Vancon Report – Jared and Jensen Panel
These Jared and Jensen con panels are usually memorable each time they happen, and this time was no exception. We laughed, we cried, we got to see firsthand what happens with Jensen Ackles snaps. Here’s how it all went down.
Every single time, an interesting video is always shown before the J&J panel. The one that most strikes my memory last time was the slash hinted, รขโฌลBecause You Love Me.รขโฌย I remember Jaredรขโฌโขs corny line รขโฌลWeรขโฌโขre everything we are because you love us.รขโฌย So, what video was used this time? รขโฌลYouรขโฌโขve Got a Friend in Me,รขโฌย shworing all the behind the scenes bloopers from season 1. My favorite scene was Jared flipping out in the final scene of รขโฌลDevilรขโฌโขs Trapรขโฌย and Jeffrey Dean Morgan laughing his ass off.
Jared and Jensen came on stage with a pretty low key entrance. They noticed the video though. รขโฌลNothing Supernatural like youรขโฌโขve got a friend in me. Jeez,รขโฌย said Jensen.
Also, I have the patented Jared Padalecki hair report. Todayรขโฌโขs hair: Frizzy! Wavy, fluffy, and out of control.
(all photos courtesy of @Kerry_Morrow)
Jared had technical difficulties from the get-go. His microphone isnรขโฌโขt working. Then he very ungracefully tried to introduce members of the crew that were in the audience today. รขโฌลYouรขโฌโขre on a roll today,รขโฌย Jensen joked. Jared then asked how many were first timers and a healthy show of hands went up. รขโฌลWelcome. Sorry about Sebastian. And Misha.รขโฌย
First up was a little girl that charmed both the boys. รขโฌลWhat do you do when youรขโฌโขre not doing your movies?รขโฌย Jared tries to spend time with his wife. Jensen scoffed at him, calling that obvious. รขโฌลWe like to sleep a lot.รขโฌย
Is there any episode they can relate to in their real lives? Jared – รขโฌลThe one when I played Lucifer.รขโฌย That got a few laughs and a strange look from Jensen. Jared also brought up the, รขโฌลIf you know me, you know Iรขโฌโขm not leaving my brother alone out thereรขโฌย line from the S6 finale. Jensen thought of something. รขโฌลI was going to say the whole Western episode.รขโฌย
The most awesome Director of Photography Serge Ladoucer walked in, earning him a shout out from Jared and Jensen. Jensen – รขโฌลThe talent is endless with him.รขโฌย Jared – รขโฌลAnd he dodges bullets.รขโฌย Jensen – รขโฌลHeรขโฌโขs our Jedi.รขโฌย
The next person does the common, รขโฌลMy question is for Jensen.รขโฌย Jared – รขโฌลSounds like a stupid question.รขโฌย He then asks her รขโฌลWhatรขโฌโขs it like working with Jared?รขโฌย รขโฌลThatรขโฌโขs a stupid question,รขโฌย Jensen blurts. EVENTUALLY, she gets to ask the question, asking Jensen if he tries to layout or picture the scene before shooting it. Yes, when he reads the script, he visualizes how heรขโฌโขd want to watch it. Then takes the idea to Serge. He thinks a lot about the shots when heรขโฌโขs doing the shot list.
A woman starts with mentioning how manly they are on the show and both Jensen and Jared stand up and start doing all sorts of macho poses. Absolutely hilarious! I do think I fell out of my chair. The question ended up being about the scenes that arenรขโฌโขt so manly. Iรขโฌโขm not sure if the question really got answered, but apparently when they do things like comedy episodes and less รขโฌลmanlyรขโฌย scenes, theyรขโฌโขre adding to the depth of the characters.
Iรขโฌโขm not entirely sure what the question was, but I love this quote. รขโฌลWeรขโฌโขve had so many episodes now, were on 131. Thanks guys,รขโฌย Jared said, getting a huge response from the crowd.
Someone asked for their reaction to June Vancouver riots. Jensen (joking) – รขโฌลI got a 60 inch flat screen.รขโฌย Jared (joking) – รขโฌลIรขโฌโขve been watching it.รขโฌย Now for the serious answer. They werenรขโฌโขt here for that. Jensen thought it was sad to see, considering heรขโฌโขs known people here for 10 years. The crew were really upset. Jared knows it was just a few jerks and they were making the whole place look bad.
