Interview with a Hottie
Adam Croasdell (Baldur) talks about his role on Supernatural and what it was like working with Jared and Jensen.
I copypasta'd the Supernatural questions. The entire interview can be found at the source.
Soap doc talks about his elevation to god in Supernatural
How did you get the job on Supernatural?
I was blessed. I arrived in LA and I started casting around and I think in about a week they offered me the part in Supernatural. We shot it up in Vancouver over the time of the Vancouver Olympics. It was great. Not only was it my first job in the States but to head over to Vancouver and be there for the Olympics, get all that vibe at the same time...
What can you tell us about the role?
He is Baldur, the Norse god of light. In terms of the research I did on him his one special quality is he can't be killed. In Norse mythology he was so beloved and full of light and intelligence that his mother Frigg worried that people would get jealous of him and want to do him harm. So she went round all of creation and made everybody and everything, animate and inanimate, promise never to hurt him. For sport the gods would throw spears and rocks at him and they would just glance off.
Enter Loki who knows the one thing that Baldur's mother Frigg didn't manage to make promise was lowly mistletoe, which she either forgot about or just thought it was of such low importance it could never do him any harm. Loki fashioned an arrow and got Baldur's brother, who was blind, to fire it at him and this killed him.
Christmas is not a good time for Baldur.
You have dark hair and dark eyes, not terribly Norse looking.
I guess the idea is that gods are immortal so they travel through history and their look changes through time. They are modernised versions of the gods.
Is Baldur a good guy or bad guy?
It is a little hard to tell but it is interesting whatever he is. This is what I am talking about the quality of the American writing, it sort of three-dimensionalises the characters.
Did you get any fight scenes?
I certainly did, not with the lads, but with another character. I love all that. I love the action stuff. It is just such a break from having to deliver lines. One of my favourite things was in a movie ages ago where we did wire work and it made us be able to do huge jumps and fly around and all that.
What did you make of Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles who play Sam and Dean?
Jared, he is enormous isn't he? I couldn't believe it. When they both walked in I assumed they would be pretty normal sized guys with Jared a little bit taller. But Jared is six foot four and Jensen is six foot two. They are pretty imposing. You don't expect it. You constantly think every actor is off It's A Small World. The guy is a giant. (lol)
The cast and crew have been working together a long time, did they welcome you into the fold, or play any practical jokes?
Everybody on the show was very welcoming. The lads are practical jokers but there were a bunch of us for this episode so there weren't any.
They were also a little distracted. Jared was in the process of organising his bachelor party in Vegas and has subsequently got married (to former co-star Genevieve Cortese who is now appearing in Flashforward). He was on his phone all the time. And Jensen was not far behind. He will be married soon (to Danneel Harris, best known for One Tree Hill). Plus they were really, really long days so we didn't really do a lot of partying.
You could now find yourself in demand on the Supernatural convention circuit. The fans can be quite enthusiastic.
When I was on EastEnders Laurie Brett, who plays Jane Beale, said 'You do know that your life is going to change now?' I was like 'yeah, yeah, yeah'. And she goes 'No, you are not hearing me'. Anyway I was on the bus one day and this 'Ere, aren't you that doctor from EastEnders?' was shouted across the bus. Suddenly everybody on the bus was now keyed into this. And it travelling at 30 miles an hour. And the doors were firmly closed. I was mobbed. On a bus.
I bought a motorbike after that so I could ride around in a helmet.
It is weird though. You walk down Oxford street and people stop you for a photograph and the mate you are with is being asked to hold all the bags and take the photo.
I am mortified when my friends are asked to hold the bags. Most often the mate offers and before you know it they're a coat rack.
You have just got to be polite. If people really enjoy the show you just want to help promote that show.
The author Kurt Vonnegut put it pretty well, he said television is providing artificial friends and family for people who don't have any and I think that really holds true, There are a lot of people in the world who are lonely for whatever reason and you come into their lives, maybe daily, maybe weekly, and fill a gap I guess.
There are times, and I have noticed this more with theatre jobs, that there are certain fans who come to the stage door who are a little bit desperate in a way. I believe in treating everybody with respect, I think that is the only way forward, but there are times when you think 'this is a little bit intense'.
Is there a chance for a return visit to Supernatural now it has been picked up for a sixth season?
People are constantly dying and coming back or disappearing and coming back in it so I guess, should they like what I have done and should they see a need for him again...I'd go back in a flash.
Were you a fan of the show?
I hadn't really watched it until I knew I had the job and then I got all the discs out and had a good look at it. My good friend in London is probably the show's biggest fan and she literally flipped out when I told her that was my first job. She filled me in with all the details.
I had a couple of photographs taken with the Chevy Impala and sent them across to her and she was like 'I can't believe it'. But I have got fan cards from the guys coming to her now so she owes me big.
THE REST OF THE INTERVIEW IS AT THE SOURCE.
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