They don’t believe in ghosts, both are criminal and they rarely watch TV. Despite this, we dare say both Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles are two gentlemen after we met them in London.
For your information girls, yes, they are just as handsome in real life, caring and funny. The two guys were observed walking the streets the night before the TOPP interview and seem a little reduced when we meet them. Jensen Ackles eyes are really blanc.
But despite a rough night out, the both of them smile widely when we enter the hotelroom.
The boys were names most handsome Ghostbusters by People Magazine. They’ve just left the set of the show and are now in London to promote the DVD-Edition. We, on the other hand, are most interested in a little gossip about the boys.
- Go ahead, says Jensen and grins.
- We’re sick of talking about Supernatural anyways, says Jared.
Have you ever stolen something?
Jared thinks it through for a while before he answers.
- I stole a lot of candy when I was a kid but I’m not sure that counts…
- Me and some friends of mine would go down alleys and break windows and steal different things. I remember we once stole a bunch of tennisrackets and tennis equipment, says Jensen.
You were a petty criminal
- Meeh, I hope the case is closed now though, Jensen adds, realizing that his little crime may have been a little more serious than Jareds candy snatching.
- When I was 15, me and a friend snuck in to a liquor store. We didn’t dare smuggle a bottle out of the store but we drank a bottle of vodka in the store and put it back on the shelf. The owner looked meanly at us when we went out, Jared says and laughs.
- I stole a car once and drove it over the border to Mexico… Naah, I’m kidding, says Jensen.
The biggest celebrity you’ve made out with?
- That has to be Jensen, Jared laughs.
- You wish.
Jared thinks it over.
- Hm, I guess that’s one of the questions I shouldn’t answer.
- I’ve never made out, admits Jensen and looks at us.
Who was the first star you had a huge crush on?
- You’re probably die laughing by my answer, but it was Jennifer Love Hewitt. I was obsessed when I was 16, says Jared.
- I think we all were, says Jensen and grins.
- I can’t really remember who I adored, he says while he ponders over it.
Could it have been Pamela Anderson?
- No, it was absolutely not Pamela. Can I come back to that question?
- Jensens gay. I’ve noticed it on set, kids Jared and grins.
What’s the first thing you do in the morning?
- Masturbate. I masturbate to the Tom Cruise poster I have on my bedroom wall, says Jared and everyone cracks up.
- And you say I’m gay, says Jensen, while Jared looks nervously at us taking notes.
- Is everything of this going on print, he asks with anxiously.
- No, seriously. I get up and drink a lot of water, work out and then masturbate [laughs]. No, I like to run about an hour every day. If it was as healthy to masturbate I’d rather do that for an hour. No, don’t write that.
- No, of course not, we reply.
- I hit the snoozebutton and go back to sleep.
So Jared’s the healthfreak and Jensen’s the lazy one?
- Yep, that’s right.
What could you not have done without?
- Phone, dog, girlfriend, bed, air-condition… Well not necessarily in that order [laughs]. You know my girlfriend might read this, Jared says.
- She does’t know Norwegian, Jensen says and looks stupidly at Jared.
- I can’t go without sleep, Jensen says, who apparently hasn’t slept for many hours last night.
- Yeah, that’s most important, Jared adds.
Do you walk around the house naked?
- Yes, they both reply and say it’s the most natural thing in the world. Something we’ll have to agree with.
- I love walking around the house naked,” shrugs Jensen.
- But not while [it’s] erected. That’s uncomfortable. It’s just wobbling around, so I put my boxers on to keep it in check.” Jared looks at Jensen to see if he agrees.
- No it doesn’t bother me. It’s nice to walk around naked in my own house. It’s one of those few places where you can really relax. We feel like changing the subject.
What kind of music is on your Ipod?
- I have thousands of songs, Jared says and thinks.
- Yeah and all of them are downloaded from the Internet, Jensen grins and looks at Jared.
- Noooo, I buy a lot of music too. Jared as apperently downloaded a lot of illegal music and is a little frustrated with Jensen.
- I have a lot of MP3’s too, but not nearly as many as Jared, Jensen says and shakes his head.
What kind of music do you like, and what was the last CD you bought?
- I bought the new record too Pearl Jam, it’s amazing. I also like Griffin House, says Jared and casually leans back and puts his feet on a stool.
- I’m a bigger fan of singer songwriter artists. I like Jeff Buckley, Jack Johnson… Jensen says as he twist his head while he thinks of more names.
- I also like Radiohead, Foo Fighters, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Jared says.
Do you eat bird, meat or vegetables?
- What?! Both of them looks strangely at us as Jared sits up in his chair.
- Bird, what do you mean? Like, chicken, Jared looks at us questioningly.
- Hello, we’re both from Texas, we eat T-Bone steak for breakfast, lunch and dinner, Jensen explains seriously before he grins.
- We love red meat, but of course we eat vegetables and fish too, Jared says.
Sushi?
- Yeah, I love sushi. They have kick-ass sushi in Vancouver where we shoot the episodes of Supernatural, Jensen says.