Since the riots happened during the Stanley cup, the sore subject of hockey came up. Jensen – รขโฌลI donรขโฌโขt get it, this whole skating on water with a stick thing.รขโฌย Jared just chose to speak Canadian. รขโฌลYouze guys, eh?รขโฌย
The guys were asked if they did anything for Mishaรขโฌโขs birthday. Jared said that he sent him a tweet really late. Mishaรขโฌโขs response? รขโฌลMan that sucks, it is my birthday. Youรขโฌโขre the first person to text me.รขโฌย Jensen – รขโฌลI donรขโฌโขt know who youรขโฌโขre talking about.รขโฌย
(all photos courtesy of @Kerry_Morrow)
I donรขโฌโขt know why the inflatable duck came up, but it did. Jensen was acting pretty bitter! Jared – รขโฌลThey probably had to drenched it in bleach after Sebastian was done with it.รขโฌย Jensen – รขโฌลI wanted to kill it.รขโฌย
Jensen snores over Jaredรขโฌโขs question. In a burning question that people have been even asking me about, they wanted to know what happened to Jared when he tweeted that he had an incident at customs getting back into the country. He got pulled over at the airport by customs at immigration. He wasnรขโฌโขt feeling any love sitting in the cold hard steel room. He felt like he was bullied and needed some support from the twitter fans. He got it!
When did they decide to do this acting thing? Jared – รขโฌลWhen I was on Days of our Lives.รขโฌย Oh yeah, we laughed, especially when the fan mentioned she didnรขโฌโขt recall him being on that. He did give a cool quote from Kim Manners though when describing how fortunate he feels after being in this business for 12 years. รขโฌลThereรขโฌโขs a secret club and someoneรขโฌโขs given me the key.รขโฌย รขโฌลThe Gilmore Girlsรขโฌย was only supposed to be 4 episodes. They kept asking him back and next thing he knows heรขโฌโขs there for a whole season. รขโฌลI got a TV, something to play Nintendo on.รขโฌย Jensen – รขโฌลIt was Days of Our Lives for me.รขโฌย
INCIDENT ALERT!!!!! Aka, me falling out of my chair #2
As Jensen was trying to answer the question, the big source of entertainment this weekend, the giant inflatable and horribly molested duck, appeared on stage. Jensen immediately jumped up, grabbed the duck, pulled a knife out of his pocket and started slashing! No mercy whatsoever! The duck mades all sorts of popping noises and deflated, while Jared stood in the back pretty stunned over what was happening here (not to say he wasnรขโฌโขt enjoying it). Finally Jensen threw the remnants of the duck away and took his seat.
Jared was still standing in his spot, not sure what to say. รขโฌลIรขโฌโขm not scared of Vancouver, Iรขโฌโขm scared of him.รขโฌย
รขโฌลWhat happened? I blacked out,รขโฌย Jensen said. Jared sat down and tried to comfort Jensen, who was a little traumatized and trying to pull everything together. รขโฌลI didnรขโฌโขt expect him to come up behind me like that.รขโฌย Jared offered more support, telling him itรขโฌโขs okay. รขโฌลI didnรขโฌโขt know the safe word. It smelled like Sebastian.รขโฌย Jared had sound advice. รขโฌลYou better wash your knife.รขโฌย
Somehow, Jensen was able to get back to the question. He stuck with รขโฌลDays of Our Livesรขโฌย because he signed a 3 year contract. His mother on the show wouldnรขโฌโขt let him sign on for more after 3 years though, saying heรขโฌโขs going places. What did he buy himself? A new truck.
They were asked about their experiences working with the babies on รขโฌลTwo and a Half Men.รขโฌย Jensen – รขโฌลYou canรขโฌโขt direct a baby, unless his name is Jared. Large baby.รขโฌย They had several different babies to work with, one was perfect, one cried, and they were never predictable.
Do they remember any randoms acts of kindness that theyรขโฌโขve received. Jensen – รขโฌลIn my life, or today?รขโฌย รขโฌลIรขโฌโขm certain theyรขโฌโขve happenedรขโฌย said Jared even though he couldnรขโฌโขt recall anything. Jensen – รขโฌลSlashing the duck, it was very gratifying.รขโฌย
What was their most intense emotional scene? They both realized they havenรขโฌโขt had one in a while. Jared – รขโฌลHeart.รขโฌย Jensen remembered how upset Jared was after that one. His was รขโฌลHeaven and Hell,รขโฌย he had to walk off on that one. Jensen said the mind knows it isnรขโฌโขt real, but the body does. Jared said he was weeping in the first couple of takes during the scene when he was talking with Dean after being infected in รขโฌลCroatoan.รขโฌย He got really upset. Bob Singer told him to pull it in.
