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12.07.2009 в 20:11
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sсript by [J]-Timey~Wimey~Kid-[/J]
<...> - unheard
A - audience
M - Misha
S - staff
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M: There're a lot of you here.
A: <...>
M: I know, it's actually kinda isolating up here. It's a little strange.
S: Staff members, there we are, ok... If you could identify yourselves, who had the microphones... There we go, okay, so how this will work guys, is Misha will nominate the people who have their hands raised to ask questions and athletic staff members will be running around the auditory handing you the microphone.
M: So I can choose somebody down in the front, and then someone up there...
S: Yeh, you totally choose whoever you want.
читать дальшеM: See if I can tire them out?
S: Yeh.
M: Cuz I know one of you guys is a professional runner.
S: It's not me.
M: No, right.
S: Runner as in athletic, or runner as in on-set running?
M: No, I think athletic.
S: Oh.
M: Yeh. Wow. That's a big picture. Okay, does anyone here have a question? Funny thing is I can't see anything...
S: Right down at the front.
M: I can see you!
S: Yeh, we can't see anything cuz of the photographs.
M: We can race to each person, if you want.
A: Okay, so the image and the clothing and the expression of Castiel seems to be very much like John Constantine and Wings of Desire, did either of those play into the way you thought about the character?
M: In other words, is my work plagiarised? No, I mean, in the first... I'm holding too many things.
S: You need a table?
M: That would be nice. Can I have a table please? And a pony.
A: How about a podium?
M: A pony with a table on it? Hmmmm. This could be a fun game. So, in the first sсript that Castiel shows up in, it says he's wearing a trench coat.
S: *bring in the table*
M: No, I was just kidding! <...> Now you pretend to be a pony!.. This could be the whole show, just moving furniture around... It said trench coat, suit...
S: *bring in the sweets*
M: There's so many distractions, I can't... so, it said trench coat, suit, a-la rumpled, a-la John Constantine. So, that was sort of Kripke's idea that I look like Constantine. I haven't seen the movie yet or read the comic book, so what I did... and I haven't even seen the Wings of Desire, the Wim Wenders' movie. That stuff's all me... But Wings of Desire is a great movie, which I think Eric Kripke and the other writers must have watched before writing the character, because it's about an angel. And also wearing a trench coat.
M: Okay... you way back there. In the States they make a line and have microphones there and everybody queues up but it's so boring! There's no activity, this is much better.
A: Okay, I have to ask this...
M: Okay.
A: Is Supernatural the best show you've ever worked on? Cuz that has to be.
M: I mean... There's definitely a wrong answer to that question in this crowd, isn't there?
A: Yes.
M: I can honestly say that I have never enjoyed working on another show as much, I've never enjoyed the role that I had on another show as much... Jared and Jensen are awesome to work with. *audience squeeing* I know, it's surprising, isn't it? So, yeah, I love it, I can't think of another show that I've enjoyed more. It's been great to work on; and I actually like the show too, it's a great show, and it seems to be getting better and better over time. I didn't know the show very well when I first started working on it, so I've caught up since I started working on it. But it's great! It's totally surprised me. It's a really, really good show and I'm happy to be on it. Can't see anything... there, there's an easy one.
S: Okay guys you got about 20 seconds left with those cameras until we say goodbye okay?
A: How would you feel about your vessel being called Walter? Have you heard that your vessel is called Walter?
M: No, I haven't. And I don't know how I'd feel. Can you tell me more?
A: I haven't actually read any...
M: Sure, sure you haven't.
A: ...cuz I'm not into Dean/Castiel slash at all... Actually, I am.
M: Yeh. I can't see you but I know you're lying.
A: *nervous laugh* No, apparently there's like a whole verse where Walter is the name of the vessel and when Castiel returns to heaven Walter is still in love with Dean and they stay together as a couple. (She's talking about Two Lives and the other fics in this verse by blackdoggy1.)
M: *a lot of nervous laughter and scratching himself* I feel great about it, thank you. Yeah... Hi.
S: Guys can we just cut out the flash?
A: I just wanted to ask, cuz Jared's famous for playing pranks and jokes on people, has he gotten you with anything in particular?
