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Returning for its sixth season, the dark CW drama Supernatural follows Sam (Jared
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Padalecki) and Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles), who took on the Devil himself and
survived the apocalypse, in last season’s emotional finale. Now, the brothers are
separated, as Dean has retired from hunting, believing that Sam is stuck in
Hell. However, Sam has escaped and the two reunite to fight the rising tide of
creatures and demon­spawn, but quickly realize that neither are who they used to
be, their relationship has changed and nothing is what it seems.
During an interview to promote the return of the popular series, co­stars Jensen
Ackles and Jared Padalecki talked about how the tone of the show will be very
similar to how things were in Season 1, the ways in which their characters would be
different now and that they think fans will enjoy getting back to the basics of what
they loved about the show, in the first place. Jensen also shared what it was like to
make his directorial debut this season. Check out what they had to say after the
jump:
Question: Will the tone of this season have a similar feel to Season 1?
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Jared: Yes, so far. We never know
what’s going to get into the writers’
heads, which is brilliant and amazing,
but right now, we are very much back
to Season 1. This season, I’m more
like the original Dean, and this
season’s Dean is more like the
original Sam. We’re not just nixing the
whole religion idea. We know that
there are angels, arc­angels and
demons, but now religion is a part of
our lives, almost like a normal person,
as opposed to being fundamentalist
and waking up and going, “What’s the
next religious thing to do?” It’s there
and we can’t deny it, and we can use
it to our advantage and make
everything work for each other.
This year, we’re fighting the big
baddies. In Season 1, we would fight a shape shifter, but now we’re finding out
where shape shifters came from and fighting the Alpha. That’s really exciting.
We can’t just go back and re­tell the same stories, but we can tell new stories
and get back to the show that Jensen and I signed onto and we’re really
excited to play. We’re not going to forget everything that’s happened in the last
five years, but that will now be a part of the story, as opposed to the whole
story. Honestly, where can you go after Lucifer jumps into a cage in Hell?
Jensen, what do you think about the new tone for this season?
Jensen: I like it. Last season, there was some definite finality to a five­year
story arc. Season 1 is still my favorite season because of the formula. I like the
monster­of­the­week thing. I like the simpleness of that story and the way it
was. So, the fact that we’re pressing reset on the whole show is refreshing for
me. We’ve had five years with these guys, so we’ve had all of that history, and
now we’re getting back to square one and widdling it back down to its
simplest form, and I just like that formula better.
What do fans have to look forward to now?
Jensen: I would definitely say
getting back to the basics of what
we all fell in love with, in the
beginning. To perpetuate that
story into more seasons would
have just been dragging a story
along. I’m very proud to be a part
of a show that stuck to their guns
and was like, “You know what?
We’ve got five years of this story,
and then we’ll go from there.” I
would say in Season 3 or 4, they started really looking at where they were
going to take it. Eric [Kripke] is an amazing writer and was like, “I’m not going
to stretch this out and string the fans along. I’m going to do what I wanted to
do, and then we will go from there.” So, they started coming up with ideas,
and Sera [Gamble] really got involved. I’m excited, as the fans are, to see what
lays ahead, as far as the show. For me, this is the most anticipated season
since Season 2 because it’s like, “Okay, now what?”
Jared, what is Sam now?
Jared: I hope this doesn’t come back to bite me, but as far as I know, Sam is
Sam. Sam is a different type of Sam, that we’ve seen glimpses of, but that his
conscience, sense of guilt and shame and responsibility, and his emotional
side, has prohibited him from being. He’s shoot first, ask questions later. He’s
like, “Sure, it sucks that this person who’s possessed is the mother of three,
but we have to take care of the possession first, and if she’s lost, I’m sorry.
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What can you do? We can’t just leave her, otherwise she’ll kill them too.” He’s
very reasoning and tactical, and his reasoning makes mathematical sense.
He’s not heartless, by any means, but he accepts collateral damage now.
Whereas Sam of yester­year was like, “Let’s try to do the right thing, where
nobody gets hurt and there’s no collateral damage,” now Sam is like, “You
know what? We can’t solve everything. Let’s just try to fix the biggest problem
and figure out the repercussions later.”
