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Mint
06-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Mint
Jensen Ackles on reunion with Supernatural co-stars in final season of 'The Boys': 'It was quite an experience'
'Supernatural' fans will soon witness a long-anticipated on-screen reunion as Jensen Ackles expressed enthusiasm over once again collaborating with former co-stars Jared Padalecki and Misha Collins in the concluding season of 'The Boys'. In a recent interview with People, Ackles opened up about his enduring friendship with Padalecki and Collins, saying, 'We see each other more often than you would think — honestly, at least once a month.' Reflecting on the recent experience of having both actors visit and work with him on the set, he shared, 'It was weird. It was like inviting my friends over to somebody else's house for dinner. I was like, 'Listen, guys, don't make me look bad. I got to stay here.' They were amazing. I can't wait to talk more about it because it was quite an experience.' The possibility of Padalecki joining the Prime Video series gained traction after Kripke publicly expressed his desire to work with the actor on 'The Boys' final season. Padalecki confirmed to Deadline last June that he was open to the idea. 'The answer is yes,' he said, signalling his willingness to reunite with his former showrunner and co-star. The fourth season of 'The Boys', which is currently airing, also saw the arrival of another 'Supernatural' alumnus. Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who portrayed the Winchester brothers' father in the earlier seasons of the CW series, made a memorable appearance as Joe Kessler — a hallucination tormenting Karl Urban's Billy Butcher. This week, Kripke marked the end of principal photography on The Boys' finale with a heartfelt message on social media. 'It's bittersweet, but my primary feeling is gratitude,' he wrote. 'We have the best cast, the best crew, the most fun story to write, and something that is impossible to predict: the right timing. You wait your whole career to have maybe two of those things, if you're lucky. We got all of them.' This reunion would not only serve as a nostalgic moment for long-time viewers of 'Supernatural', but also a fitting culmination to Kripke's two most iconic genre-bending series. Ackles, who starred as Dean Winchester for 15 seasons alongside Padalecki's Sam Winchester in Eric Kripke's cult CW series 'Supernatural' (2005–2020), joined 'The Boys' in its third season as Soldier Boy. Since then, The Boys has continued to attract a growing audience, with Kripke, the showrunner, now preparing to bring the story to a close with its upcoming fifth season. As production wraps and anticipation builds for the fifth and final season of The Boys, fans will be watching closely for any official announcements confirming the reunion that genre television enthusiasts have long awaited.
Express Tribune
06-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Jensen Ackles teases Jared Padalecki and Misha Collins reunion on final season of ‘The Boys'
Jensen Ackles has shared details about reuniting with his Supernatural co-stars Jared Padalecki and Misha Collins in the upcoming final season of The Boys. Speaking to People, Ackles explained the unusual feeling of working together on a new set. 'It was weird. It was like inviting my friends over to somebody else's house for dinner. I was like, 'Listen, guys, don't make me look bad. I got to stay here,'' he said, adding that the experience was 'amazing' and he looks forward to discussing it further. Ackles, who portrays Soldier Boy on the Prime Video series, last worked with Padalecki and Collins during their 15-season run on Supernatural from 2005 to 2020, a series also created by The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke. Padalecki recently confirmed he was open to joining the final season, telling Deadline, 'The answer is yes.' 'We have talked [about a role]. As a matter of fact, we talked today,' Padalecki said. 'I think at this point in my acting life, I only want to work on projects that I really care about or with people that I really care about, and obviously Eric and I are indelibly connected forever.' Collins' involvement follows Jeffrey Dean Morgan, another Supernatural alum, who appeared in The Boys Season 4 as Joe Kessler. This week, Kripke wrapped filming on the series finale, calling the moment 'bittersweet' while expressing gratitude for the cast, crew and the timing of the show's success. The final season of The Boys is set to premiere in 2026 following its record-breaking fourth season, which topped Nielsen streaming charts for Prime Video.
