Jared and Misha, Chicago con Breakfast

Oct 10, 2010 21:33

Jared and Misha were running late due to traffic downtown from the marathon. There was a lot of table juggling for some reason as they had apparently not been set up properly. Several people were noting that instead of switching table numbers they were physically moving tables around the room involving not just people but plates and table contents.

In general I found the breakfast an inconvenient setup. I was sorry I had missed breakfast at the hotel, which had a wealth of stuff compared to the bagel-cereal-fruit offerings which were all that was available. As there were no trays, trying to juggle a glass of liquid with a cereal bowl and fruit plate while also carrying other things was only the start. Then trying to find a table (numbers were on silver reflective table stands) was such a mess, I was relieved to find an empty, numberless table in a corner where I was able to sit down and eat without dropping anything. Later they moved that table and I found the right one, and we were all able to sit closer to the front instead of the far left corner where we started. So I guess it all ended well.

When the organizers set up the mic stands they set one high and one very low and everyone laughed. They wanted to then change it but everyone called for them to leave it. So they said they'd blame it on us.

The whole thing flew by and it was very tough to capture much of it, plus questions were often inaudible. There were also things being called out to them from the audience through a lot of it which often derailed what they were saying. So, make of this what you will.

They came in and Jared immediately crouched down to take the lower mic while Misha tried to reset the tall one.

