oh, jensen

[certainthings]

A couple people on my flist, perhaps more on yours, posted a link to this article/interview thingy. I haven't read it because as folks were nice to point out it has spoilers. But this bit was snipped out to share with the rest of the class.

- someone asked a question about how he’d play the angel Michael if Dean ends up saying yes. Jensen said he’d take inspiration from the way Jared played Lucifer possessing Sam in “The End” – in fact, when actor Matt Cohen came to Jensen for advice on how to play young John possessed by Michael, Jensen actually took Matt to his trailer and played him the clip of Jared as Lucifer. “See?” he said to Matt, “Same guy, but different. You’re still his brother, but also this angelic otherworldly presence.” Jensen went on to say, “I was really impressed with Jared in “The End” as Lucifer, really proud of him.” He says that if he does ever get to play Michael, he’ll take Jared’s lead and try to copy how well he did it.

Hahahaahahahaahahahahaahaha. No, seriously. Hahahahaahah. *ahem*

Like, really? Did he ACTUALLY LITERALLY say, "Same guy, but different." to Matt? I really fucking want to know what Matt's reaction was.

These are my guesses.

"Yeah, I'm an actor." / said like Jensen's a moron.
"Oh, wow. I thought Jared had a twin brother." / said sarcastically
"Damn, I thought it was a brother I didn't know about." / said sincerely because perhaps Matt's the worldest biggest tool
"Tell me about the rabbits, Lennie."  / more sarcasm.
"Get out of town and take the bus!" / okay, that one's just for me.

What are your guesses?

He says that if he does ever get to play Michael, he’ll take Jared’s lead and try to copy how well he did it

Uh, what? Jensen's going to "TRY TO COPY" what he believes* is good acting? He's not going to, I dunno, actually work at being a good actor?

Well, all right then.


*I think Jared and Jensen are mediocre actors. Apparently Jensen thinks that Jared's pretty damn decent. But your opinion on Jared's acting may be different. / disclaimed

Comments

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

I do know.

[evilshelly.livejournal.com]

heh. i loved jared's lucifer.
...but i'm a big fan of campy and ridiculous. LOVE THAT SHIT. jared's lucifer? all that with some fabulous thrown in for extra fun!

this reminds of the ole:
*story paraphrased*

famous thespian: (upon seeing his co-star, an up and comer) dear boy, what's happened to you?
up and comer: oh, well, i really wanted to be ready for today's shoot. i haven't slept for 3 days, haven't eaten, i've been doing some self flagellation...i think i'm ready!
ft: mmmmmm
u&c: and you? what have you done to prepare?
ft: done? dear boy, i'm an *actor*; i've memorized my lines...

*****
i love jensen. but let's face it: man's idea of acting is using an annoying voice.


i effin hate that voice!

chelle! you have trolls! that makes you a BIG FUCKING DEAL! ;)

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

I *love* that story.

i love jensen. but let's face it: man's idea of acting is using an annoying voice.

*cracks the fuck up* I love you so fucking much. I too hate that voice a lot. A lot a lot.

:/ I don't want to be any sort of deal.

[apey1013.livejournal.com]

Jensen: Hey guys, what's up?
Crewguy1: So...Jensen...here's the thing, man.
Crewguy2: Just tell him!
Jensen: What is it?
Crewguy1: You gotta stop taking people back to your trailer & showing them videos of Jared.
Crewguy2: Yeah, man, it's really weird.
Crewguy1: You're scaring the extras.
Jensen: I just want people to know how brilliant he is!
Crewguy2: You made me sit through 3 viewings of that Olsens movie.
Crewguy1: You need help.

[evilshelly.livejournal.com]

heh...i love that story too!

and grrrrrr regarding jensen's stupid voice! the girl has never watched an episode of supernatural.
(purely to spite me, to be sure)

her knowledge of the show lies with the gifs posted on ONTD...and would admit to jensen being a little bit pretty...in the right light...
she was in the living room with me the other night when i was watching...

the girl: ew! he sounds like that? that's awful. he's not cute at all.
me: no! but no! he can sound normal!
the girl: wow, mom. the things you enjoy...(shakes head and walks away)

DAMN YOU JENSEN ACKLES!!!!!!!!!

:( im sorry you have nutburgers stalking your journal! id say we should just feel sorry for them due to their obvious crazy...but, they probably arent *that* crazy and are fully aware of their actions: so! we can just wish their internet goes down. FOREVER!!!!!!!!