Yahoo
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jensen Ackles on [Spoiler]'s surprise appearance on ‘Countdown' and the ‘Supernatural' reunion on ‘The Boys'
[WARNING: The following story contains spoilers about the first three episodes of .] It may be hard to believe, but Jensen Ackles can be called a TV veteran since he has been entertaining TV viewers for nearly 30 years. He first grabbed viewers' attention in 1997 as teen Eric Brady on NBC daytime soap Days of Our Lives before chasing demons alongside Jared Padalecki on The CW's Supernatural for 15 years. Since then, he's appeared on ABC's Big Sky, CBS' Tracker, and as superhero Soldier Boy on The Boys (a role he'll reprise for the Prime Video show's fifth and final season). He also found time behind the camera by directing six Supernatural episodes, an episode of Padalecki's Walker, as well as executive-produce and narrate the short-lived Supernatural spin-off The Winchesters. More from GoldDerby Marvel's 'Ironheart' reviews: Critics love Dominique Thorne - the show she's in, not so much Sarah Michelle Gellar shares 'Buffy' reboot hopes: 'My dream is to bring back everyone who has died' Benson Boone reviews are in: Critics flip off 'American Heart' Now, Ackles stays on the right side of the law as sardonic Det. Mark Meachum in the action drama Countdown, which drops its first three installments on Wednesday (the rest of the 13-episode series rolls out weekly). On the series, a Department of Homeland Security agent is suddenly murdered, so a special task force is created with Meachum and others from different arms of law enforcement. However, that murder investigation leads them to bigger threats that has the potential of destroying Los Angeles. Jessica Camacho, Uli Latukefu, Violett Beane, Elliot Knight, and Grey's Anatomy and Euphoria star Eric Dane round out the cast. Here, Ackles tells us more about why Countdown appealed to him, that surprising TV face we saw in the opening of the series, as well as an update on the Supernatural reunion with Padalecki and Misha Collins on The Boys. Gold Derby: You were looking for something to do under your new Amazon deal, so what was it about that just seemed like the right thing to start with? Jensen Ackles: Derek Haas [Countdown creator, showrunner, and executive producer], largely. He and I had a couple conversations and then I flew out to L.A., we had lunch, and there was just an instant kind of connection there. Obviously, his resume and pedigree speaks for itself. The guy is well versed in storytelling and character-building and also doing broadcast, which I come from as well. I felt like he had a really good sense of how to build a set and how to build a crew, and how to build a team and a cast that could really sing. And I gotta be honest, I'm not gonna lie. Since Supernatural, I didn't think it would ever get that fun again. This was some of the most enjoyable days on set I have had in my life. From top to bottom, everybody was there to do solid work but to also have a great time doing it. The days that we were all together for the task force headquarters were the greatest days ever because we were all having fun, and we were on set and we were just laughing and we were playing games in between sets or in between scenes. I hope that the chemistry off-screen translated onscreen. I believe it did and I hope we get to do it for many more years. Tell me about Mark Meachum. How would you describe this guy in your words? He's a inherently good guy that has just been dealt a really, really bad hand. He's trying to make it in this world the best way he knows how. He could have gone the bad route and been a drug dealer or a drug runner or working for the bad guys very easily, which is probably why he did so well undercover. He can relate to these guys more so than somebody who grew up in white-collar America and had loving parents. This guy comes from broken home, broken family, and a broken deal. I think that he decided to not go the dark route and try to try to bring light to the darkness. It's a fun character to play because there is darkness in there. It's an internal battle, so he fights throughout the series. The fact that he's got this terrible diagnosis — again, he's been dealt a bad hand — but instead of opting to just cash in and be like, "I'm done. I'm out," he's like, "No, I'm going to jump on this grenade and save as many people as I possibly can." We learn of Meachum's health issues in the first episode. Can you clarify what he is actually dealing with? It's an inoperable brain tumor. And that was one of the great things that Derek wrote in — this guy is not just a maverick. He's not just a cool guy with sunglasses and smoking cigarettes. Do you know Den of Thieves with Gerard Butler? He's just this tough guy in a leather jacket that should ride for a motorcycle club, but instead he's a cop. I'll watch those movies all day. But Meachum, he's not doing it because he's that guy. He's doing it because he's got nothing to lose and he would rather take risks so that his team doesn't have to. Elizabeth Morris/Prime Video Seeing Milo Ventimiglia in the opening was a big surprise since that has been kept under wraps. How did that come about? Did you make a call? I don't know if this is out of the purview of what we should talk about, but that whole thing was filmed with another actor and who did a great job, but they brought him in as a guest star and they shot that whole sequence. Then, I think once they got into the editing room, they were like, "This feel like it needs to be a familiar face." So it's a testament to the Amazon team and a testament to Derek and Jonathan Brown, who directed the first episode and [is] also our producing director, since they were like, "The stakes need to be heightened here because this sets the whole show on its journey." Derek came to me and says, "I think we're going to reshoot that whole sequence, and it's obviously a lot of money to redo it, but we got to get somebody. Do you know Milo?" I was like, "Of course I know Milo. He'd be fantastic. Does he want to do it?" He said, "We pitched it to him and we think he's in." I sent Milo a text and was like, "Bro!" So he came for a costume fitting, but he came to set to say hi. I hadn't seen Milo in maybe a year or two, but we go way back, obviously. It was really good to see him and I was just giddy that he came on. And he nailed it as I knew he would. It's too bad his character dies so quickly in the opening! Oh, trust me. I was already pitching, "Can we do some flashbacks where Milo comes in and we actually know each other?" Derek was like, "Let me do the writing." We find out Meachum may not be the best at romantic relationships since his fellow task force member, DEA agent Amber Oliveros (Camacho), knows his former fiancée. Is there some romantic tension between Meachum and Oliveros that we may see develop over the first season? You will. I mean, with any good "will they or won't they?", there's got to be tension. That is definitely an intentional situation there, but instead of Meachum trying to win her over, he's more like, "I don't need to deal with that. I'm just gonna stay in my lane." But they are partnered up effectively, so you get a bit of a buddy comedy. And Jess just brought it all to the table and did a fantastic job of bringing a really strong character and somebody who's not gonna placate to Meachum at all. That relationship needs that friction, and it will be kind of your classic "will they or won't they?" So far, it's "won't they?" You directed on and , so any chance we're seeing you in the director's chair at all in Season 1? I would absolutely love to direct at some point. I want to make sure we have a strong foundation and we have our feet on the ground with what we're doing first. Look, if they threw me in the director's chair tomorrow, I would feel abundantly confident in the cast, but more so the crew. Vanessa Joy [Smith], who's our director of photography, is one of the best I've ever worked with in my life. [She] and her crew are just amazing. She did all five seasons of Mayans M.C. and she is an absolute joy. I mean, it's right in her name! She's such a pro. So, yeah, if your DP is of that caliber, it's hard for a director to really fail. I love being in a position directing-wise where I can't fail. You're working with Jensen and Misha on . How would you describe working again with them? We already shot it, and it was like three brothers coming together to have dinner at somebody else's house. It was like, "All right, listen, Mom's not here, but we've got to clear our plates at the end. Everybody just mind your p's and q's. Don't mess this up. We've got a reputation. Let's not destroy it." Best of GoldDerby Everything to know about 'The Pitt' Season 2 Adam Brody, Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, and the best of our Emmy Comedy Actor interviews Kristen Bell, Tina Fey, Bridget Everett, and the best of our Emmy Comedy Actress interviews Click here to read the full article.
