Well
after their panel at Comic-Con, Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, Misha Collins,
Mark Sheppard, Robert Singer and Jeremy Carver spoke to the press about all
that and then some.
Executive producer, Jeremy Carver explains where season nine picks up.
“It’s a broken landscape this season so we
don’t start out with the big, big bad is right there at the get-go like, “I’m
going to kill you.” Because even our big
bads – Crowley found a stroke of humanity in him at the end of last year. So suddenly we find ourselves in the position
of “Wow is there something more to this guy?
Is there something more to watching this guy’s journey?” And I feel like that’s what we’re trying to
do with all of our main characters this year in terms of we’re always trying to find another aspect of
their personality that maybe we haven’t showcased. I’m really excited about the character moves
that we’re making. There may be certain
moves that some of our characters make that some fans don’t like, but I think
they’re going to understand them, and we’re all going to have to live in that
world. Particularly the characters that
make those decisions are really going to have to live in that world. We’re really going to be driving the
mythology around a big thing we can’t talk about. But we created a lot of stories this year
that feel really fresh and a little bit different than the past in that we are
taking time to do B stories in a way that we have never done before. We’re spending a lot of time with Crowley,
we’re spending a lot of time with Castiel as these two guys who come to grips
with their new reality.”
“I
think this season’s first three episodes that are setting up our world are all
pretty special. I think the fans are
really going to dig what we’re doing. We
start and put a lot of balls in the air that will take us through 23
episodes. Will they be surprised? I think there’s a real surprise in the first
episode that nobody’s going to see coming and there’s going to be a few
gasps. I’m really happy with the first
three. They pretty much set the season
mythology up…We’re off to a good start.”
Jensen
Ackles talked a bit about the new dynamic between Sam and Dean at the start of
the season:
“Well obviously, we know that they chose each
other over the trials and the closing of hell.
And I think that was probably not shocking to most people because it is
what the show is about, this brother bond that they have. The fact that they have willfully chosen each
other means that they are now going to need each other more than ever. Because now they are going to have all this
other stuff to deal with. And it’s going
to be…a free for all on earth now with all these fallen angels, still got the
demons, and they’ve got to find a way to exist amongst all this and still fight
the good fight.”
Singer
tells what surprises are in store for fans:
“I
think what happens to Jared and Jensen in the first episode. I think the fans are going to give a palpable
gasps and that story plays out over a good period of time and develops. It’s something new for them, we’ve never done
it before, I’ve never seen it done before…I don’t want to over sell it but I
think you guys will like it.”
“There’s
a situation that is happening that Dean is aware of and having to keep quiet
about, and it’s a very substantial secret.
How that plays out I’m excited to see.
That’s what I’m excited about so I guess that would make me excited for
other people to see it to. It’s the
secret that dean is harboring right now.”
So
the secret might have something to do with the consequences of Sam’s trials:
“It’s
the cause of another secret and rift between the brothers – and it hasn’t
happened yet because Sam doesn’t know about the secret. But Sam obviously didn’t get better when he
stopped the trials. It wasn’t like,
“Dude, stop the trials or you’re going to die” “Oh, okay.” And then they skip off…It’s going to be in
every episode, but it happens in the first.
It’s continuous, and Sam doesn’t know, but he is heavily involved. It’s so cool.
It has made me more excited about shooting this season than any other
season we’ve shot.”
What
happens to the Angels?
“It
changes the world in a serious way. It’s
a main story threat for the year. Jeremy
was saying that this is the first time that they’ve chosen themselves over a
mission and the consequences of that [decision] is really what this season is
about. And the angels are a big part of
that. Because they’re kind of lost down
here so there are factions that’ll group together, they’re trying to get back
into heaven, how do you do that? So it’s
really rich stuff. That’s a big part of
the season.”
Ackles
added that the Angels won’t necessarily blame the Winchesters:
“Not
totally. I think the blame is being
spread around a little bit and I think in the search for answers the angels are
cutting quite a wake. Because they can. They have the power. They want to know why they ended up here, how
they ended up here, and what they’re supposed to be doing.”
Will
Gabriel be on Earth? Carver evaded the question by saying:
“Well
there’s various interpretations as to who’s still kicking and who isn’t. I will say that all the angels fell. So well be seeing angels that even other
angels haven’t seen for reasons that will become apparent.”
The
Supernatural team dropped some hints regarding the returning fan favorites:
“I
think one of the great things about our show is that the writers and directors
pay attention to feedback. They know
when things stick and they know when things don’t stick. I think it’s very intelligent of them to
utilize the ones that work. Look, Jared
and I having characters that we can have a relationship with – it’s very
difficult to establish a relationship with just one episode, so the more
characters that we get to create storylines and relationship with, the richer
the show becomes. Benny’s been one of my
favorite characters since day one. I
love how we tie it in with the character, I love how he’s written, and I love
the bond that he and Dean have. I think
that was really richly layered in a way that we haven’t seen in some time. I hope they bring him back.”
And
Booby is back, said Carver:
“We’re
going to see Bobby and I can’t say too much about it, but we’re going to see in
him a way you won’t expect, but also in a way that’s true to our show mythology
and our lore. We are not suspending the
laws of Supernatural to bring this person back.