- I started eating sushi really late. I was 18 when I first tried it, Jared adds.
What’s the worst things you know?
- Tabloides and reality tv. It’s something of the worst there is. Why does the younger generation bother to look at and read that crap? Are they completely brain dead or retarded? It’s just plain sad, Jensen explains and shakes his head. Jared pats Jensens shoulder.
- So, calm down now, remember the people you’re talking about, probably watch Supernatural.
- Yeah, and that’s great, but it’s not the most education series there is either. We’re of course very grateful for the job we have.
Don’t you watch TV?
- No, very rarely actually. I mean it’s a waste of time. Since I work in the business I have to watch an episode now and then, but when I first watch TV, I usually end up on the Discovery Channel.
- I agree with Jensen. TV takes to much of once time. Reality-TV is crap and I don’t understand why people want to read about who gained weight or who’s dating who in the tabloids. —-
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Jensen and Jared interviewed by the Norwegian magazine TOPP.
The Supernatural stars went “bananas” during the TOPP interview:
- Masturbation, theft and drinking
They don’t believe in ghosts, they’re both criminals and would rather not watch TV. We’d still say they’re nice guys after meeting up with both of them in London.
To all you girls out there; yes, they are just as hot in real life. They’re also likeable and funny. The guys hit the town the night before our interview and both seem a bit reduced. Jensen Ackles has very shiny eyes [as a result of the night before].
Regardless of the happenings the night before, the guys are both smiling widely as we enter the room. They’re the “world’s hottest ghostbusters” according to People magazine, and just ended [season one of] the popular show back in the USA. They’re in London to promote the DVD. We however, are more interested in some gossip.
- Okay, go on, says Jensen and grins.
- We’re sick of talking about Supernatural anyway, says Jared and tugs at his red beanie. Only a couple of strands of hair are peeking out here and there underneath it.
- Have you ever stolen anything?
Jared thinks thoroughly through the question before answering.
- I stole some candy when I was younger, but that probably doesn’t count…
- A few buddies and I used to sneak into dark alleys and break windows to steal stuff. One time we stole a whole bunch of tennis rackets and other tennis equipment, says Jensen.
So you’re a [little] criminal
- Uh, I hope the case is outdated, says Jensen when he realizes that his felony is a bit more serious than Jared’s.
- When I was 15 years old a buddy and I snuk into a liquor store. We didn’t dare to smuggle a bottle outside, but we drank out of a bottle of vodka inside the store and put it back on the shelf. The owner looked mad when we left, admits Jared with a laugh.
- I once stole a car and drove it over the Mexican border… No, I’m just kidding, says Jensen.
- The most famous celebrity you have made out with…
- That has to be Jensen [laughs]
- You wish
Jared thinks for a second
- Hm, that’s probably one of the questions I shouldn’t answer.
- I’ve never ‘made out’, says Jensen and looks at us.
- Who was your first celebrity crush?
- You’re probably going to laugh your ass off when I tell you who it is, but it was actually Jennifer Love Hewitt. I was obsessed with her when I was 16, says Jared.
- Weren’t we all, says Jensen with a grin.
- I don’t really remember, says Jensen.
Was it Pamela Anderson?
- No way, not Pamela. Can I get back to you?
- Jensen’s gay. I’ve noticed it on set, says Jared with a grin.
- What’s the first thing you do in the morning?
- I masturbate to the Tom Cruise poster I have on my bedroom wall, says Jared and everyone cracks up.
- And you say I’m gay, says Jensen, while Jared looks nervously at us taking notes.
- Are you going to print this?, he asks with worry.
- No, seriously. I get up and drink a lot of water, work out and then masturbate [laughs]. No, I like to run about an hour every day. If it was as healthy to masturbate I’d rather do that for an hour. No, don’t write that. - No, of course not, we reply.
Jensen can’t stop laughing and has to pull himself together before he can answer the question.
- I press the snooze button on my alarm clock and go back to sleep.
So Jared’s the health freak and you’re the lazy one?
- Yep, that’s right.
- What could you not live without?
- My cell phone, dog, girlfriend, bed and air condition. Not necessarily in that order [laughs]. My girlfriend might read this, says Jared.
- She doesn’t know Norwegian, says Jensen and looks at him.
- I can’t live without sleep, says Jensen. He looks as if he didn’t sleep much last night.
- Yes, that’s the most important thing, says Jared and nods.
- Do you walk around the house naked?
- Yes, they both reply and say it’s the most natural thing in the world. Something we’ll agree with.
- I love walking around the house naked, says Jensen.
- But not while [it’s] erected. That’s uncomfortable. It’s just wobbling around, so I put my boxers on to keep it in check. Jared looks at Jensen to see if he agrees.
- No, I don’t mind. I love walking around freely. Why lock it up when you’re at home? That’s one of the few places where you can draw some fresh air. Time to change the subject.
- What kind of music do you have on your iPod?
- I have thousands of tracks. Jared looks at the ceiling while thinking about it.