M: I'll take that back... Uhm, the pranks, no. I haven't. I have not been pranked by Jared and Jensen. In the Green Room, at the last con someone brought that question up, and Jared said that it was because he thought that I was too much of a wuss, that I wouldn't be able to take it. So I think the gloves are coming off now...
S: Okay guys, can we cut out the flashes now, if you can set your cameras so they can take without the flashes, it's just a little bit blinding down here.
M: This is like a university lecture hall, isn't it.
S: It is, in fact, a university lecture hall.
M: I should tell you about physics!
A: Hi Misha, I'm Rachel.
M: Hi Rachel.
A: Just wondering, with all the different nationalities, different countries you go to, do you have any problems with understanding the different accents? Because we can help interpret if you like.
M: Here? You mean here, in Australia?
A: Australia, yeh, and don't forget there's New Zealand...
M: I'm sorry, I can't understand a word she's saying.
A: Yeh, that's so funny, hahahah. So, you do need some help.
M: Yeh, I do. But the problem is I wouldn't be able to understand an Aussie, I would need someone that the Aussie would be translating to... do you speak sign language?... *the girl gestures sth* Ah. You wear a large sombrero? Hi. *walks towards the audience* This one I can do. *walks towards the fan*
A: Hi, I'm Joy, without giving too much away what's happened this season, Castiel seems to have a little bit of a hard time when he's come against some of the demons and other things, and he doesn't seem to know a lot, have you asked Kripke... *audience laughing, Misha trying to get the mic away from her* I'm coming to the question! Sorry. Have you asked for a promotion. You know, a promotion up the celestial scale.
M: I'm sorry, am I gonna get a promotion?
A: Castiel.
M: Okay, so, in other words... *walks back to the chair* my character is an inconfident wuss... no more questions for you! You're cut off. So, without giving away too much more about the rest of the season, there'll be more episodes where you get to see Castiel get the piss beaten out of him. I don't know, I keep getting excited, I see a fight scene and I think: oh, finally, this is it, I'm gonna get in there, I'm gonna be tough, and I'm gonna show them that I'm not all fluffy and soft, and then... couple of hits is most that I seem to be able to take without being on the floor. So... if I can, honestly, work up to three, I think that'll be a promotion for me. We'll get to meet my boss who seems to be quite a bit tougher than me. What we haven't met yet is anyone who is weaker than me, so we established that baseline. Which is good. So, I think that's probably good for the questions... I'm just kidding. That was an unsuccessful joke. Hi, you, with the long arm!
A: Hi...
M: Hi.
A: So, the latest episode, The Monster at the End of this Book, it started as this kind of self-aware, really bizarre episode, then at the end came this kind of epic event, I was just wondering what you thought of the sсript when you first read it?
M: I thought it was awesome. I sent an email to the writer after I read it, saying it was the best one of the season... Which wasn't the first time I've done it this season, I read one and I'm like "This is the best one, great work!", and then I write another one, and hopefully the writers aren't comparing the emails I'm sending them cuz I'm sending a lot like "I think this is the best one", but it was great - wasn't it great? - it was funny, it was smart, it was self-referential, it was epic, it was great. And I loved the prophet... Has it aired here already?
A: Noooooo
M: Ha! So you don't know what I'm talking about. *to the fan who asked the question* What are you doing?! You're ruining it for everyone! Anyway... We'll just tell you all the details about the best episode and then you won't have to watch it, would you like that? Yeh, so there's a good episode coming up that's like a meta, where it's talking about you people. Apparently there's one fan - I can't remember the name in the sсript...
A: Simpatico.
M: Simpatico! Do you know Simpatico? Is anyone here Simpatico? Maybe. Ehm, anyway, apparently, Simpatico's real. He is real. And it's a HE.
A: <...>
M: He's from where?
A: <...>
M: Aha. I'm gonna find him. Wouldn't that be fun to stalk a fan? Get back at them like that? Send them creepy letters and show up at their house with a camera, follow their girlfriend to the grocery store?
A: <...>
M: What?
A: <...>
M: Great, thank you, we'll swap addresses later. Anyone else? Yes, red tie, maybe you can just scream, no? What did they do in the days before microphones at fan conventions? Hmmm.
