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Collider: What is the craziest thing you’ve said as Soldier Boy? Was it in The Boys, was it in Episode 5 specifically, or was it in Vought Rising?

JENSEN ACKLES: There have been some doozies. There’s one I forgot about that was in Episode 4, and I remember I had a really hard time getting through it. It was, “What’s up with the shaved pussy? What’s the point of going down there if you’re not getting a fat face full of fur?” I tried to get through that line several times, and both Val [Curry] and I could not keep a straight face. It was really tough to get out. There are a bunch from Season 3 that I can’t remember exactly. They write some doozies for Soldier Boy. It’s hard to get through them sometimes.

In Episode 5, in particular, there’s the “Nobody fucks my son but me line,” and then at least he realizes how bad that sounds. What was that like to deliver in the moment?

ACKLES: Well, it was written as just that, and I was like, “I can’t just say that and not actually question what I just said.” Look, they keep writing this stuff, and I just have to figure out a way to play it.

What is your favorite moment in Episode 5?

ACKLES: One of my favorite moments was when Craig Robinson comes out of the bathroom and I just turn and throw him in front of the freight train. It was just so ridiculous. He hadn’t been there the whole time, and then he just comes out of nowhere. He’s like, “Soldier Boy!” And I’m like, “And, you’re dead.” There was a lot of ridiculousness in that sequence, but it was fun to shoot.

How did it feel to grab Misha Collins by the throat and crush it, and then follow that up by knocking Jared Padalecki around a bit?

ACKLES: Misha and Jared and I have gotten to do a lot of physical altercations on screen, so there’s good trust there with each other. That felt normal, doing these kinds of action sequences with both of them. I don’t know if Jared has mentioned this before, but in the exchange that he and I have, he throws a punch and I throw a punch, and then I send him flying. In 15 seasons of Supernatural, we didn’t always fight each other. We were usually fighting together against somebody else, but there were also times when we would have to fight each other. Never once did we ever connect or miss-hit or accidentally hit each other. I clipped him in that sequence. I was like, “How did that happen?”

He and I have talked about it because I threw a punch and actually hit him in the nose in one of the takes. We figured out that he was so comfortable with me that he would get as close in as possible, but the problem was that my suit is restrictive. And so, instead of throwing a normal right punch like I would in normal clothing, I have to really turn my shoulders because I can’t bend my chest. I threw a normal Soldier Boy punch, which he had never been around for, and he didn’t realize that he needed a little extra distance, so I popped him on the nose. But in true Jared fashion, he kept going with it. We had to stop and make sure I didn’t give him a bloody nose, but he was fine.

Have you done anything to make up for it since then?

ACKLES: No, I told him, “You’re welcome.” I think I just said, “Welcome to The Boys. This is what happens.”

Soldier Boy is pretty much the one responsible for taking out the entire guest cast of this episode. What was it like to work with that incredible guest cast? Did you guys get to spend any time together?

ACKLES: We did. There was a lot of just sitting around in the cast chairs and talking while they were setting up stunts, or setting up the goo or the blood or whatever it was. We had a really good time sitting around. You’re talking with A+ comedians and getting to pick their brain. That was a lot of fun for me. But then, getting to watch them work and being off camera, and seeing them improv an entire take, and then improv another entire take that’s completely different, I felt like I had the best seat in the house to a comedy show.

Was there anything that didn’t make it into the episode?

ACKLES: Oh, tons. Just talking about the scene where they’re all sitting around the table, there were probably eight different takes of improvisational dialogue. The sad thing is that you only get to pick one for the show, but I got the benefit of watching all of them and it was amazing.

Soldier Boy also tells Homelander that he’s been with Firecracker, but that he’s done with that. He also seems to make Homelander a bit jealous that they were actually sharing pillow talk. All of that leads to a conversation between Homelander and Firecracker that ends up with Firecracker dead. Do you think Soldier Boy feels responsible for that? Do you think he even cares?

ACKLES: I don’t think he cares. I honestly don’t. Obviously, the Firecracker thing, at first, he was just doing it to make [Homelander] jealous, and it was in spite. I don’t think that there’s any love lost there.

Soldier Boy doesn’t really seem too happy about this Homelander-as-God idea. What do you think most disappoints Soldier Boy when it comes to Homelander? How does he feel about him having this level of power that he has?

ACKLES: There’s probably some anger. There’s maybe a little jealousy. There’s also some disappointment that he thinks that he’s effectively better. There’s an ego shift with Soldier Boy. He says in Season 3, “No one’s the new me.” I think now that Homelander is stepping it up and saying that he’s not just the best superhero, he is a God, Soldier Boy is getting close to just saying, “I’ve had it. You’re beyond help.” We see that.

 didn’t know how you were going to pull this whole Supernatural reunion off, but with everything from the giant portrait of Jared’s face to the movie posters to all the interactions, it was just brilliant.

(Source: TVInsider on Instagram)