- Yeah, and they’re all downloaded off the internet, says Jensen and grins.
- Noooo, I buy a lot of music [as well]. Jared has apparently downloaded a lot of illegal music and gets a little frustrated at Jensen.
- I have a lot of mp3’s as well, but not nearly as many as Jared. Jensen looks at him and shakes his head.
What kind of music do you like and what was the last CD you bought?
- I bought the new Pearl Jam album, it’s fantastic. I like Griffin House as well. Jared sits back and throws his feet up on another chair.
- I’m more of a fan of singer/songwriters. I like Jeff Buckley, Jack Johnson… Jensen struggles to remember more names.
- I also like Radiohead, Foo Fighters, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, says Jared and lists bands he likes.
- Do you eat bird [poultry], fish or vegetables?
- What?!? They’re both looking at us and Jared sits back up in the chair.
- Bird? What’s that? You mean chicken? Jared looks at us.
- Hello, we’re both from Texas. We eat T-Bone steak for breakfast, lunch and supper, explains Jensen somewhat seriously before he grins.
- Yeah, we love red meat, but we eat vegetables and fish as well of course, says Jared.
Sushi?
- Yes, I love sushi. They have great sushi in Vancouver where we shot Supernatural, says Jensen.
- I got into sushi a little late. I was actually 18 the first time I tried it, admits Jared.
- What’s your biggest pet peeve?
- Tabloid press and reality TV. That’s some of the worst shit ever. Why does the younger generation care to read or watch that kind of crap? Are they completely stupid and brain dead? It’s just sad, Jensen explains and shakes his head.
Jared taps him on the shoulder.
- Relax. The people you’re talking about probably watch Supernatural.
- Yeah, and that’s good, but that’s not really the world’s most intellectual show either. Though we are forced to say something else and we’re of course thankful that we have a job.
You don’t watch TV?
- Rarely. I say it’s a waste of time. Seeing as I work in the business I have to watch an episode every now and then, but when I watch TV, I usually end up watching the Discovery Channel.
- I agree with Jensen. TV takes up too much of [people’s] time. Reality TV is a bunch of crap, and I don’t understand why people would want to read about who gained weight and who’s dating who in the tabloids.
(x) - this was in 2006 and way to funny to not have at least read once
VANCON 2011 J2 Panel - Can anyone help with subtitling a Japanese fan? Also, has anyone seen a season 5 or 6 BTS photo of Jared with a "huge book"?
Hi! I'm working very hard on my next Enhanced Edition video, the VANCON 2011 Main J2 panel.
One of the fans is from Japan, and that's not an accent I've had much exposure to in my life so I'm not very confident that I'm hearing her correctly. I received a lot of help here on Tumblr when I had similar issues subtitling a Chinese fan last May, so I thought I'd seek help with this one too. There are undoubtedly people on Tumblr who will have the background and/or experience that I lack to understand her words with greater accuracy.
I also have a second and probably very obscure question about a photo, further below.
Question #1
This clip has the fan's full question. I have three [inaudible]'s, and I do have some guesses for each of them, but I'll put my guesses at the very bottom of this post (along with some context) so people can first try to listen with ears that haven't been biased by my own interpretation.
Full text: "Hi. I'm from Japan. We are very grateful to have many people around the world [inaudible]. Now Misha [inaudible] he does that. So please give us your message to your [inaudible] in Japan."
Question #2
A fan said: "I saw the picture of Jared last season on set with this huge book..."
I couldn't find the photo she was talking about, but I'd love to put it in the sidebar if by some miracle anyone knows where to find it. It would probably only show for a few seconds before I have to take it down to make room for something else, so I'd feel terrible if anyone spent more than a few minutes trying to hunt it down (please don't!!), but I thought it couldn't hurt to ask in case someone out there has an incredible memory and/or an incredible filing system and knows right where to find it.
For context, they've just started filming season 7 and the season 6 finale aired about 3 months ago. I originally assumed "last season" meant season 6, but she may have meant season 5. Another fan in Misha's panel the day before called season 6 "this season".
It's also possible he just had a prop book or something. She went on to ask about their favorite books and authors, so I took it to mean it was a personal book, but maybe it was a prop.
My Thoughts and More Context on Question #1
Repeating the text here for easier reference:
"Hi. I'm from Japan. We are very grateful to have many people around the world [inaudible]. Now Misha [inaudible] he does that. So please give us your message to your [inaudible] in Japan."
* The first [inaudible] is the one I'm having the most trouble with. It sounds kind of like "say this prayer unto Asians". But that doesn't make much sense to me, unless it's a cultural reference I don't understand.
* The second [inaudible] sounds very much to me like "is ridiculed but of course". But I'm worried about misrepresenting what she's saying.
* And the third [inaudible] I think is probably "fan" but might be "family". I believe English plurals are challenging when coming from some languages, so I thought this might just be a small grammar mistake.
Context: Japan suffered a devastating earthquake in March 2011. This convention was in August 2011, so Japan was still recovering. When the earthquake happened in March, Misha posted a tweet for Japan and he posted it in the Japanese language, so I think that's what she may be referring to.