A: If you could play somebody other than Castiel, who would it be?
M: A Dean.
A: *roaring in extasy*
M: It's such a relief to have such a short answer to a question. I'm gonna try to keep the rest of them to one word, too. Hi.
A: Sorry, you just said I don't need a microphone, and I don't. We hope Supernatural goes for years and years and years down the track but beyong that, do you have any directors or fellow actors that you really wont to work with but you haven't yet?
M: Ehm. The director who did Debbie Does Dallas, I don't know his name. And, I guess, Debbie as well! I'd like to work with both of them.
A: <...>
M: Sorry?
A <...>!!!
M: Bendy Woods? O_o
A: <...>
M: Bambi! Thank you. Got it. It's that accent, I need the translator. There are tons, yeh, there's tons of directors. I would like to work with the Wachowski brothers who did the Matrix; the Matrix is my favourite movie, and I just think that they are awesome.
...in every way, and actually I've been thinking about writing them a fan letter recently. But I don't want it to get lost in the shuffle, you know, I want them to know that I am whoever I am. But they would be so awesome to work with. So that, if I had to choose one... directors to work with, it'd be them. Isle...
A: *close to a squeak* Hi!
M: Hi. *laughs*
A: Sorry. I was just wondering, cuz I just thought of this thing, just now... has any of the episodes ever scared you? Cuz I went to a birthday party and I saw a clown and I screamed.
*audience laughs*
M: *sarcastically* That's perfectly normal. You know, I don't like scary movies or scary situations or anything scary... No, actually I'm gonna have to revise that statement. I don't like scary movies; I'm better in scary situations, you know, when someone feels like they're threatening my life or sth, I'm actually pretty cool, I secretly pull out my knife, but... When it's a scary movie or a scary TV show, it operates on my unconscious level, so I... That's also not true. It operates consciously and unconsciously, I was just remembering I went with a bunch of buddies from college to see "Se7en" (1995), have you seen "Se7en"?
A: Yeeeeeeah.
M: And I spent the whole time between the rows of seats, like I literally couldn't have the images coming into my visual cortex and I had to plug my ears as well, it was way too much for me. But it also operates on the unconscious level for me, because I'll have dreams, so when I started working on the show I did a little catch-up, and I was just watching a bunch of episodes at once, and I can't tell you for sure which episode it was that gave me the worst nightmares, but when I went to sleep after watching Supernatural, first few nights it was like... terrible nightmares. Scared the shit out of me.
A: Do you think your character would be scared?
M: Castiel? Well, we have established he's a wuss. I dunno. That would be an interesting meta-episode, having Castiel watch TV, see how it plays out. Going to right there...
A: Hello!
M: Hi.
A: I was wondering... Castiel started out very serious, and specially at the Monster at the End of the Book, the look and the smack he gave Dean when he was hinting at things, are you enjoying how Castiel's progressing to sort of... show emotions. Because you are very funny and Castiel's very very serious, so are you enjoying...
M: I'm also very serious.
A: *laughs* Are you enjoying the character progression?
M: Yes. It's good that it's not staying, you know, totally flat. *laughs* Such a great audience, it's like I give the slightest hint of a smile, imperceptible to the untrained eye, and everyone's like WOOOOW, look at that! Heads (?) off to Castiel, he's really going wild now! He is hysterical!.. So it's good, because I just have to do 1/10th of 1% more than absolutely nothing, and it seems like he is incredibly dynamic. So that's good, yeah. Thank you. Hi.
A: I know the question's been asked to the boys before, and I know the story arc and the mythology's taking the show in a different direction, but is there any urban legend that you would like to see the show have undertaken at all?
M: Thanks. I don't really know my urban legends that well. The only one that I can think of... I remember there was one where... if you flash your lights at someone when you're driving, that they'll get out of the car and kill you? And I'm not a writer but my mind's sort of turning up how you can make a good episode out of that. And I don't think you can. What were their answers? Cuz that was a lame one.