What are their favorite authors and books. Jared had a really long answer for The Great Gatsby and Jon Krakauer. Jensen – รขโฌลYou donรขโฌโขt want to ask me that question. Iรขโฌโขm reading a book about the Dallas Cowboys right now.รขโฌย
Do they like voice over work? Jensen – his father does it. Itรขโฌโขs not easy to break into it but he likes it. The anime was much different. The animation was already done in Japanese. They had to synch their words to the movement of the mouths and that was challenging. Would they do it again? Yes.
They were asked about the differences in the demon smoke. Itรขโฌโขs up to the directorรขโฌโขs discretion. Serge Ladoucer was able to confirm it was scripted and they had to give it a couple of beats with their mouths hanging open.
The fan also mentioned that she had memorized the exorcism. รขโฌลGood for you!รขโฌย Jensen said very sarcastically. He shared a story that recently someone had to give her spell in Romanian and had trouble doing it. Jensen told her it doesnรขโฌโขt compare to his two pages of Latin. รขโฌลWhen I see that in the script Iรขโฌโขm not excited.รขโฌย Jared on the other hand studied Latin so itรขโฌโขs easier for him.
Jensen was asked about how he felt about Deanรขโฌโขs relationship for Ben and Lisa. He said it was obvious that wasnรขโฌโขt going to work. รขโฌลWhen youรขโฌโขve gone through the things that Sam and Dean have gone through, thereรขโฌโขs no going back.รขโฌย Jared thinks that a quick death will be the best ending. รขโฌลDo you want us to come back in 10 years to do a film that tanks?รขโฌย Jensen asks incredulously. Audience didnรขโฌโขt seem to mind.
I died laughing over this one, just because I remember these videos. A fan wants Jensen to turn his look from รขโฌลAfter School Specialรขโฌย into a workout video. He clarified that he was supposed to put on his gym gear and do a 80รขโฌโขs Jane Fonda type workout video. รขโฌลJim, we can make that happen, right?รขโฌย JIm Michaels (who was in the audience) – รขโฌลWeรขโฌโขll get Richard Simmons to do it with you.รขโฌย Jensen – รขโฌลNo.รขโฌย
Fans brought their zombie apocalypse ducks for the pond. รขโฌลDonรขโฌโขt let them near Jensen, or heรขโฌโขll stab them,รขโฌย Jared warned. รขโฌลThere was a zombie apocalypse for ducks? I didnรขโฌโขt know that.รขโฌย Jensen said.
How heartbreaking will season 7 be? Jared doesnรขโฌโขt know, but theyรขโฌโขre optimistic about a season 8.
What was their รขโฌลglad itรขโฌโขs not me scene?รขโฌย Jensen – the Japanese Game show. รขโฌลPudding!รขโฌโข a fan yells. Jared confessed that was Samรขโฌโขs line. Jared thought Dean would do it better. Jared was also sad that the รขโฌลgenital herpesรขโฌย bit has been edited online because itรขโฌโขs no longer a joke.
Someone wondered if the รขโฌลsuicide noteรขโฌย from รขโฌลPoint of No Returnรขโฌย was scripted. Jensen doesnรขโฌโขt remember writing the note, but thinks it was something the props department gave him to copy.
Jared delivered a nice message for fans in Japan.
Which Dallas Cowboys book is Jensen reading? The glory days in the 90รขโฌโขs.
I LOVE the answers that came out of this question. Someone wanted to know what their food quirks were. Yes, you know Jaredรขโฌโขs going to have something good there. Jensen started though, he puts peanut butter on his pancakes. Jared – รขโฌลI want weirder. I want to see him eat chalk.รขโฌย Then Jared gave his answer. รขโฌลI eat a lot of canned tuna.รขโฌย Jensen – รขโฌลThatรขโฌโขs not weird enough.รขโฌย Jared - รขโฌลI eat chalk.รขโฌย
It gets weirder, because Jared thinks of something. Heรขโฌโขll eat the tail on coconut shrimp. Gen was watching Paula Deen (though Jensen believes it was him) and somehow they ended up with a deep fryer. รขโฌลI deep fried a kit-kat and ate it. I deep fried a cupcake. Then she took the fryer away with me.รขโฌย Jensen added to that. รขโฌลYou know what theyรขโฌโขre doing at the state fair in Texas. Deep fried butter. Donรขโฌโขt mess with Texas, theyรขโฌโขll deep fry anything.รขโฌย
SOMEHOW, this led into another disturbing reality show that Jensen had been watching recently. รขโฌลI saw this show about weird people.รขโฌย Jared had the quick answer. รขโฌลItรขโฌโขs called Supernatural.รขโฌย
The crowd knew what he was talking about, รขโฌลMy Strange Addiction.รขโฌย He said this lady ate foam from couches. She ate about 7 couches in her lifetime. She gave it up and then ate her bra. รขโฌลWas it deep fried?รขโฌย Jared asked.