There’s a very understandable way in which we’re seeing this guy. Many people are making guesses, and with the
landscape the way it is you can probably imagine…or not.”
Singer
also revealed Bobby’s return:
“Jim
Beaver’s coming back…we’re going to see him in a way that hasn’t been seen
before. Fans of the show know that
nobody that they really love or really hate is gone forever.”
And
what about Castiel? Singer teased:
“It’s
a really interesting character development for him. He has a real progression over the first half
of the season of being really lost. He
doesn’t have any money, he can’t teleport, and he doesn’t know how to
drive. He says at one point to another
character, “Wow, this having to urinate regularly is really a drag.” He has to feed himself. He has to live as a human. As he goes along and becomes more adept he
kind of embraces the human life, but as the war between the angels becomes more
heated there’s a real push-pull. ‘Do I
stay here and do this and be a worthwhile human being? Or do I have to get back into the fray? And if I do how do I do it?’ ”
Collins
is looking forward to exploring Cas’s humanity:
“There’s
this movie called Wings of Desire…it stars Peter Falk and it’s about an angel
who wears a trench coat, and I think his name is Casiel…I think maybe the
writers saw it before they wrote my character.
He falls in love with a woman, and falls to earth because he wants to be
with her, and gets to experience all the joys of smelling flowers and sipping
coffee and things like that for the first time.
From the beginning of my tenure on Supernatural I’ve always wanted to do
that with Castiel. We dipped into human
territory for a moment in season five when he started losing his powers, but we
never really explored it and I was kind of disappointed. I’m really happy now because we’re getting
into that full on. That’s a huge part of
Cas’s story for season nine.”
Might
we see some romance for Cas? Collins
seems to think so:
“Yes,
we might. Love is a strong word, but sex
we will see.”
And
it seems like Castiel’s looks will change.
Collins said:
“That
wardrobe has been the bane of my existence.
When I first started I thought it was only going to be three episodes so
I went in for the fitting and I was like, “Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever, this is
fine.” And then I had to wear it for
going on six years now and it was quite ill-fitted, pleated – I don’t like
pleats. So I did a very subtle reboot of
my wardrobe at the beginning of last year.
I got a better fitting suit without pleats and a shirt that wasn’t
actually two sizes too big for me. Cas
begins the season in his trademark trench coat, I will tell you that…It’s
always possible that Cas could change his clothes. I would love that. And if you think about it now that he’s
human, at least change his underwear.”
Singer
added:
“The
trench coat will always be around somewhere.”
What
about the King of Hell? It seems we’ll
pick up with Crowley right where we left him, beaten down and locked up. Mark Sheppard explained:
“I’m
still kind of contained where I don’t want to be. I think the biggest problem for Crowley where
we left off is Sam trying to cure Crowley, for want of a better phrase, having
not happened. They backed away from
that. They made the choice to pick each
other rather than follow through with the quest, which is the usual way that
we’ve done the show over the years. It
leaves a lot of unanswered questions about what happened to Crowley as a
result. He hasn’t been cured, yet I
think the experience has had a profound effect on Crowley. It’s certainly not something he would enjoy
experiencing. So we may see the effects
of that as we go through.”
“That
was so much fun to shoot, the end of last season. Jensen, Jared and I were locked away in that
church on that set. Brilliant set, the
exterior of it was built there and the interior of it was built on the stage. It was an extraordinary place to be. It was one of the best set designs and set
creations I’ve ever seen. It looked
indigenous to the area and it really wasn’t.
It was an amazing place to be. It
was dirty and wet on stage. Three days
we were there. Truthfully Jensen was off
camera for most of that whole end section.
Because we shot my breakdown, or revelation, or journey first, and then
we turned around to film Jared’s portion of that, which is just as equally
heavy, and just as equally complex to do.
And then we went to Jensen finally.
So Jensen was off camera for hours and hours and hours and he was
delivering exactly the same performance and the same intensity as the rest of
us. It was the quietest time we’ve ever
had. No joking. It was very intense. And I think it shows. It plays.
It was fabulous. It was a really
good ending.”
Padalecki
also said that scene was one of his favorite moments from last season:
“The
end scene with Sheppard…that whole build up.
It was such an experience. It
took me a week to come off of shooting that.
It was super intense. It was
intense day and night, day after day. It
was really, truly a painful experience…I think it worked really well and I
think it’s awesome that the writers are giving us stuff 172 episodes in that we
still can push ourselves.”
Carver
teased some of the fun episodes in the coming season:
“We’re
going to see a loveable character, Charlie.
We’re going to see her early on in a really fun episode that doubles
back to the earliest days of Men of Letters.
Literally the first to Men of Letters turning a key into a bunker that’s
never been used before in 1935. And the
first case they’re going into involves a case that goes into the Wizard of Oz
in a way that we’ve never seen that
story approached before. We’re going to
see a character who I think some people may have thought perished at the end of
last season, We’re going to see Sherriff Jody Mills. We’ll see her I think in episode 8. Of course we’re going to see Kevin. We’ll see him right from the get-go.”
Singer
also mentioned a fun episode he’s looking forward to:
“I
think the craziest one that’s in the works for us is this Dr. Doolittle episode where dean can talk to the
animals. Something went a little
awry. That’s our first crazy one, but
I’m sure they’ll be some other ones down the line.”
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