A: <...>
M: Oh, but that's a suburban or rural, that is definitely not an urban legend. I didn't know we include that! Yeh. I don't know... That's a good question. No answer but... good question. Thanks. *choosing the next one* I could do hot/cold...
A: You said that Castiel was the weakest angel, so how did he raise Dean out of hell, if he's so wussy?
M: Ehm... I dunno, you look at him and you think he's gotta be pretty epic and tough, I mean, he's gotta be able to... I mean, he burns people's eyes out with a look at them, the sound of his voice shatters windows! And if someone gives him a right jab, he falls on the floor. There does seem to be a mythological inconsistency there that I'm not quite sure about.
A: <...>
M: Ponies, did you say? Yes, it's Castiel's mythical ponies that he travels with. They're invisible, but they're on the show all the time. And if my ponies aren't protecting me, then I will fall to the floor. Immediately. Yeah I don't know, it's a good question.
A: <...>
M: Yeah, possibly, although, you know, you can stab me up to the hilt with a knife and I don't flinch, but if you punch me, I'm down. I bet if you'd insulted me that would be it. I'd be a goner. You, sir.
A: <...> Now I can stop shouting. Sam was originally supposed to stop Dean from going to hell, does that mean if it wasn't for the writers' strike we wouldn't have seen Castiel?
M: So the writers' strike helped my career quite a bit, didn't it. God, that really puts it in perspective! Cuz at the time, I was thinking shit! When am I ever gonna get a job again? This is terrible! That's a very... I like the way you think. Yeh, apparently, they didn't get to do the whole story arc they wanted to do, so they got stuck with Dean in hell. I dunno... I talked to Eric recently and he said that the idea for an angel or angels came to him when he was in the bathroom. And he didn't tell me what he was doing in the bathroom when it came to him. But... ugh, there's stuff I just can't say. Or maybe I can, but I'm not going to. So he said he... oh, this is not what you asked at all, but I don't care, I'm gonna say it anyway. He said he didn't really know where was the story... I don't think that he... I think that a lot of us think that Eric Kripke is omnission, and that he knows exactly where the story's going for, you know, years to come, and I think that from what he said that he's sort of working it out as it goes, he seems to plan ahead pretty well, he's at least a few episodes ahead of himself, but where the bigger arcs are going - I don't think that he's really nailed stuff down. Like he said that he thought that the angel arc might just last for a few episodes, he didn't know how that was gonna play out, but you know, he's brought in more angels and there's been more angel wussiness and stuff like that...
A: I'm sure that everyone here is glad that you actually got into Supernatural.
*audience squees, whistles and clasps hands*
M: Thank you for saying that compliment for me, I was gonna do it myself but it seemed a little... "Hey, what do you guys think of Castiel, just out of curiosity?"... Ehm, thanks, thank you. There's an easy one up there. Warmer, warmer... Getting hot, hot.
A: Hi Misha.
M: Hi.
A: I was wondering if you could share, like, one of your favourite experiences, or a highlight, of the show?
M: Oh, I was thinking back to my early childhood.
A: No.
M: Ehm.
A: <...> *laughing*
M: I wish you all had microphones cuz I'm missing some of the jokes. But that was a good one. Ehm, highlight... Is "least awful" an option? No, I had a lot of... Let's see... One of... that's not a highlight, but it's a funny food story. The second assisting camera operator's name is Jose and his family is from El Salvador, and they come once like every month or so, and they make pupusas... have you had pupusas? They're great. So that's cool. I had some fun one night with Jared and Jensen and I were on location and we were... It was a creepy old... I think it was like an old shipbuilding building, and it was all kinda falling down. And AD kept saying, guys, would you stand away,...- it was a windy night, - will you stay away from the building, cuz he was afraid the building was gonna fall on us, but we were inside and, you know, finding different things made of glass to break. That was fun. Apparently it was actually an old... like there was a shipbuilding building, and then there was a glass factory, and they left all this glass, so not only was it covered in its own windows, but there were other windows, they were just lying around... begging for attention. Overall, I have to say it's been just a really great set on, and there's a lot of days when I just, you know, feel happy to be working there. There are times when it just sucks ass, because the show shoots really late at night, towards the end of the week a lot, so it can be, you know, 4 or 5 o'clock in the morning and you're outside and it's raining and it's Vancouver and it's the middle of the winter, that can be kinda tough.