J: Was this a bad joke?
M: The first of many. (Drops mic stand)
J: Good morning, I woke up and everyone's running a marathon.
M: I was in it.
J: It started and we finished and took a shower. How do you like this season?
M: We've been waiting.
J: Have we seen Misha yet? Last night. That's right you were torturing the little kid.
(Someone thanks him for the topless Sam shots),
J: I didn't bring it up but since you did, I was talking with Misha, I was in the gym every day --
M: Yeah he used to be in shape.
J: And it wasn't in the script, just "Sam takes his shirt off," no, it was "Sam does rapid fire pull ups"! I can't actually do this guys, maybe a year or two ago. Sam runs a sub 3 minute mile.
M: Yeah if the script says Sam eats donuts then --
J: Right, that I could do.
M; And that would still be sexy.
J: Who bought the car? (Someone near the front raises her hand)
M: Park it next to the building, I'll go onto the top of the floors and jump on it.
Jared: We did this scene and what were you laying on? We shot this amazing stunt in Vancouver, so Misha jumps out the building but they did this (consults with Clif) a 50 ft fall, arm in arm jumped out, it made the front page of the Vancouver paper.
M: It's not hard to make the front page of the Vancouver paper.
Jared: (Either doesn't see water bottle or gets handed it by a security guy). Yeah then Misha was laying on the car and so Jensen and I are six floors up looking out the window --
M: They threw broken glass at me.
J: We wanted to see if it could fly.
M: Totally legitimate.
J: We've came to the conclusion that glass does not fly properly. You can't toss it, you have to fling it. This is a big crowd, thanks guys. Ladies and gentlemen, Misha Collins!
M: And Jarrreeeeed Padalecki!
J: Who is you alls favorite Greek philosopher? Plato is my favorite. What do you think about Sam? Let's talk about me. (Inaudible overlapping comments) I was choosing to, I was - Sam's very financially concerned.
M: It's the stimulus program.
J: We have a very liberal president, part of the stimulus is to keep Sam employed, Sam has to pay for sex.
M: That does seem to be the conclusion. We know something's up with Sam because he's paying for sex.
J: Well he's talked about it before - (People call out about the comment in Lazarus Rising).
M: (To fans) I can't believe you know that!
J: I did say that in Lazarus Rising. (Referring to Genevieve) I am getting it, just not paying for it. (Tries to pretend he didn't say that).
M: Let's not let that get out of this room.
J: We find in episode 5 that Misha pays as well.
M: (To audience) Not Castiel, you misunderstood.
J: Sort of a non-sequitur.
(Audience: Congratulations on your baby!)
M: I can't wait to meet my biological son. (Calls about his and Jared's baby)
M: I don't know if you realize how this works. It has to be either one or the other. As soon as we get the tests back, we'll let you know.
(Calls about the gag reel, probably the shot where Jared tries to kiss Misha)
M: The gag reel, yes, we'll reenact it right now. I have no idea what you're talking about,
J: What gag reel? S5 is out, right? Am I farting again or something? Paying for sex? (Audience: When are you not farting?)
J: Right now. Do you have any questions?
(Someone starts to ask Misha something)
M: You're an engineer, I remember you. She always tries to get me to answer questions seriously and it always pisses me off.
(Some more inaudible questioning).
J: Look at him and look at me. He's a cute little thing. He's not aesthetically unpleasant, but he's what 1.30, 1.40. 20 lb weights in his pocket.
(Some question about pranks).
M: He tries.
J: I took it easy on him, so we sort of agreed to take off a while. Unless you put yourself into a position like leaving a phone at a crafts table. It wasn't me who slashed the tires. I'm looking for ideas. Not right now, but when he's not right next to me.
M: It's kind of scary because you know he's going to come back really hard. Like we had your vehicle turf war. He said "I could afford to total his car."
J: I have a great insurance policy. I was told when I started this job, people want to sue you when you're in the public eye, so I'm covered now. I could wreck his car and in all the time it would take him with all the paperwork --
M: Right, and I'd have to buy you a new one.
J: It'd be fun to see him walking to work, juggling a baby and groceries. I could get Clif to drive by while I threw things out the window at him. It got scary, who knows how intense this can get
M: I have a feeling it's not over. Calm before the storm.
J: It's never over.
M: No it will eventually be over.
J: When one of us is dead.
Q: What was it like to have to take care of the baby in the last episode?
J: Jensen was a champ.
M: Did you know he can actually lactate?
J: Turns out it's a learned talent. It helped because the babies didn't have to go back to the mom. The original baby, we had twins for the first baby, then we needed a shorter haired baby, and the mother wouldn't let its hair get cut (goes on about other baby issues which was hard to follow).
M: In short there were a lot of babies, no scene has the same baby twice.
J: It sounds great if you read it on paper -- the baby cries in line at the grocery store. The problem is it's not that easy,
M: The baby was not a good actor.
J: We sued the mom and the baby's now in our custody. It was tough, we had a baby episode, followed by a dog episode, then followed by a child.
(Points to baby next to her: You should have used this baby!")
JP: Clif, steal that baby.
(Guy asks something, apparently telling Misha he's great but has a question for Jared).
J: You rock, but you I want to talk to.
(Apparently a question about his broken arm).
J: S2? S3? Whenever I fall you guys catch me, yes, S2, when I broke my wrist.
It was funny, well not funny - touché. I have pockets full of it what do you want?
M: He does not sell drugs.
J: Right, but for cash, or for other better drugs. In this scene Sam gets hit by a telephone, and I was supposed to fall, and then act like I fell but I decided to do an actual fall. When I fell I landed on my hand to avoid the fallen stunt guy already on the floor. I told them (director/crew) "That one really hurt" but I couldn't move my wrist for a while. Then while filming the next episode it kept hurting, so I said I want the doctor to look at my hand. And he said "Oh it's broken." You need to get casted right away, but we were in the middle of the episode and we finish in 2 weeks. I got surgery and worked the next day but they had to shoot me full of drugs. I was walking down stairs and I fell. So they went "Jared go to your trailer." (Feigns dazedly happy) "OK!" Then they came to me later and I was "Am I on?" and they said, "You're wrapped." So I went home and wake up 4 hours later "Where have I been? What is this (cast)?" If you've ever had that done it's like you're in this weird dream for a while. This is nasty. They intubate you so your mouth is open for hours. And there was some water, I tell myself it was fresh water put there for me to help me sleep at night. When I got the cast taken out I didn't want them to put me under because it was so weird. And my brother, who is an orthopedic surgeon, said "You should watch them take that off" because he's all interested in how things work. Alright!