Yahoo
21-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'The Boys' Jensen Ackles Excited for Reunion With ‘Supernatural' Co-Star in Season 5
When the 15-season run of the popular series Supernatural came to a close, many fans were disappointed for several reasons. One was that the duo of Jensen Ackles (Dean Winchester) and Jared Padalecki (Sam) would be no more. However, Supernatural creator Eric Kripke, who also leads the way in the hit Amazon Prime Video series The Boys, ensured that wouldn't be the case. Padalecki was cast in the upcoming Season 5 of The Boys, and previously revealed to TV Insider that he would be featured in the same storyline, frame and interacting with Ackles, along with another Supernatural co-star, Misha Collins. 'It's a blast," Kripke said. "We already shot it. I will confirm that Jared, Jensen, and Misha are all in the same frame together, and in the same storyline, and interacting with each other.' While speaking with Collider about his new series, Countdown, Ackles addressed the reunion with his former co-star, Padalecki, on The Boys, and the excitement about working together again was obvious. 'There's a reason he and I did that show for 15 years because we truly got along, we truly enjoy working together, and we're effectively brothers in real life, too," Ackles said. "So anytime we get a chance to mix it up and do stuff, it's always a blast. He's the best. You can put us two in front of anything; we'll get the job done.' It's exciting for fans of both Supernatural and The Boys, and it goes without saying, but the rapport between Ackles and Padalecki almost certainly picked up right where it left off in 2020.'The Boys' Jensen Ackles Excited for Reunion With 'Supernatural' Co-Star in Season 5 first appeared on Men's Journal on Jun 20, 2025
Yahoo
17-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jared Padalecki Says Reuniting with ‘Supernatural' Costar in ‘The Boys' Final Season Is ‘Effing Terrifying': ‘I Don't Know a Whole Lot About It'
Jared Padalecki finds his upcoming role in 'The Boys' Season 5 and reunion with 'Supernatural' actor Jensen Ackles anxiety-inducing. 'I don't know a whole lot about it, which is effing terrifying,' Padalecki said to Business Insider. More from Variety 'The Boys' Final Season Casts Jared Padalecki and Misha Collins in 'Supernatural' Reunion With Jensen Ackles Studio Time: How Production Companies Are Finding Ways For Their Brands to Share More of the Credit on TV Series Sterling K. Brown Is Finally No. 1 on the Call Sheet: The Actor on Hulu's 'Paradise,' Turning Down 'The Boys' and Leaving Randall Pearson Behind Padalecki isn't sure of the extent to which he and Ackles, who has played Soldier Boy since Season 3, will interact in the series. 'I don't know what we're doing. I don't know if we like, bump into each other. I don't know much about it. They're still trying to write and figure out who's gonna be there. But it'll be the end of this month,' Padalecki said. Information about Padalecki's character has not yet been announced. Another 'Supernatural' actor, Misha Collins, will also be in the new season. Padalecki said that it was Eric Kripke, the 'Supernatural' creator who also created 'The Boys,' that got him to join the series. 'I know Eric Kripke very well,' Padalecki said. 'I know 'The Boys' very well. He's like, 'Hey, you wanna come play?' I'm like, 'Yes, I think?'' Padalecki is intimidated by the prospect of becoming part of the series. 'It's fucking terrifying for me,' he added. He told his wife, Genevieve Padalecki, that he was likely going to play 'a weird role' but that she encouraged him to join the show anyways. 'Literally my text to Eric Kripke was like, 'Hey, if I'm getting naked, just give me like a month's notice to eat broccoli and rice and chicken breasts and all day long just sit there doing push-ups,'' Padalecki joked. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Oscars 2026: First Blind Predictions Including Timothée Chalamet, Emma Stone, 'Wicked: For Good' and More What's Coming to Disney+ in March 2025