A: <...>
M: It was gorgeous last week. Yeh, thank you, that's great. That's very helpful. Yeah... no, the day we wrapped it was still miserable, cold and rainy, and the weather was great as soon as we left. Hi!
A: <...>
M: Do I believe in supernatural? I do believe in the television show Supernatural... Do I believe in supernatural things happening? Ehm, well, that depends on how you define your terms. I think that there are things that happen that we don't conventionally think of as natural, but I think that everything can probably be explained within the context of natural laws of some sort. But I think that there's a lot of stuff that goes on in the world that is well beyond our modern scientific comprehension, and that doesn't really appeal to our rational minds, but goes a little deeper. And if I knew English I would tell you the rest of this story.
S: I've got a mic now, so just point over here.
M: Okay, so why don't you just ask all the questions.
S: What's your favourite colour?
M: Orange.
A: Uhm, your character, Castiel, are we gonna learn more about his backstory history in the future Supernatural episodes?
M: Uhm, yes, well, his back-story... Yeh, yep, mhm. How's that for a juicy bit... i bet that wets up your appetite, doesn't it? That's a SPOILER! Yeh, you learn more about his back-story. More elliptically, I think, so far Castiel's story has been told... But there's a pretty concrete where we get to see the back-story of the vessel that Castiel is occupying, which is cool.
A: Hi. Are you ever going to wash or change your clothes?
M: Uhm. No. This chair is hard to get in and out of... I, uh, I think that one of his most important superpowers is that he cleans his clothes supernaturally. But he doesn't iron supernaturally. And he doesn't clean perfectly, either. Cuz everything is getting a little dirtier, and I think, you know, because the look is a little bit rumpled, it sort of okay for it to be a little rough.
*cell rings in the audience*
M: Yeh, do you wanna get that? We'll wait. Ehm. The wardrobe department doesn't necessarily wash it very often. I stuck my hands in the pockets of my pants, and I'm like... I put this is my pocket SIX weeks ago. It's still here?! So, that's a little gross. But no. He also darns supernaturally. There's holes in his clothing, you'll notice these disappear fairly quickly.
Yeh, so whoever was saying I did not have amazing powers - you're eating your words now!
S: Misha, there's a question up here.
M: You. Up where? Yeah.
A: You said you've been watching some Supernatural episodes. So, which one is your favourite episode and why?
M: Uhm. Well, my favourite 12 are the ones I'm in. And then, below that, let's see... Ghostfacers was awesome. And I don't know the exact title, but it's like A Very Supernatural Christmas or sth like that; those two were great. And actually I really like Monster at the End of This Book, that was good; I kinda like those sort of more risky... they're not risky, but they're... wrong word. Risk-taking, I dunno. But I like those ones that are a little more after being <...> it looks like the directors and writers and everybody's had a little bit of fun with that; I mean, Ghostfacers was just... blew me away, I thought that was awesome. They gave all the actors cameras and that was just really cool... Is it easier if you pick people? Cuz I'm picking people like across the room from here. You've got a microphone, so you've been picked. Hi.
A: Sorry... This is a random question, but if there was a song about you, what would that be?
M: I can't shake the feeling that you're asking me to write a song right now. I mean... If a song that already exists, that I could say that it was actually written about me? Ehm... Not Happy Birthday.
A: "What's your name"? <...>
M: What did you say?
A: <...>
M: Oh, yeh. Thank you. I don't know it. I mean, you know, if I did, I wouldn't sing it. No, I'm not gonna sing it. Why don't we play a game where you find people to do it? That way it's a little faster. There's one already! Yeh, okay, you go.
A: This is a really geeky question I guess...
M: Kinda acceptable.
A: What's your process, or your method, or whatever?
M: Okay. What I like to do is... I pretend that I'm an angel!
