit later Jared hears a fan say Happy Birthday to Jensen and repeats it and thanks them.
A fan says he’s going to ask his wife’s question, the boys tell him good choice. Jared brings up that it was his sixth wedding anniversary yesterday and Jensen claps along with the audience.
Can Sam and Dean live a normal life ever? Or a bloody ending? Jared: I don’t think there’s any way they’re gonna be breathing oxygen and not fighting demons. They’re trying to make the earth a better place. Means they will probably die. Jensen agrees – you can try to get out of the life but the life will find you.
What about the Impala? Jared: Sam and Dean die, in the year 2040, and a couple hunters walk into Bobby’s salvage yard, see the Impala and repair it and go hunting. Jensen: They’ll have to walk into my garage in Austin ‘cause that’s where it’s gonna be.
If they did Lip Sync Battle what song would they pick and who would win? Jared: Shake it off (demonstrates dancing). Jensen: I’ll submit my Eye of the Tiger video as my entry. Says that was Jared’s fault, anyway.
Which horror movie do they wanna crash? Jared: My Bloody Valentine – teasing Jensen. Jensen: Jokes about Gilmore Girls being a horror show and how they’re making a remake. Jensen then says The Shining so he could ride a Big Wheel around.
Fan asks what they do with shorter actors. Mentions how when Ruth is next to Jared you can just see his chest. Jared jokes that’s where the ratings are and Jensen frames Jared’s chest with his hands. Jensen explains they use Gilly boards (named after Gillian Anderson from The X-Files days) which are like quarter apple boxes she would use since she was so much shorter than David and the others. They still use them, as well as camera angles. “It’s all trickery.”
Jared says they had a rule in season one that whenever Jensen had to stand on one of the boxes he got to punch Jared. Jensen says they’ll get a good-sized guy on set and they’ll see the boys and be like, “Oh, come on!” Jared brought up The Miz: Big guy, handsome, and was like, what in the world I’m the smallest guy here!
Fan compliments them on how they have played sibling dynamic, asks about challenging parts of their characters. Jensen brings up it’s when they have to play characters that aren’t Sam and Dean. Jensen has a hard time not being Dean, credits Jared at how well he does playing multiple characters. The boys agree that Misha is doing a great job as Casifer. Jared said he told Misha when he saw him playing Lucifer: Misha, dude, great job! (Then jokes) I didn’t know you could act lol. Jensen talks about the difficulties of playing the same character for so many years than having to play someone else, but says they like the challenges.
While Jared tries to answer the question, Jensen gives him a hard time for the way he is sitting. Tells everyone that Jared will sit Indian style on an airplane seat. Jared: I’m bendy! Jensen: I am not bendy, but I’m fast.
Jared says "that's what she said." Band: ba dum bum.
Then Jensen gives him a hard time for wearing a scarf and a jacket when it’s so hot. Jared starts singing Shake It Off: Haters gonna hate, hate hate. Shake, shake shake..Jensen: Take it off. Band starts playing stripper music.
Jared says he doesn’t think Sam is a funny guy and has a hard time playing him funny.
Tom and Shep had a great time at Monster Jam. Jensen: I would’ve had a great time! Sad they’re missing out on it.
They talk about first auditions – Jensen said he first auditioned for Sam, Jared jokes that Jensen wasn’t tall enough.
The boys continue to tease each other relentlessly lol.
Jared: 11 years ago today we were filming the pilot. Jared thinks it was the scene where the Impala was chasing them on the bridge.
Jensen asks if he remembers the first scene they ever shot? They both remember: it was the library scene.
Fan asks how Dean felt about blaming Sam about the apocalypse when Dean broke the first seal to begin with. Jared whispers to fan: I love you. Jensen: This is gonna be an awkward ride home. Jensen: It was in the script lol. Talks about the twists writers throw in and then how they have to figure out how to get out of those twists. Jared says that the story line made for great TV.
They talk about experiences of meeting the voiceover actors who dub them in different languages. Jared met his Spanish voiceover artist in Barcelona and said it was really cool. The guy was excited and told Jared that he has basically been staring at his face for like five years straight and it felt like he knew him. Jensen’s experience with his Japanese voiceover actor was different: Said the guy walked into the room “like the Japanese version of Prince” with an entourage and everything. Jensen wasn’t sure what was happening but was kind of overwhelmed. The guy didn’t seem all that impressed with Jensen but Jensen thought it was really funny. .
Jared wants to learn the phrase, “So get this” in different languages since he says it show much on the show.
Fan: what do you think about Chuck coming back soon? Jensen: Who? Jared: Is he? Jensen: He told you? J2 can’t say much because of spoilers but Jensen says he hasn’t read that far in the scripts yet.
Jared says they are filming episode 19 right now and has read episode 20. Jared: Episode 20 may be my favorite Supernatural episode of all time. Said he had tears, the shivers, and goosebumps while reading it.
The boys start teasing each other about how they imagine they read their scripts in their office and eventually the jokes turn dirty. Jared jokes about looking at a pic of Misha while pretending to read a script and says Misha has been working out. Jensen gets up gagging/pretending to throw up and briefly leaves the stage. When he comes back the boys shake off the joke lol.
A fan asks for some words they could share with the teenagers they work with as program counselors. Jared: Always Keep Fighting and remind them that they are not alone. Jared talks about how much these words mean to them and to a lot of us.
Last question: Favorite scene so far this season? Jensen: Buy time for me (to Jared)! Jared: My favorite scene so far from s11 is where Sam and Dean are sleeping in the Impala and wake up and talk. Wonders why they haven’t done that before in the show. Jared rambles on because Jensen needs him to buy him more time until he comes up with an answer. Richard whispers to Jensen and finally Jensen says: My favorite scene happens to be any scene from Richard’s episode. They start going on about how great Richard’s episode was 🙂
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