Jensen praise!
Thanks ckll for the heads up.
A lovely interview about Jensen as director. No Spoilers.
Today, we sit down to chat with actress Jennifer Aspen, who appears in the upcoming Supernatural Jensen Ackles-directed episode, “Weekend at Bobby’s” (6.04)
I’m actually friends with Samantha Ferris. We’ve been friends for many years and she was telling me that she was so glad that her character, you know, was never a love interest of the guys. Because if you’re a love interest of one of the guys, the fans want you dead.
And you know Jensen [Ackles] directed that episode. Which is why, I think, we shot…that was one of the first ones they shot even though it’s the fourth one that’s going to air. So, that gave Jensen more [time]. He had more lead-up and he didn’t have to worry about acting in the middle of it. Or directing in the middle of acting, I should say. And he was so marvelous. I never use the word ‘marvelous’. I just used the word ‘marvelous’. Yes, he was! That was his first time directing and he never seemed like it. He was so prepared. And he knew what he wanted and he wasn’t nervous. He really was a Director. And he was great and he took his job very seriously. You know, he wasn’t…this is not like a vanity thing, at all.
And he’s just way too gorgeous! I mean, you don’t understand: my husband is a knockout. I’m not just saying that. Women go nuts over my husband. He’s very handsome. Just as a disclaimer. But I would literally look at Jensen and I’d be like, “My God! I can’t believe they make bodies like this!” Bodies and face and the entire…the face and the head and the body and the whole thing. And then on top of it, he’s a wonderful human being. He’s just great. So, it was so pleasant and the crew is just top-notch. And I love Vancouver, British Columbia, Whistler, etc.
His style is perfect in that he doesn’t tell you how to do it to the point where you’re like, “Uh, okay. I’ll just do what you say.” But he’s also not completely absent. So, he’s sort of perfectly in the middle and there were certain things that did need to be choreographed precisely and we’d talk about it ahead, like how did we want it to go. But he’s very open to suggestion. He’s totally collaborative. But he absolutely has an idea and a guidance about how he’d like things to go. And on the spot, too. He can get inspired and be like, “I love what you’re doing! Do more of that.” You know? He lets that happen, too. He’s got a lot of great qualities in a director.
Oftentimes, first-time directors are so nervous that they overdirect everything. And he didn’t have any of that, none of it. I’m telling you, I kept forgetting, as we were working: “This is his first time.” I kept forgetting that. So, he’s perfectly in the middle of [where] he knows what he wants to have happen, and he lets you know, but he also allows you to come to the table with something, too.
http://www.innsmouthfreepress.com/?p=7661
A lovely interview about Jensen as director. No Spoilers.
Today, we sit down to chat with actress Jennifer Aspen, who appears in the upcoming Supernatural Jensen Ackles-directed episode, “Weekend at Bobby’s” (6.04)
I’m actually friends with Samantha Ferris. We’ve been friends for many years and she was telling me that she was so glad that her character, you know, was never a love interest of the guys. Because if you’re a love interest of one of the guys, the fans want you dead.
And you know Jensen [Ackles] directed that episode. Which is why, I think, we shot…that was one of the first ones they shot even though it’s the fourth one that’s going to air. So, that gave Jensen more [time]. He had more lead-up and he didn’t have to worry about acting in the middle of it. Or directing in the middle of acting, I should say. And he was so marvelous. I never use the word ‘marvelous’. I just used the word ‘marvelous’. Yes, he was! That was his first time directing and he never seemed like it. He was so prepared. And he knew what he wanted and he wasn’t nervous. He really was a Director. And he was great and he took his job very seriously. You know, he wasn’t…this is not like a vanity thing, at all.
And he’s just way too gorgeous! I mean, you don’t understand: my husband is a knockout. I’m not just saying that. Women go nuts over my husband. He’s very handsome. Just as a disclaimer. But I would literally look at Jensen and I’d be like, “My God! I can’t believe they make bodies like this!” Bodies and face and the entire…the face and the head and the body and the whole thing. And then on top of it, he’s a wonderful human being. He’s just great. So, it was so pleasant and the crew is just top-notch. And I love Vancouver, British Columbia, Whistler, etc.
His style is perfect in that he doesn’t tell you how to do it to the point where you’re like, “Uh, okay. I’ll just do what you say.” But he’s also not completely absent. So, he’s sort of perfectly in the middle and there were certain things that did need to be choreographed precisely and we’d talk about it ahead, like how did we want it to go. But he’s very open to suggestion. He’s totally collaborative. But he absolutely has an idea and a guidance about how he’d like things to go. And on the spot, too. He can get inspired and be like, “I love what you’re doing! Do more of that.” You know? He lets that happen, too. He’s got a lot of great qualities in a director.
Oftentimes, first-time directors are so nervous that they overdirect everything. And he didn’t have any of that, none of it. I’m telling you, I kept forgetting, as we were working: “This is his first time.” I kept forgetting that. So, he’s perfectly in the middle of [where] he knows what he wants to have happen, and he lets you know, but he also allows you to come to the table with something, too.
http://www.innsmouthfreepress.com/?p=7661