A: *hysterical laughter & applause*
M: And I wear his clothes. Ehm. No, I'll be a little geeky too for you. I... I dunno, what do I do? I... you know, it's a funny job. You talk to... Everyone gives you different advice on what to do, and so over the course of my career I've followed a lot of different people's ideas, and had my own ideas that I've tried out and seen if they work, and what works
and what doesn't work, and sort of compiling a little bit as they go, taking little bits and pieces from what I learn, and I'm still experimenting and still seeing what works and what doesn't work, ehm... You know, my stage combat skills don't work. But, ehm... One of the things that I like to do is really allow... I do believe in the idea that we all have sort of infinite possibilities of different personalities embedded within ourselves, and the manifestation of our unique personality, you know, Misha's personality is just one of a million different options, and it's just a question of tapping into those other human beings that are embedded within us, and allowing them to express through you. And so there's the sort of process that enables me to uncover those alternate personalities, and it has a lot to do with, you know, sitting and staring out of the window, and doing other things that look equally unproductive to the untrained eye... But I was a little bit daunted by this role, because I actually had this sort of a philosophical construct that we have every human being available to us somewhere inside us, and it's just a matter of uncovering it; but then... Castiel is not a f**king human being, he's a supernatural character, so I though this maybe isn't gonna work. But I think it kind of is working, you know, it's a little harder than normal: not having emotions, feeling really disconnected, in a way, from human beings... But that's a lot of fun to play with, and it's also fun, you know, getting back into the arc, you know, now being able to smirk, for instance. But playing with bringing him a little bit closer to humanity, and it gives me a lot of distance to travel, which is fun to work with. So there. Hi.
A: Hi. I'm Rosie.
M: Hi.
A: First of all, you actually have the first name of my cat...
M: That's tough.
A: ...who's deaf and she's a female.
M: Sweet!
A: Okay, and secondly, when you first read...
M: You didn't have to tell us that. I mean, why... how does that make us better?
A: No idea, I just felt like saying it. Secondly...
M: Yes.
A: When you first read the sсript, and you read about what your character is going to be like, were you allowed to bring your own attributes to the character, or was it all totally scripted?
M: Ehm... There's a... You always bring your own stuff to a sсript. I don't think that anyone could bring... i mean, no two actors are gonna do the same thing, the same sсript, the same way. And Eric Kripke doesn't give a whole lot of direction. You know, first of all, he writes in LA, and he's not actually up on the set when we're shooting up in Vancouver, so there's not, um, there's not a whole lot of back-and-forth about what we're doing, and it's largely up to us. And there's not a whole lot of stage direction written in the scripts either, so it's not like, you know, like, a line "'I dragged you out of hell, so I can throw you back in', then Castiel raises one eyebrow". It's not written in there. So you kind of do your own thing, and then the director, if he sees something that you did that he doesn't like or if he wants something else, he'll ask you to do it differently; but more often than not, the directors are also kind of guest stars, you know, there's a lot of different directors on the episodes, so they don't feel like they have the authority to come in and say "Change your character around", you know, "Yeh, maybe we should do Castiel with an accent", or something; you're not gonna get that from the directors. So it's largely... I would say, definitely the majority of the work is between just the actor and the sсript, and sorting stuff out that way. And then you get on the set and you start to do with another actor, you work stuff out there too. I think that answered your question. Hi.
A: Hi. How did you feel about season 4 when angels came into it and you found out God exists?
M: Ehm... Good, because it gave me a job. And... You know, the whole God question, I mean, we haven't met him yet. Why do you say he exists? I mean, in the TV show Supernatural.
A: Pardon?
M: Yeh, you didn't think I was gonna ask YOU a question. Let's turn this whole thing on its head, why don't we? How did YOU feel about it? Ehm, yeh, I mean, why do you say that God exists?
A: Because the angels exist.
M: I mean is that, you know, maybe God made angels and then, you know, killed himself? I mean, we haven't met God.
A: Because you were too much of a wuss?
M: Yeah. He was so disappointed with his creations that he jumped off a cloud.
A: Yeh but then wouldn't he be in heaven anyway?
M: Wouldn't God be in heaven?
A: If he killed himself because of that, would he end up...
M: Would he, or would he be in Sydney? Where would you hang out if you were God?
A: I think this is going a bit too far...