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Hahahahhaa. TRUE STORY!

[hkath.livejournal.com]

Hey, just thought I'd point out that this douchebag wasn't me. I don't do anonymous passive-aggressive. But I did see your response and I thought it might be a good idea if I left for a while. I'm having a particularly negative couple of days in a lot of ways, and I understand that this is just your type of snarking and having fun, but it's not floating my boat right now. I think I'd rather not see it for a while. Nothing personal, though.

[backinblack.livejournal.com]

What's really weird is that the biggest problem I have with this is the idea that Jared did Lucifer well. I don't think he did! Oh, Jensen. Go read a dictionary.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Fair enough, thanks for letting me know. :)

I hope your days get better.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Hahaha. I liked his Lucifer but I can see how others wouldn't.

I think my favouritest portrayal of Lucifer (or Hades, in this case) so far has been James Woods in Hercules.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

I'm kinda with the girl. I know that he's pretty and mostly I enjoy him but that motherfucking stupid voice that he uses is making him less pretty.

[alwaysenduphere.livejournal.com]

PACEY'S POND. OMG I JUST SNORTED OBNOXIOUSLY. A+

[alwaysenduphere.livejournal.com]

Hey now. ACKTING IS SRS BSNS.

Oh, Jensen.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

I only watched the first season or a few eps, I can't even remember but all I know is fuck Dawson. Or I think Joshua is a lot better looking than James.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

It really is. The most srs.

[not-sally.livejournal.com]

*is dead*
This is totally my new RL canon.

Also, Jared's Lucifer? he was all weird and not in a good way... I mean, when he tried to portray compassionate, he came out as completely douchy, and it wasn't even in purpose!
And we know that he can totally play evil (see: Meg) and empathetic and adorable (see: Dean Forrester) which was why I found his Lucifer completely lackluster.

[eilan.livejournal.com]

YES.
I think they're both kind of mediocre in SPN. (Given the right material, who knows?)
Jared, I think has gotten worse, he overacts everything (lol, I just posted about this last night.)
And Jensen? Well, he's kinda always the same.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Wait wait ... just hold on a minute. Was he actually going for sincere compassionate? I thought he was going for fake/sarcastic compassionate like in Henry Rollins song 'Liar' when he starts talking about how he'll "never tell another lie again..." and he sounds all sincere until he starts laughing and says, "sucker." Hmm, if he was going for honest and sincere compassionate I may have to reevaluate my thinking on his Lucifer.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'd really like to see them with good material. I think that I thought that Jared was all right on Gilmore Girls but I didn't watch that until after I started watching Supernatural and by then I was all biased. Though, I'm sure his acting has improved since then.

I haven't noticed overacting from Jared or maybe I have but I don't mind it because at least he's not overacting and using that fucking voice like Jensen does. Seriously, why does Jensen use that voice?

One day, I'm actually going to pay close attention to their mad acting skills. Maybe.

[not-sally.livejournal.com]

At a Con (couldn't for the life of me remember which) he mentioned how he'd tried to convey compassionate, because Lucifer was like the ultimate snake-oil salesman, and that somehow meant he truly believed he was being kind or whatever?
So yeah, after hearing him, I thought to myself "Ok honey, you need to call your acting coach back"

I still love them, though.
But yeah, it would've been a million times more awesome if he was just being a douche and mocking Dean with his fake-compassion.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Oh, well then. Perhaps I didn't enjoy his performance as much as I thought. Oops.

[quarterwhore.livejournal.com]

I think that Jared is better as Lucifer than Sam. But maybe part of that is writing? IDK.

[quarterwhore.livejournal.com]

I remember him saying that too, but I guess I interpreted it differently... I feel like a greasy salesman wants to convey compassion also-- but since it's not actually sincere, it's not supposed to come off as sincere on screen. He's conveying Lucifer conveying compassion, and Lucifer has a limited range of compassion.

Now I'm not that Jared's super brilliant, but I don't think he was aiming for making Lucifer into a Care Bear.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Personally, I think he's better as Sam ... that is until I see Colin Ford as Sam and then I'm all, 'Damn, that boy is the besteriest Sam.'

[not-sally.livejournal.com]

Hey, could be. If I could remember where I'd seen that damned clip I could be sure, but quite frankly my memory sucks. It might just be that they used the large version of the Lex Luthor suit of evil (tm) and it went downhill from there for me.

On the other hand, I could totally see Jared portraying a kick-ass Care Bear. XP