11:57 AM – 22 Jun 2016 Photo shooting with the boys…you guys will love these photos… Supernatural
Magazine online 28 Sep 2016
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Heather Seidler (Rogue): “Working together for over a decade, bonds are usually forged and closeness seems inevitable. Not surprisingly, Jared, 34, and Jensen, 38, became real life besties. They were groomsmen at each other’s weddings. They bought houses close to each other (in Austin, Texas). They had kids at the same time. Padalecki has two sons, 4 and 2 years-old; Collins has a 6-year-old son and 4-year-old daughter; Ackles has a 3-year-old daughter and his wife is now expecting twins.
So how has the “Padackles” or “J-Squared” (as fans refer to them) relationship evolved over these past twelve years?”
Jared: “When Jensen and I met, we thought we had the world by the balls and we found out together that we really did not. I’ve seen him fall in love, get engaged then get married and now become a father, and he’s seen me do the same. We’ve seen the same with Misha and we even though we joke that Misha is the “new guy” this is his 9th season so we’ve grown alongside him too. This show’s been a wonderful opportunity to really explore so many facets of a character, but also to see each other grow and I think it’s one of the few shows that’s been able to reflect that. We’re not young boys anymore, we are fathers and husbands and friends–we’ve seen birth and death and everything in between. I think there is a little bit of that camaraderie that’s reflected on the screen.”
Seidler: “Both actors mirror the same fondness for their characters and their real life connection.”
Jensen: “I feel I was very fortunate to be cast alongside somebody I have so much in common with and got to build a relationship with and become just great solid lifelong friends. I think that’s an extreme rarity in any circumstance. Much less in your work environment, much less on a television show in an industry that is so fickle and can be feast or famine…Our kids get to play together and our wives are best friends, it really is a unique situation given the fact that it’s all sprung from a television series. So to be in our twelfth season and still get along as well as we do…it’s almost art imitating life. In the sense that everybody’s got my back and I’ve got theirs, on and off screen.”
Jared: “You can act it, but there is something intangible that happens to your characters on screen when you get along well in real life. I love Jensen and Misha and I’m there for them always, and they’re undoubtedly there for me. We’ve been able to grow together and raise money for charity and raise awareness for issues that are important to us. One of these days when the show is over, I’ll look back and reflect and think of the enormity of what this has all been and it will hit me. It’s kind of funny because even though it’s been so long, I haven’t really reflected. It’s almost like we’re in a football game and it’s halftime so it’s hard to talk about the game because the game ain’t over yet. One day I’ll be able to look back and think… wow that was something really special.”
Seidler: “Within minutes of meeting them on set, the playful and close-nit chemistry between “the boys” is immediately evident as is their charms…On this particular day, Ackles and Padalecki are fired up about the lumberjack-y hiatus beards they’re sporting and they’re down to let us really play dress up with them; taking them out of their usual laid back uniforms of jean and plaid and placing them in a selection of eclectic designer suits– yeah we even got Jared to wear pink. Their amusing and light-hearted energy elevated the mood on set unilaterally.
On a break between shots, I join Padalecki outside and while having a moment alone with him, I find him to be instantly inviting and sensitive–the empathetic and easy eye contact, the warm casual laughter and the openness in discussing life. One thing is obvious, he is not shy. The conversation ranges from his adventures the evening before, to how he fell in love with his wife, to how he’s dealt with depression. It was refreshing to hear him candidly speak of it, not as something to be ashamed of or as though it’s some bothersome outer appendage. He recently created the campaign ‘Always Keep Fighting’ to raise awareness for mental illnesses and to help break any stigma attached to those who suffer from it.
Ackles shares a similar earnesty, but is a bit more measured in his words with me at first. Not in some insincere way that many celebrities tend to be, thinking of the best-placed words to use by saying the least. He is just slightly more reserved in comparison to Padalecki’s predilection to be forthright. But after hours of getting to know Jensen, it becomes clear how extremely affable he is, and like Padalecki and Collins, he’s especially playful. It’s that shared proclivity for humorous antics they’ve become known for off screen–they’re naturally hilarious together.”
Jensen: “We used to think that being silly onset, cracking up during a scene and that kind of thing, was being really unprofessional. We would make efforts to stop messing with each other. But now we take the time to enjoy laughing about something stupid. I do think it’s really important to make each other laugh. All of us will be on set just in tears laughing way too often. We could literally put out an entire DVD package of just bloopers, it would be hours long.”
Jared on the SPN women (including Mary): “It very largely is male characters on the show, but one of the things I’ve always loved about Supernatural is that when you do have female characters appear, they are badass. We’ve had very strong female characters –powerful brave women–and I like that the writers and producers don’t portray women as wilting flowers who need to be tender footed around, Mary being no exception.”
When Ackles speaks of Dean, you hear the sound of someone fondly recalling time spent with a loved one. After over a decade spent portraying the oldest Winchester brother, Dean is a person to Ackles. Dean is a part of him. Even after nearly 250 episodes being Dean, Ackles still finds pleasure bringing the unsung hero to life.
Jensen: “I still really enjoy playing this character. I still really enjoy the storyline, the writing that I’m given. The relationships that this character has with other characters–it’s just fun for me still to this day. I’m able to play a character day in and day out for this long and still get inspired, get challenged and have fun doing it. There’s still challenges that get thrown my way every now and again, and I think that that’s one of the reasons why these characters haven’t gotten stale. It’s because we still enjoy doing it and I hope it shows.”
Misha: “I think that there’s something particularly resonant about our show in that it’s tapping into those timeless myth narratives, but it’s doing it in this very relatable way, with the modern dynamic that goes on between these two brothers. So the audience has, on the one hand, this epic mythology that they’re drawn to, but on the other hand, they’re seeing it through the lens of two brothers who are just trying to survive in the world, and that makes it relatable in a way that a lot of shows fail to do in that respect.”
Jared: “I would’ve thought I can’t be this for twelve years, away from friends, away from family, in a foreign country. But as the show has gone on, I figured out that I can do it. Jensen has figured out that he can do it. I’d tell them [their younger selves] to take care of themselves and slow it down and the rewards will far outweigh the pain and suffering.”
Video of J2 speech presenting Kripke’s legacy award
WM video If males were pregnant, oh sorry wrong question that's not you… so about your daughter, do you let her watch your show. No, maybe a scene of Jared and I talking, and back to Alvin and the Chipmunks. She's three, but she's a big girl.
When will you let her have a cellphone? Never, OK, when she moves out at 18, the one I have in my pocket now.
Snapchat? I have Instagram, twitter, but I feel it's duty, like – it's been a week I'd better throw a photo out there. My generation was just before that craze, and I don't want to be so far left behind that I have no clue when she is 15, 16. I want to be able to police it. I use it enough to know what it is.
Do you look at @s? People do that? Really? I just look at people I follow, like 4 people, that's it. Like oh, someone is in New York. I don't have snapchat. I have facebook and twitter and I will say that nobody runs those but me, I don't want someone else representing me on a daily basis. And I've seen people like…well anyway.
maximo TV Jared and Jensen on RC w Kripke
Legion of Leia Jensen on Baby episode, and spoilers- God? and favorite death- by tacos – because that could happen to any of us I've been to some pretty shady taco stands in my time.