M: Yeah, well, you know, I mean, we have all sorts of suppositions about what God is supposed to be like, and where he's supposed to be hanging out, like, where God's (hunt?) is, but we haven't seen it in this show Supernatural; also I think the audience members... we all had preconceptions about what angels were like, did you think that they were gonna be able to magically mend their clothes? Probably not! So, I'm just saying I'm not sure that we know much about God yet in the storyline... I don't. I don't really know. I think that Castiel is conflicted, cuz I think... he hasn't met God. I think he's a little disappointed about that. And I think that, um, you know, there's a little bit of question like, where is he? Where is this God guy? You know, if he's so great. He hasn't showed up yet in Supernatural. So, um, I'm not saying that there isn't a God, I dunno what I'm saying, I'm just ranting. For no reason.
S: So we have time for about two more questions.
A: Hello.
M: Hi.
A: First of all, I don't think Castiel is a wuss.
M: Thank you. We're gonna go get a beer later.
A: Yep. My treat. Um, obviously, the way you play Castiel - you don't get to show a lot of emotion, but you're quite a funny guy; have you ever considered standup?
*audience laughing*
M: I'm considering it now. See, I don't think that this is a representative sampling of the general population, so it's not really fair; like, you guys are all like "Ooooh, Castiel's really great"; you go out into Comedy Club in LA or something, imagine I get on stage; first of all, noone would be there; and second, uh, i dunno... You know, you're a great audience.
A: *squeeeeeee*
M: Right? I mean, I dunno, yeh, you're <...>, thanks. Yeh, we'll talk over beer, we'll figure it out.
A: What do you do for fun?
M: For fun...
A: Given... uh, sorry.
M: Oooh. There's the voice of God.
A: *laughing*
M: There you are! Oh, that's not you.
A: Given that angels are soldiers of God, and that they generally don't feel emotion, how does Castiel currently justify the feelings he obviously had for Anna? And throwing in a second, if you could cast Lucifer, who would you pick?
A: Woooooooooo.
M: Wooo. You just got a casting "wooooo". Uhm, so, the feeling that I... So, you're implying that there's something between me and Anna. Uhm. <...> If you gonna hackle, you got to do it louder, cuz I can't... *audience laughter* So, yeh, um. You know, I don't really know for sure what's going on between Castiel and Anna, I think it's sort of... I think that they both have always... I dunno, I'm making it up, I mean, I made it up. I don't really know what the back-story is. I imagine that they've always been sort of forbidden fruit to one another; I don't think that you see, like, angels sneaking off up in heaven to the janitor's closet and going at it, you know... So, I think that that's all sort of an unspoken undercurrent, maybe, if there's anything there... but I do... it definitely seems like we have a history, whatever that history is, uhm... And you did have a second question... about casting.
A: <...>
M: Too obvious.
A: <...> *laughing*
M: Ah, I'm forgetting her name... Hannah Montanna. Wouldn't that be perfect?
A: Miley Cyrus.
M: Oh that's it, right. Miley Cyrus. Uh... What do I do for fun. I do a lot of different... Somebody asked what I did for fun, which is a very neutral question... I do a lot of different stuff for fun. I am one of the founding members of the Los Angeles Map & Touring Club, which, if you google it, we don't even have a website, so don't bother. And we go round, and we explore different things, we kayach down the LA river, which... you don't live in LA and you don't know this, but...
A: There isn't a river.
M: Well there is, but it's like a sewer with the top cut off of it, it's just this little <...> of sludge... and you actually do see stuff floating in there that... anyway. I capsized a coupla times and then I didn't do it again. But, you know, exploring different things like that, i like back-country skiing, which is sort of... you go out camping on skis, basically, um... and I like... I dunno. I guess I like to do a lot of different things. I like wood working, and building things, and...
A: Sewing!
M: Sewing: darning, specifically. Um...
A: <...>
M: And ponies. Okay.
S: All righty, on that note, can we please give Misha a big thank you? Thank you so much!
A: SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
S: And we have <...>
M: *throwing the sweets* I dunno why, they told me to throw those.
S: You have to try one.
M: Are they good?
S: Yeah, yeah.
M: Thank you. That's fun. Do you mind if I just stand here throwing it at them for a while?
