Salute To Supernatural Burbank: The Misha Collins Panel

Misha was in good form at this panel.  Fans were dishing out the usual crazy questions, but he managed to come up with some good answers and for the most part avoid the awkward fan moments that have been plaguing his panels of late.  

Before I get started, I sadly didn’t many good photos of Misha.  He wouldn’t stop moving.  There are a couple here though so as usual, credit the Winchester Family Business before sharing.  

Misha came out on to the stage after his introduction, waved at everyone, and then tooks a few minutes to awkwardly look at the crowd.  He went to say something constantly, stopped himself, and then kept crowd watching.  He went on for a couple minutes doing that then gave up.  
 

Misha went straight to questions.  Someone complimented him on his clothes.  Misha went on to explain how he makes his own clothes.  He even spins and grows the cotton in his own home.  If anyone was buying that, I have this bridge in Brooklyn…
 
The question was has he ever tried improv?  After all, he’s clever and fun.  “That’s not what Matt said!” someone behind me shouted.  Misha heard that!  He wanted to bring Matt out there and challenge him to a shirt off.  I think the crowd very much wanted that too.  Sadly, Matt didn’t show (kicks chair in front of me).  
 
He has always wanted to try improv, but professionals have urged him not to.  Misha explained some of the basic rules of improv.  In doing improv, someone starts and you have to go along with it.  It’s inappropriate to do something like hand someone a blank piece of paper and expect them to read from it.  Knowing all that, Richard Speight Jr., in coming out there on the floor and doing what he does, violates every single rule of Improv.  He’s always putting people on the spot. 

The next person had a question for Castiel.  What are Castiel’s feeling on cheese?  Oh no, not again.  If you all recall, Misha’s been plagued by very stupid questions the last few cons.  “Is this the direction things are going today?”  He commanded no questions about cheese, but answered the question anyway.  Probably a triple goat cheese.  Something pungent for decoration since he doesn’t eat.  Castiel would use it as body lotion.  
 
Is there a movie or TV show that ever made him cry?  At first he couldn’t think of anything, but then confessed he cried when Jim Beaver died.  “Sorry, Bobby Singer.  Jim Beaver is alive and well.”  That surprised him.  He knew it was going to happen because he read the script.  Still, when he saw it, he cried.  That got a huge “AWWWW!” from the crowd.  He finished with “Dead Poets Society” too and moved on.  

 
I have no idea why this person was asking about Ginger souls, but considering I are one, I was curious to see where this would go.  “Wow, that could have gone in a wildly different directions.”  He explained that among souls Castiel sucked in, 15% were redheads.  A lot of Irish.  The Irish tend to get stuck in purgatory. 
 
How did he do the transformations?  “I sucked a lot of monsters in myself and let it play out naturally.” 
 
Misha talked a bit about GISHWHES, but wouldn’t say the actual name, even when the questioner struggled with it.  Once he started talking about it though, he said the name and then laughed when he realized what he did.  It was quite an experience to say the least.  After all, they got the Guinness World Record for largest scavenger hunt.  Going through all the pictures was quite a task.  The sculptures people did of seagulls out of tampons was incredible.  He wants to get them all together and see if they’ll mate.  It’ll be “flight of the tampons.”  Then it dawned on him, the minutes it rains…”That would be an interesting metamorphosis.”  
 
He talked more about the items on the list, like doing the yard work in Pasadena.  It seems a buddy of his had an overgrown yard and needed some help, so Misha figured why not put it on the list.  The directive was that people show up at 10 o’clock in Pasadena.  He didn’t give a real address, just the street.  He hoped people would figure out which house it was.  Everyone found this vacant lot though and started there.  Misha was hiding in the bushes curious to see what people would do.  He was expecting 5 or 6 people to show up.  The whole road was full of people.  It was pandemonium.  People destroyed his friend’s backyard in the process of digging everything up and it took three weeks of a contractor to fix things.  Misha is still very floored by the whole event.  Some  people from that event have become good friends.
 
Let the crazy questions continue!  “If you were a wasp, who would you sting?”  “It’s not a good question,” Misha says, but thinks anyway.  A fan shouted herself.  “A volunteer from the audience!” He said.  Misha told a story about how he was running in Griffith Park.  He saw a gigantic wasp dragging a tarantula.  It was like Jurassic Park.  They’re called tarantula hawks.  “I actually scooped it up, brought it home and we made sweet love.” 
 
He wouldn’t drop the wasp/man love thing on the next question, which was about Random Acts.  “We did start it primarily to help wasps.”  Tomorrow is run AMOK day.  “Annual melee of kindness.”  That act can be to humans, animals, anything, “Wasps?” someone asks. “Not wasps.  That’s sick.”  Misha offered some directive on behaving for this.  “Tomorrow Jared and Jensen are going to be here.  Be nice for a change.  You can be nice to Sebastian, but be careful he takes things the wrong way.”  
 
Did he like being directed by Jensen?  Absolutely.  He thinks he’s a great director.  He would want Jensen Ackles to direct him, or Megan Fox.  Jensen knows how to motivate an actor.  “If it’s not better than the last take I’m bringing Jared on the stage.”  
 
The next fan accuses him of teasing us.  “I don’t tease,” Misha says.  Fan has no response.  “Still awkward,” Misha says in the dead silence.  We’re always hearing about negative fan experiences, is there a positive fan experience for him?    “Everytime I see you is one of the most positive experiences.”  More “AWWWs” from the crowd. 
 
He gets letters of fans that have been in accidents and imagined Castiel getting them through as their angel.  “Then I burned the letter and spit on the ashes, because that’s how tough I am.”  His answer is his trip to Haiti.  It was a touching and sweet experience for him.  He thinks those that went were pushing their comfort zones and worked hard. They collaborated well, he made a lot of friends. Random Acts too.  There’s also the 600 two ft. tall maxipad seagulls.  
 
He further explains that there’s been a stigma in the acting community among the fan/actor dynamic.  He’s found that my embracing it, overall it’s been great.  “I’m looking forward to having new strange adventures with people that watch TV.” 
 
His favorite stunt.  The Leviathan pushing his abdomen.  “I had to eat several 3 year olds to do that.”  “Passing a child is always a challenge, but we covered them in vaseline for that.”  They’re so young they’re hard to control.  It was very touchy.  He had to eat them whole.  It’s much easier if he could cut them up into pieces. But they passed through.   
 
What is his spirit animal?  Someone shouted kitten.  Misha took offense, he’s a tiger, not a kitten.  “How does that get assigned without any say on the matter?  I feel like me and my spirit animal should have a say in this.”  He is not a kitten.  Then he mentions llama.  “Llama wool is useless.  Llamas are useless.”  Apparently Misha has gained some Llama expertise in his lifetime.  They have a difficult time mating.  A human has to lie on the ground and make the mating sound.  Fan wants a demonstration.  He won’t because of something called the internet.  “That’s my inner kitten.” 
 
Last question, what random act for tomorrow does he have planned.  For his Random Acts run AMOK day, he and a few volunteers are bringing care packages to downtown LA for the homeless.  Essentials like toothbrushes, toothpaste, blankets and fake mustaches.  That got quite a bit of applause. 
 
With that Misha was on his way. Man, he better be back in season 8.  He’s such a fan favorite and I think the show has been lacking without his presence.  The next panel also has someone who’s presence is sorely lacking, Jim Beaver.