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Jared: I think Sam is in a tough
spot because it’s not that Sam
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starting the apocalypse and in
being possessed by Lucifer, he
has learned that the road to hell
is paved with good intentions,
as the old adage says. Sam has
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for 100­something episodes and been burned and burned. Now he’s like,
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definition of insanity. I’m going to start doing something different and maybe
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very reasoning Sam. It’s not, “I’m angry and you’re going to die,” or “I’m angry
and you’re going to get hurt.” It’s like, “You’re bad, so you’re going to die. I’m
sorry if you leave anybody in the wake.” I don’t want to say it’s a wiser Sam,
but it’s a different Sam. It’s a Sam that’s been to Hell and now is back. It’s a
Sam that’s been to Heaven and is back. It’s a Sam that’s died and been
possessed and seen possessions, and he’s like, “Listen, I don’t want to talk
about it. Why would I want to talk about it? I’m out. I can breathe fresh air, I
can be with my brother, I can drive a car and have a beer. Why would I want to
talk about Hell?” It’s just beyond his reasoning. Sam’s like, “I’m fine. I’m out.
I’m happy about it. Now, I just want to do the right thing.” It’s a weird zen. It’s
not a Buddhist, non­violent zen. It’s like, “I’m better, so let’s go kill bad
things.” It’s a weird dichotomy and juxtaposition.
How has that been to play?
Jared: Oh, it’s great. In the
premiere episode, we find out
that Sam is back and that he has
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been back for awhile. At first,
Dean is doing the chick route.
He’s like, “Why didn’t you let me
know? It was so hard for a year. I
was drinking, I was crying, I was
in pain, I was reading every book
and looking everywhere I could
to try to fix it and find out what happened to you and make things better.” And,
Sam is like, “You promised me you wouldn’t. You shouldn’t have done that. I’m
sorry you were hurt, but I made you promise and you broke your promise.”
Dean is taken aback because he’s like, “Sam is heartless.”
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Usually, Sam would be like, “I’m so sorry Dean. Let’s talk about it. Let’s go for
a drive.” And now, Sam is like, “Listen, I’m sorry it was tough, but you
promised me you wouldn’t dwell on it. You promised me you’d go live with this
woman and this kid and try to live a normal life.” Once again, Sam has been
doing what he thought was for the better for Dean. Sam has been out for
awhile, but Dean has a woman that he loves who loves him back, and a kid
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that he loves who loves him back, so why would he go, “Hey, I’m back. Let’s
hit the road.” To Sam, it’s heartless not leaving him in the dark. He doesn’t
want to say, “Hey, by the way, this life that you’re living right now isn’t going to
last forever.” Sam wanted Dean to be able to live in blissful oblivion, so it’s a
bit of a strain because Dean feels like he’s been lied to, just by omission. Sam
hasn’t been lying, but he hasn’t exactly been telling the truth. They have some
things to work out.
Jensen, what was it like to direct an episode this season? Were you nervous about
doing that?
Jensen: No. I’d say that if I went
onto a set that I hadn’t been on,
every day for the past five years, I
would have been nervous. If I was
surrounded by a bunch of
unfamiliar faces, then I would have
been like, “Oh, my gosh, I hope I
don’t mess this up.” But, that crew
is like family to me.
The producers, the writers and everybody surrounding the show gave me their
full support, so the confidence that everybody had in me, gave me confidence
in what I was doing. Whether or not it worked, I had no idea, but at least I was
confident. Bob Singer called me, after I was done shooting, and he had seen
the dailies and said, “I haven’t seen anything cut together yet, but I will say
that you are a very confident director. You can take that as a compliment.”
Why did you choose that particular episode to direct?
Jensen: I didn’t. They basically said, “We’re going to give you an episode to
direct next season,” and I was like, “Let me know when to show up.” It was
nice because they did make an effort to write me out of it, which gave me the
opportunity to just be a director on set. I think I only acted in three days of the
eight, so for five of those days, I just showed up in my street clothes, threw
the headset on and called, “Action!,” which was great.
Was it weird to direct yourself?
Jensen: As an actor, I look at
scenes much differently than I
would look at them as a director,
and I never realized that until it
actually happened. For example,
there was one scene where Dean
has a phone call with Bobby, and
there were some definite levels
of emotion there, talking about
Sam and what’s going on, so it
was a fairly dramatic phone call. As an actor, I was reading it, and it was about
a page long with a lot of levels to play and a lot going on in the scene. As a
director, I was like, “I can shoot this in one shot.” So, I shot it and did the
scene and then, when I was done, I was still in that actor frame of mine. I was
like, “Wait, there’s got to be more shots here. The scene is bigger than one
shot.” But, as a director, it wasn’t. I could cover it all. So, I was battling with
myself. I was directing myself, which was easy because I didn’t have to
convince an actor to do something.
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