Misha Collins Interview (non-spoilery excerpts)

[growyourwings]

Even though I'm working to stay spoiler free, I could not resist opening the link to the "first" interview with Misha Collins about his Supernatural role. I really didn't find it to be that spoilery myself.


The interview is by Cynthia at SFUniverse and can be found here.


(damn LJ and it's recent problems with lj-cuts....)


Here are some of my non-spoilery favorite excerpts.

On SPN fans:

“A few people have emailed me links to chats where there was a lot of discussion going on and I’m amazed by how in tune the fans are. It’s almost like the show has 4 million editors,” says Misha with a laugh. “It kind of makes me nervous, I didn’t realize people would be going over it with a fine-tooth comb. I’m going to have to be sure that I don’t screw up.”

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It’s only been a week and already Misha Collins is firmly ensconced in the Supernatural fandom. LiveJournal communities have been set up to extol the virtues of Castiel (physical and otherwise) and he’s made his way into a number of fan fiction pieces, not all of which could be considered “work safe.” So how does Misha approach the fandom?
“With a mix of excitement and fright. I’ve been recognized quite a bit on the street and it’s exciting [but] I can imagine it might get a little tiring, I don’t know, but for now I’m going with mostly exciting and we’ll see about the frightening part later. Everyone seems quite nice; if it was a fanbase that hated me I’d be more frightened.”

 


On working on-set with the Supernatural cast & crew:


... he found something new and refreshing about working on Supernatural.

“I’ve done a lot of guest star work and it feels like I’m the new kid in school. They’ve got their own thing going and they know each other so well that I don’t know how I fit in. This did not feel like that on the set of Supernatural. Kim Manners was directing the first episode I did and he’s such an amazing man to work with. The entire production team was very welcoming and Jared and Jensen are both very open and generous guys and it just felt like I fit in right away. It’s a really happy set. Sometimes you get on a set and it’s surly and everyone is sick of each other. [On Supernatural], despite the fact that they’re putting in 15-hour days and working their fingers to the nub, everyone’s happy.

And though he’s been warned to be on the lookout, Misha has yet to fall victim to the infamous SPN prank-monster.

“I heard that they had a tendency to prank people and I actually feel a little cheated because I have not been pranked yet. Maybe they don’t like me enough or maybe they’re waiting for me to drop my guard.”

Oh! And I did a Castiel icon
 

 

 

 

I so love this show....