I also just want to emphasize that at the time of the earthquake, neither Jared nor Jensen were on Twitter. Jared joined in June 2011 and Jensen didn't join until 2014.
Thanks to Mouse-Direct on Reddit, we now have a clean copy of the Dead in the Water Star!TV interview!
I've already posted a clip from the only other version available on Youtube, but now we have a copy without subtitles on screen. This interview was done in July 2005.
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If y'all ever have requests for J2 interviews or lost media or whatever let me know, please! This blog has slowed down to a hiatus because I've found everything I had on my list, but I am always happy to do more detective work :) Shoot me an ask if you find a dead link or a gifset with no source attached and I'll do what I can! I prefer to focus on 2004-2014 but I will definitely consider hunting for things after that time period if they intrigue me enough.
“I did a pilot called Supernatural, and hopefully it’ll be on Warner Brothers this fall…”
Jared interview for House of Wax, filmed prior to Supernatural getting picked up, setting this around March or April of 2005. (includes outtakes that the editor probably meant to remove? they’re very cute)
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In Search of Supernatural Fans from the Early Years
Hi! I’m looking for the legends who originally recorded old Supernatural convention panels featuring Jared or Jensen, or possibly Misha. See "What I'm Looking For" below. If you know one of them, or if you're a member of a community with people who were in the fandom in those early years, I’d greatly appreciate it if you could let them know about this post. I can be reached at [email protected] or here on Tumblr.
If you aren’t familiar with my project, see the “Project Background” section below. This is not a low-effort exercise to merely repackage old videos. I’m putting many hours of work into each video to improve their watchability and accessibility. I will always credit my sources unless you wish to remain anonymous.
Even if your videos are on YouTube, I’m likely to have more success upscaling them if I can get the original video files. Thanks to the videos AgtSpooky kindly sent me, I've learned how big of a difference it can make when I have the original files to work with. That's why I’m putting more effort into finding those elusive original video takers.
The problem is that they all seem to have fallen off the face of the earth. Most of their YouTube accounts, LiveJournal accounts, and whatever other accounts I’ve dug up haven’t had any activity in 10-15 years. I’ve left a few messages on some of them, but I doubt they’ll be seen on dormant accounts. I’ve also gone down some crazy and twisted Googling paths trying to find current contact info for them, but without much success. In one case I even messaged the wrong person, who was at least kind enough to reply to the psycho asking for videos to let me know she wasn't the person I'd hoped she was. Oops!
What I’m Looking For
I’ve already finished CHICON 2007, Comic-Con 2008, and CHICON 2008, so I don’t need videos from those events, but I’d be happy to try to upscale your videos for your own collection if you have some you'd like to send me.
Actually, I could use CHICON 2008 Breakfast videos if you have any. I plan to attempt to redo that video either late this year or early next year.
I’ve been trying especially hard to reach people with original video files from either LA 2009 or Asylum 3 (2009), and I’d also be ecstatic to get some from LA 2008.
Any other old con videos you’re willing to share that have Jared or Jensen in them would be awesome. I hope to get to all the old conventions eventually. I haven’t yet defined “old”, so I don’t have a specific cutoff point.
Even if you just have audio files without video, those could be helpful too.
Length doesn't matter. Both long and short videos are welcome. Maybe I won't end up using them all, but the more options I have the better. Even if I don't put your video in my final edit, it would still be used because I always listen to every single video I can find when I'm finalizing my subtitles. Each video sounds at least a little different, and sometimes just hearing the audio in a slightly different way lets me catch a subtitle I'd missed or misheard.
Also, just to be clear, it isn’t necessarily my intent to exclude Misha. I’ve watched and enjoyed many of his convention videos and I liked Castiel for the most part, especially in the earlier seasons. I’m just not obsessed with Misha like I am with Jared and Jensen, and these videos do take quite a lot of work, so I’ve been putting my energy where my greatest interests lie. I’ll absolutely be including him when he’s in panels with Jared and/or Jensen, and in the future I may consider doing some of his solo panels.
So if you have original video files of Misha's solo panels that you’d like to send me, I’d be happy to add them to my stockpile for future possible use. If your videos turn out to be mostly complete, and if they upscale easily, then I might go ahead and do his panel at the same time I do the other panels from the same convention. If they'll take more effort to work with, I’ll probably skip them for now, but I may come back and tackle them if/when I run out of old Jared and Jensen videos to work with.
For any con videos you send me, regardless of whether I use them or not, I’d be happy to try to upscale them and send them back to you for your collection. I can’t always get things to upscale, so I can’t promise success, but I’ll definitely try.
Project Background - Enhanced Edition Con Videos
You can find my videos on my YouTube channel. (If you're already familiar with my project, skip to the next section -- there's nothing new to see here.)
I started this project in December 2023 to enhance old convention videos. My goal is to make them easier on the eyes and more accessible to both new and old fans from around the world. The videos on YouTube from that time can be difficult both to watch and to understand due to a combination of the older technology used to record them, the difficult recording conditions the fans were working with, and the lack of subtitles that make any sense.