What was the most awkward thing on theyรขโฌโขve seen the set? Jared – รขโฌลHaving to see Jensen in that outfit when heรขโฌโขs the gym teacher.รขโฌย Jensen – รขโฌลMy first scene with Misha was really weird. Is he really going to talk like that?รขโฌย
Then Jensen remembers another scene, something heรขโฌโขs shared before. Itรขโฌโขs from รขโฌลMonster Movie.รขโฌย Heรขโฌโขs dressed in full traditional lederhosen, Todd Stashwick was in full dracula costume with the white makeup. Jensen is strapped to the table. Todd comes up to him, leans over and says, รขโฌลWeรขโฌโขre grown men.รขโฌย
That was all for the panel. No more ducks were harmed this day, although we are a little worried whatรขโฌโขs going to happen to all the duckies when they make their way back to the set in Burnaby. We hope that Clif Kosterman has their back and has taken all knives away from Jensen.
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Thank you!
So, do you think that Jensen was really that angry? Looking at the pictures, I would be led to think so. But, what could’ve provoked him?
Sounds like the whole panel was a huge blast. Thanks for giving us a full run down here, Alice. It felt like being there.
I love how playful they are, but what strikes me even more is just how humble they are. All the joking (and duck murdering) aside, they take the time to be serious and say thanks to the fans. That’s a touching gesture.
I am pleased that they seem to be so optimistic about a possible season 8. Let’s hope that they’re right.
I hope you have a safe travel home from the Con, Alice.
Another great Con that will live in Infamy. Yea for talking about season 8 already. Crosses fingers.
Thanks for sharing Alice, sounds like everyone had a blast…except for the murdered duck that is. Onward to the next Salute to SPN!
Thanks for the rap up! It makes us poor souls, who were unable to attend, like we’ve been there!
Glad, you had so much fun.
Thank you for your report – I particularly enjoyed your description of Jensen murdering the duck – it made me laugh out loud at the end of a bad day! You’ve gotta love those guys!
Yeah, I’m hoping they make it to season 8, but after both guys going to hell, stopping The End of the World, and now Misha as God, I’m not sure where the show can grow to…
I like the “I didn’t know the safe word” line. I am also impressed by how “into” their characters they get and how some scenes really affect them. Shows that good acting comes from the heart.
Thanks for the wrap up, gonna have to go to one of these myself. Maybe next year. Good times:D
Wow! I can say that actually never knew that Jared got so upset from Croatoan! Now I will never be able to watch that episode the same ever again! lol This was such an enjoyable read, Alice! Thank you! What fun you must’ve had too! I literally almost rolled on the floor from laughter at the food story! I can just imagine Jared playing with the deep fryer and Gen finally taking it away from him. xD He’s such a big child! And Jensen and the duck!? Oh my goodness gracious! lol! I loved this. It makes me look forward to attending my first convention. Thank you again, Alice! ?
DuckSlayer! LOLZ
Thanks you for the write-up, Alice. It sounds like everybody had a blast. I can’t wait for Toronto!!
Alice,
Thanks for the great report. It sounds like you had a wonderful time. Have a safe trip home. ๐
Great report, Alice. Your description of the unfolding events on-stage with the boys was priceless. Thank you so much. : )
I wonder if Jensen’s knife is the one he got as a groomsman at Jared’s wedding. If so, it’s kind of neat he carries it on him all the time (or maybe it’s a bit scary too, lol).
Love the Jared deep frying tale – oh that dear boy, may he never grow up;-)
Alice, thank you so much for this hilarious report! Those two are so endearing and seem to enjoy these cons so much. Just love them to bits! ๐
Sorry for the unfortunate incident of the demise of the abused duck! Poor Jensen must be an antiducktite. ๐ฎ We must forgive him, even as we mourn for duckie. Also Misha and Sebastian are not innocent in this murder, but seem to be rather inciteful to Jensen’s vicious outburst. ๐
May Cstiel protect the other innocent ducks in Jensen’s vicinity. :sigh:
And Yipee Ki Yay for Season 8!! ๐ ๐
This was great. I love how down to earth the boys are. ๐
Thanks for adding the pics in to show us what they were wearing. ๐
Hi, I enjoyed your write up almost as much as the real thing!!LOL This was my first con, and sooooo much fun. I am dissapointed I did not know you were going to be there or I would have made a big effort to say hello, and tell you how much I enjoy your web site. It is my favorite and I read everything!! Mostly, I don’t comment, but will try to join more often. Again, thanks for the delightful write up. Made me feel like I was there. Oh, wait, I was!!!!