(Question: Weren't you in a bar fight? Seemed to be news to Misha.)
J: That was S1 and it was just my hand. We got jumped, I broke some of my metacarpals, there's nothing you can do, no surgery.
(Someone starts to ask Misha a question about clothing)
J: Enough with Misha. (Tries to block him, then tries to help him brush off his jacket).
M: (Joking) There's food on me but that's ok. Right after that, the next day, all my wardrobe was hung, the Castiel stuff, was all inside out. I put it on that way and everyone laughed.
J: Then he cried.
M: Then I cried. At that con, someone asked for the brand of the trenchcoat. So I asked Diane (wardrobe head), and she thought it was weird. She got back to me. Then the next day we were at the photoshoot where all the clothes got stolen. I think Diane thinks I did it "Suddenly, he was exhibiting a lot of curiosity." She was distraught!
J: We had a big mondo shoot, we have new promos, with sexy Dean when sexy Misha walks in -
M: And frumpy Sam in the back. It is pretty ridiculous, all this setup, lights and shadows, all these tight and sexy leathery clothes. Then the camera gets on you and you're all (makes sexy pose), you can't resist it! (Jared moves around stage also miming sexy poses).
J: My hair's not blowing enough, can we have more fans? That shoot was in LA on a Friday and they flew our clothes down on Tuesday or Wednesday and it all got stolen. The original Dean leather jacket, it was a one of a kind from a thrift store, his trenchcoat, some things that can be replaced.
M: And the clothes they got, I had this weird double breasted jacket --
J: So Castiel.
M: I don't think any of those people had seen the show.
J: I don't think they knew we were on a show. Good luck with your movie! I remember they put this t-shirt on me it was very tethered and tight. I'm thinking this feels weird. And I asked someone "Is this shirt weird?" and she says "Yeah, but we can button it in the back to make it tighter." So not on the same wavelength. So that's what happened, I had clothespins in the back to make it tighter.
(Audience: Tight works very well for us!)
M: (To audience) Yes it does!
J: I appreciate that, it still feels funny.
(Someone asks Misha a question)
J: (Jared stomps mic stand against the floor) Enough of Misha!
(Audience: Careful you'll break the stage!)
M: It's worth a shot!
J: I want to ask your wife a question, just kidding.
(Asks Misha about Random Acts apparently),
J: The website, did you get that?
M: The website is a modern phenomenon, I think you could date that back to the telegraph and carrier pigeon, and pony express. Yes, Random Acts, also a website, non-profit --
J: Which makes me a lot of money.
M: Is Lisa here, not here, aw for shame, so let's make fun of her! We raised almost 100K, we just sent some people back to Haiti with a bunch of tools to steal shit and bring it back. We're going to leverage it.
J: We'll send it to Goldman Sachs.
(Questioner says they're going to contribute).
M: They're going to make a donation and I think it would be nice if the rest of you did too.
(Another person tries to ask Misha a question and Jared tries to interrupt again)
M: Keep going, I have plants all over the audience. I had to buy a lot of Gold passes.
J: You have one guy "Oh Misha Misha!" then they run out the door and come in the other one, "Oh I have a question!"
(How is Misha's son's name pronounced?)
M: (Proundonces Uh-nax-eh-mander). It's pronounced the usual way!
J: Like it's spelled, we've all seen those damn key chains and they never have Jared, just Anaximander. Misha was so pissed off after all those years of not getting key chains at 6 Flags, he said, "My kid is not going to get them either."
M: My wife and I were mulling over names and we put up a website so friends could make suggestions. And we kept getting back to Anaximander --
J: How did you get back there, how did you get there in the first place?
M: And we kept laughing every time we got to it, so we stuck with it.
(A diminutive woman asks if she could find out how tall she is compared to Jared.
Jared gets down from stage and goes to her table see how tall he is next to her - she came up to his knee - and then got all excited by her assistance dog. "Hellhound in training!" Pets dog, and then squeezes back through the tables and pretends to trip as he gets back up on stage. Misha then points out another assist dogs and he goes to pet it as well.)
J: Where are the other dogs? Life is hard.
(A guy from the back calls out to Jared)
Q: This one's for you! The work you've done for your this show is quite amazing --
M: Your mic's not on.
J: Not only do you play a big guy but a bad guy, and I want to know --
M: What is it like to work with Misha?
(Audience bursts out laughing)
Q: Was it hard for you to switch from good to bad guy on set?
J: Short answer is -- (he and Misha keep messing with mics) You've been playing the character for so long that it's hard not to be able to pull from a backstory, so you try to figure out what it's like to be Lucifer. But it's fun, sometimes you feel like a mouse in a wheel. I'd like to end with that question, because it's about me. Who else has a question for me?
(Some question about S6)
J: But it's not S6 amazing.
Q: Not yet!
J; Touche.
Q: Has it gotten easier, or are there new challenges?
J: It's harder, we feel the same thing, "Oh Season 6 we've made it!" But it's recreating, a different Dean, a different Sam, so you almost feel like - we'll finish Ep 9 on Wednesday, so we're almost halfway through the season and it's been tough.
M: With the babies and the dogs and the kids.
(Someone apologizes to Misha for having a Jared question).
J: He doesn't have feelings, it's all right.
Q: How much can you bench, Jared?
J: Right now, well before when I was in shape it was, what 355? (Consults Clif) But now it's down to to 352, 341, no, it's probably 315.
M: I don't know exact pounds, but how much does a Corolla weigh?
(They're told to wrap up)
M: We're done for now. We promise to be much more interesting later in the day.


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