I’m enhancing the videos as follows:
Visual Improvements: I’m upscaling the videos if possible, making color corrections if needed, and adding some slight stabilization to reduce the jitteriness. The end result is far from perfect because there’s only so much that current technology can do, but it's noticeably improved if you compare it to the originals.
Subtitles: I’m adding good, color-coded, English subtitles that can be turned on or off through YouTube’s CC button. The color-coding makes it more clear who's saying what when multiple people are speaking, and YouTube can auto-translate them into other languages to improve the accessibility.
Multiple Sources: If one video has gaps in it, then I'll try to find another that I can edit in to fill those gaps so the end result is as complete as possible. If I have more than one source that captured the same portion of the event, then I'll cut to whichever video I think had the best view of the action. In a few cases I’ve added a split screen with two different videos showing simultaneously so we can see action that's taking place in two separate areas. For example, when Jared and Jensen are on opposite sides of the stage. (There were also the infernal talking head bubbles on my Comic-Con 2008 video which nearly made me throw in the towel, but taught me a lot. 😅)
Extra Content for Context: These older videos don’t take up the full width of a modern video frame, so I’ve taken advantage of the extra space to display some still images with text to add extra context for many of the things they discuss. Some things are a lot funnier, or at least a lot more relevant, when you know exactly what they’re talking about. I clarify Supernatural episode references and pop culture references among other things. Sometimes I’ve also inserted short video clips, usually just a few seconds’ worth, if I thought it would add worthwhile clarity or entertainment to the topic at hand.
Current Project Status
If anyone has been wondering how I’m doing on my current video and what’s next… I’m almost done with the last video from CHICON 2008, which was Jensen’s solo panel. I should be ready to publish it on YouTube this Friday, May 24. I plan to use the same schedule as last time and put the Tumblr post up the following Tuesday when it’s a little more likely to be noticed here.
The next sequential conventions are LA 2009 and Asylum 2009, but I haven’t had much success in my attempts to upscale the available videos. If I were to work with what I have now, I know I could turn out something better than what’s on YouTube today, but the end result wouldn’t be nearly as good as what I might be able to achieve if I can get some original videos to work with. So I think it’s more logical to skip over these conventions for now and give it some time to see if I get any responses, in hope of a better end result.
I do intend to come back to the skipped conventions eventually, even if nobody sends me anything. Once I run out of conventions for which I can upscale the videos, if I still don't have anything better to work with for the ones I skipped, I’ll just do the best I can with what’s available. Even if I can't upscale, I can still do color corrections and stabilization, plus the subtitles and extra content. Some of these panels are split up into a bunch of very short videos, so it would also add value if I can combine them into something more sequential and cohesive. (I found 130 videos from the Jared and/or Jensen panels at LA 2009, and most of them were under 2 minutes long. 🤣) I don’t know if there’s enough footage to cover the entire panels seamlessly, but I’m itching to get my hands on that jigsaw puzzle of videos to try to make sense out of them.
So… the next videos I intend to work on will be from Vancouver 2009. This is one of the conventions that AgtSpooky attended and sent me videos for and they upscaled very well. Her breakfast video had already found its way onto YouTube, but wasn't properly credited. Her main panel videos aren't on YouTube as far as I could find, so that version may be new to newer fans. I'm only just starting to play around with upscaling the other sources out there, but my first attempt at the other main Breakfast source came out well. Both breakfast videos were taken from extreme opposite angles, so that should provide some useful editing opportunities. I’d still love to get more videos of this event if anyone has them.
If you made it this far, I am in awe. Sorry for putting this wall of text on your screen! 😅
Originally posted here by MrJTSniper, this video is a small clip from a 22-minute special by STAR! TV during the filming of dead in the water in 2005. Featuring Jared talking about how flattering it is to be hit on by girls and guys.
Originally posted here by MrJTSniper, this video is a small clip from a 22-minute special by STAR! TV during the filming of dead in the water in 2005. Featuring Jared talking about how flattering it is to be hit on by girls and guys.
Featuring jared being his rambling self. What I would give to have this one on video...
They tell us that as much of the violence is in this movie there's also sex. Do we get to see you topless?
(laughs) Not yet! If there are reshoots who knows they might try and yank off my shirt.
I'm being equal because we were wondering about the female cast.
No man.
And it's only fair to ask.
It's absolutely fair to ask. That was also something that I brought up with the writers and producers and the director because I'm wearing like a form fitting shirt and I was like 'Listen guys... I'm already on the CW, which is kind of like the pretty boy network. The last thing I want to do is do this movie with a lot of fans and just be like 'Hey, here's me taking my shirt off.' And like be kind of douchebaggy. I was like honestly, I wanted Clay to just be a normal guy. I didn't want him to be like 'Hey, here I am. I'm a sex symbol. Watch me fight Jason. I'm cool. I'm a ninja. Blah blah.' I just wanted to be a guy trying to find his sister. Not about how he looked, whether he worked out or whatever. So I steered clear of the topless scenes.
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Jared Padalecki has been around for a couple years now, finally breaking through and scoring his first leading role in FRIDAY THE 13TH. Some may know him from his starring roles in GILMORE GIRLS and the popular genre show SUPERNATURAL. He's also got a couple genre movie credits to his name in HOUSE OF WAX and CRY_WOLF, so as you can see he's definitely a fan of the genre. We caught up with the young actor while on the set of FRIDAY THE 13TH. The time was around 3 AM and Padalecki had just approached us munching on a bag of Doritos Cool Ranch chips. Regardless of it being early morning and having worked all night, Padalecki was upbeat and ready to sit down with us and answer some questions. Little did he know that as soon as the interview was over he'd be wrapped for the night, lucky him!
JARED PADALECKI
It's always this time of night where there's nothing to eat so you just go straight to the craft service table. Bunch of peanuts and Skittles and now some Cool Ranch chips. Terrible, terrible. And then you say why did I do that? Oh yeah it was 3 o clock in the morning and I couldn't think straight.
Tell us about your character and what you’re doing in the movie.
I play Clay Miller. Basically my involvement in the movie is I start out and we don't know much about me. We just know that I'm looking for my sister who's gone missing. So I go out to Camp Crystal Lake not knowing the legends and not knowing what's out there and what happens on Friday the 13th. And that's when I run into another group of young guys and gals who are out there for a camping trip and then horror ensues. I'm sure you can all imagine where we go from there, right?
How familiar were you with the earlier films?
I seen the first one and I seen FREDDY VS JASON. I'd seen one of the other ones, I assume the second one, where he had the burlap sack still. Because the first one he obviously wasn't the villain and then FREDDY VS JASON I had seen, I had some buddies that were in that and I went and watched it. But mostly I was familiar, I knew the story. Everybody knows Jason Voorhees whether you've seen one or ten or zero. From then obviously Friday the 13th and the whole legend behind that, there's not a Friday the 13th that goes by... It's funny. I got home from work last night at like... I don't want to exaggerate, I want to say it was like 5.. no 6:30 am ok. The hotel leaves your stereo on like classic music. The guy who was in-between songs was like 'Well here on blah blah blah we have a long day of beautiful classical music in case you want to stay in and not go risk those Friday the 13th roads and that Friday the 13th traffic and blah blah blah.' And literally as I walked into the door and I was like 'weird man' and I just turned the radio off and went to sleep. But I knew the legend, Friday the 13th. And I knew Jason.
Was this something you pursued or was it something that was pitched to you? What was your first reaction when you read the script?
I had seen AMITYVILLE that Platinum Dunes had redone and I had seen the original TEXAS CHAINSAW that Platinum Dunes and Marcus had done, or the remake, the original remake. And I had seen THE HITCHER, Sophia Bush is a friend of mine. I loved, I enjoyed them all but I loved the TEXAS CHAINSAW remake and I watched it actually when I did HOUSE OF WAX. The director sat us down and as a cast we watched the movie. He's like this is a recent horror remake that's done really well that I think is really good and so I want you guys to watch it. We watched it and we were like... man that's good. It's interesting, it tells a story visually. It's hard to remake a classic and give homage to the original but still make it new and interesting for younger audiences and different audiences. So I found out about this script from my manager, it was during the strike and I was about to go do some international press for SUPERNATURAL, that's a show that I'm doing on CW. I was literally about to fly out... four or five days later or something and I hear hey, the strike wasn't over yet and they're like listen, there's this movie FRIDAY THE 13TH the remake, I was like 'Oh this movie, I know what that is.' The director is in town and Brad Fuller, one of the producers is in town and they want to meet with you. I was like 'Well can I see the script?' They were like 'Okay we're emailing it to you right now, print it up, they want to have dinner with you tonight.' And I was like 'Alright.'
I'm assuming your going right back to work after this?
Yeah (laughs). I'm doing international press in Australia next week so I leave from Dallas on Wednesday to go to Australia for a few days and then we're supposed to start shooting the first week of July. No rest for the wicked right? I had like a three month break during the strike so I can't bitch and moan too much, but yeah straight from SUPERNATURAL to FRIDAY back to SUPERNATRUAL[sic].
How long do you shoot SUPERNATURAL?
Nine months.
Straight?
You have two weeks off for Christmas; you get a four day weekend for Thanksgiving and Presidents Day and stuff like that. From July 2nd I think we're supposed to wrap the first week April.
What's your favorite kill in this movie?
My favorite kill is the kill of the police officer who comes to sort of check up on us. We hear knocking and we know Jason's outside and we know someone’s killing off these people in this group of friends that I've hooked up with. We hear a knock on the door and at first we're a little panicky but we're like why would this guy knock? So we go to check out the door and it's a police officer, so I start to let him in and as I let him in Danielle Panabaker's character Jenna sees Jason basically drop down from the roof and shove a fireplace poker through the police's eye, through the door, it ends up right in front of me and then we take off. That's really the moment in the movie where everything has sort of come to a head, and then just explodes. It's like man, everything is so fast paced, and everything’s so hectic. The audience is really going to be on the edge of their seat from that moment on. Not like they wouldn’t before. That's when the break line breaks and it's full speed ahead for the rest of the movie.
What's been your favorite part of this whole shoot?
They tell us that as much of the violence is in this movie there's also sex. Do we get to see you topless?
(laughs) Not yet! If there are reshoots who knows they might try and yank off my shirt.
I'm being equal because we were wondering about the female cast.
No man.
And it's only fair to ask.
It's absolutely fair to ask. That was also something that I brought up with the writers and producers and the director because I'm wearing like a form fitting shirt and I was like 'Listen guys... I'm already on the CW, which is kind of like the pretty boy network. The last thing I want to do is do this movie with a lot of fans and just be like 'Hey, here's me taking my shirt off.' And like be kind of douchebaggy[sic]. I was like honestly, I wanted Clay to just be a normal guy. I didn't want him to be like 'Hey, here I am. I'm a sex symbol. Watch me fight Jason. I'm cool. I'm a ninja. Blah blah.' I just wanted to be a guy trying to find his sister. Not about how he looked, whether he worked out or whatever. So I steered clear of the topless scenes.
When you are putting together this character, do you spend a lot of time thinking about a back-story? Is that an important part of your process or do you feel like it's important to the film?
It is. It's important to my process and it’s important to the film. I always start the process of building a character by just reading the script over and over and over again to where you’re kind of trying to hook into his motivations and instincts and what's driving him. Which is also why it's little things, little lines here and there. You’re like hey listen, earlier in the movie I say this and now I'm saying that, it kind of contradicts, can I change it up a little bit? And they're like yeah of course we didn't even think about that. Or this is from this version and that's from that version. The back story’s important and usually you get the chance to talk to other characters, other actors and actresses in the movie about like hey, let's think about how we know each other, how we met each other. But really the only character in this movie that I know is my sister, so all the people that I spend most of the movie with I meet them during the course of the movie. So it was nice to have that freedom to introduce my own character. Who knows if it comes across and who knows if I even get into it, but just so I know. And also the scripts usually will you know... Up rides Clay Miller. 23. Athletic. Blah blah blah blah blah. It kind of gives you a little outline and then little expositional things. I'm talking to Jenna, Danielle Panabaker's character about my sister and I's relationship and how it's been since my mother's death and blah blah blah. You get hints from the script and then you’re sort of free to do your own thing.
You mentioned fighting Jason earlier. Do people actually fight Jason a lot during this movie or are they mostly running from him?
Does the sense of comrodery[sic] with Derek and the rest of the cast, does it make it easier or does it maker it tougher for you to center yourself when you go back in and you have to be scared?
I guess for everybody it's different. For me it makes it a lot easier. I'm not method, like I don't not enjoy my work. If I'm playing somebody who's sleep deprived, I sleep 9 hours a night. (laughs) I don't want to get to work and be miserable because it keeps me... it messes with my focus. And likewise I don't want to worry about not getting along with somebody that I'm working with, like be fakey during the day just so that you could get on but it’s nice to be friends with somebody. Because it's so weird and it's so... I'm bruised up and banged up and there's scenes where we're having fights and I cut my face open for real during the fight and it's like ughh. You don't want to go from that to 'And cut.' And then like you don't want to talk to anybody, you don't want to go 'oh dude I think I just cut my face' because you don't like the guy. It's nice to go 'Derek, I think I just messed myself up.' He'll be like 'What, you alright?' And you'll be like 'Yeah, I'm fine, I'm fine. Jeez I'm having a scotch when I get home' or something.
It's nice to be able to vent a little bit, you can't burn the candle on both ends. It's nice in between takes to sit down and have lunch with everybody and joke around and kid around. Otherwise... you spend so much time with these people... I have a director named Kim Manners, he's one of our directors/producers on SUPERNATURAL. He's always like 'If I didn't enjoy working with you guys, I would quit because there's no point...' And this is his quote to me, I'm not married but he's like 'I spend more time with you guys than I do with my wife, with my kids, with my dog, with my best friend, with my family... if I didn't like you all, why would I want to spend so much time with you guys. Money? How much do you want? I'd rather enjoy my life and not have as much money. Just work to make money and not have a shitty time doing it.' So it's really nice in my opinion to get along with everybody.
Obviously your no stranger to this genre, with HOUSE OF WAX and SUPERNATURAL and stuff. Do you plan on doing more horror films after this? Are you going to stay to that track? You know the routine from being in HOUSE OF WAX. Were you surprised? Was it different from FRIDAY THE 13TH, like the physical routine and everything?
Absolutely. The first question, as far as staying in the genre. It's a genre that I'm a fan of, and I've always enjoyed scary movies and horror movies and scary shows. I grew up watching THE TWILIGHT ZONE with my old man and stuff like that. If the role’s right and the character’s right or I want to work with some directors or producers. Each job is so specific, I'm not sure I'm at the point in my career... like Clooney or Brad Pitt or something.. it's like bring me a comedy, I want to do a comedy. And then 20 comedies show up at your door and your like no, no no, I'll take this one. For me, I'm still in a process where I have to sort of fight for the roles I want. This was a role I wanted, so I fought for it. I guess it was coincidental that it happened to be in a genre that I was so familiar with and comfortable with and a fan of. As far as the process being different, it's been very different.
Has there been a scene or sequence or specific thing that you've done that you consider to be the most challenging or the most fun? Or are those two things mutually exclusive?
They're not mutually exclusive. Sometimes they coincide. For me, the most challenging was my sort of ultimate confrontation with Jason. It being a horror movie, it's night, and it being a horror movie, it's raining, and it being a horror movie, we're in a barn... fighting... for our lives. So in between every take they’re' spraying you down with water and throwing mud and dirt on you and you just feel banged up and bruised up. Derek is a joy... because there are a lot of parts.. I'm not a stunt man, so I don't do my own stunts and I try and do my own fight scenes as much as I can but Derek is a stunt man. So there's a part where I kind of... because I don't know what else to do, I sort of grab him and sort of run him back as best I can, like try and push him into the wall. A few times... I'm in like designer boots and tight jeans... you can't really move in it and my boots are all wet and it's muddy and it's starting to get sloshy. So my feet are like slipping out and I'm literally basically just leaning on Derek. I weigh 220 pounds and I'm holding onto Derek for dear life and he just... in character.. resets his feet, lifts me up and he's like 'Ok go ahead.' And he has the mask on so no one can see him say 'Ok go ahead' but I can hear him and I'm like thanks man and I'm back on my feet and doing it again.
So that and you get bruised up and banged up. I still have some bruises on my lower back and my side, I'm not injured where I'll never walk again or something but just little paper cuts and your going where did that come from, come on. And the medics coming in because you get dirt and dust in your eyes and you can’t touch your eyes because you have dirt and mud all over your fingertips and your just sitting there going can I have some water and it looks like you’re crying. So then all the crew guys make fun of you... its fine. It was a lot of fun but that was the most challenging. And the most fun was probably the sequence I was talking about with the police officer getting pokered because we had a few different sets and there's a cool shot... when you see the movie you'll see, with like half sets and the camera moving to the outside of the door kind of following the poker and then ending up right in front of me. When I was shooting that, I remember thinking to myself.... probably the worst thing an actor could think... but like man this is going to look cool! You’re supposed to stay in the moment and do your thing and be true to the character but I couldn't help but start thinking like... this is going to rock. It's cool to shoot that and then know that it's going to look cool on camera and the audience is going to go it's cool how they do that. So that's probably the most challenging and the most fun, so far on this shoot.
Well is there anything you can tell us about the upcoming SUPERNATURAL season? Apparently Dean might be in Hell a little longer than people think. Can you elaborate on that at all?
I don't know a whole lot about specifics, but I do know that a few episodes are written and that they're going to give me the outlines for them very very soon. I do something weird... I do it during the shooting of SUPERNATURAL, but if we're shooting episode 1 and episode 2 comes out, I won't even read episode 2 until I'm done with 1 because I don't want to start thinking about it. It started because in Season 2 I had a sex scene and I read about it 2 episodes before so all I did was like oh man I have to wake up and go to the gym and your just thinking about what's going to happen 3 weeks from now instead of just worrying about what your shooting. I've been careful about A. with the demanding schedule with FRIDAY and B. while shooting this I don't want to get... it sounds cheesy, but I don't want to start getting into Sam Winchester while playing Clay Miller. But I've heard sort of whisperings of he's going to be in Hell and I might have to find out a way to go get him... which would be wicked cool. I hope they end up doing that and there are whisperings that Sammy's going to have to go a little bit more dark side than we've seen him, which I've been waiting for years to do, so I'm excited about that.
Excellent. That sounds very interesting. When will that they be planning on premiering that?
They're starting us the first week of July...
So it would be like a Fall kind of thing?
Yeah. I know they want to air us with SMALLVILLE, which probably starts shooting earlier because usually SMALLVILLE premiers and then we premiere a couple weeks later but they're bringing us back a couple weeks earlier so that we can premiere. Probably late August, early September is my hope.
Jared during the New York Minute press junket, 2004. featuring Riley Smith calling him “Padalacky” and Mary-Kate Olsen’s stalking tendencies. (skip to 3:08 for just Jared)
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Jared and Jensen in Conventions throughout the years ♥
A while ago, I posted a thread on twitter to help myself and other people to find easily the convention we were looking for, using the boys' outfits to identify where the convention had happened. This thread has been really useful to me and now, with the uncertainty of twitter's future, I'm reposting it here.
I hope this will help some of you as it did to me :)
I'll be eventually editing this post to add the most recent conventions.
P.S.: I only added the conventions both Jared and Jensen participated. If you find any mistakes, please let me know!
Always looking forward to new content of them together ♥