S: No, I don't mind. Anyone else mind?
M: You actually do want it?
S: Yeah, they are fans now!
A: SQUEEEEEEEE!
M: You know, I'm gonna put someone's eye out, and then there's gonna be a lawsuit. Alright, bye guys!
S: Thanks guys, thank you so much! Misha Collins, ladies and gentlemen!
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M: There're a lot of you here.
A: <...>
M: I know, it's actually kinda isolating up here. It's a little strange.
S: Staff members, there we are, ok... If you could identify yourselves, who had the microphones... There we go, okay, so how this will work guys, is Misha will nominate the people who have their hands raised to ask questions and athletic staff members will be running around the auditory handing you the microphone.
M: So I can choose somebody down in the front, and then someone up there...
S: Yeh, you totally choose whoever you want.
читать дальшеM: See if I can tire them out?
S: Yeh.
M: Cuz I know one of you guys is a professional runner.
S: It's not me.
M: No, right.
S: Runner as in athletic, or runner as in on-set running?
M: No, I think athletic.
S: Oh.
M: Yeh. Wow. That's a big picture. Okay, does anyone here have a question? Funny thing is I can't see anything...
S: Right down at the front.
M: I can see you!
S: Yeh, we can't see anything cuz of the photographs.
M: We can race to each person, if you want.
A: Okay, so the image and the clothing and the expression of Castiel seems to be very much like John Constantine and Wings of Desire, did either of those play into the way you thought about the character?
M: In other words, is my work plagiarised? No, I mean, in the first... I'm holding too many things.
S: You need a table?
M: That would be nice. Can I have a table please? And a pony.
A: How about a podium?
M: A pony with a table on it? Hmmmm. This could be a fun game. So, in the first sсript that Castiel shows up in, it says he's wearing a trench coat.
S: *bring in the table*
M: No, I was just kidding! <...> Now you pretend to be a pony!.. This could be the whole show, just moving furniture around... It said trench coat, suit...
S: *bring in the sweets*
M: There's so many distractions, I can't... so, it said trench coat, suit, a-la rumpled, a-la John Constantine. So, that was sort of Kripke's idea that I look like Constantine. I haven't seen the movie yet or read the comic book, so what I did... and I haven't even seen the Wings of Desire, the Wim Wenders' movie. That stuff's all me... But Wings of Desire is a great movie, which I think Eric Kripke and the other writers must have watched before writing the character, because it's about an angel. And also wearing a trench coat.
M: Okay... you way back there. In the States they make a line and have microphones there and everybody queues up but it's so boring! There's no activity, this is much better.
A: Okay, I have to ask this...
M: Okay.
A: Is Supernatural the best show you've ever worked on? Cuz that has to be.
M: I mean... There's definitely a wrong answer to that question in this crowd, isn't there?
A: Yes.
M: I can honestly say that I have never enjoyed working on another show as much, I've never enjoyed the role that I had on another show as much... Jared and Jensen are awesome to work with. *audience squeeing* I know, it's surprising, isn't it? So, yeah, I love it, I can't think of another show that I've enjoyed more. It's been great to work on; and I actually like the show too, it's a great show, and it seems to be getting better and better over time. I didn't know the show very well when I first started working on it, so I've caught up since I started working on it. But it's great! It's totally surprised me. It's a really, really good show and I'm happy to be on it. Can't see anything... there, there's an easy one.
S: Okay guys you got about 20 seconds left with those cameras until we say goodbye okay?
A: How would you feel about your vessel being called Walter? Have you heard that your vessel is called Walter?
M: No, I haven't. And I don't know how I'd feel. Can you tell me more?
A: I haven't actually read any...
M: Sure, sure you haven't.
A: ...cuz I'm not into Dean/Castiel slash at all... Actually, I am.
M: Yeh. I can't see you but I know you're lying.
A: *nervous laugh* No, apparently there's like a whole verse where Walter is the name of the vessel and when Castiel returns to heaven Walter is still in love with Dean and they stay together as a couple. (She's talking about Two Lives and the other fics in this verse by blackdoggy1.)
M: *a lot of nervous laughter and scratching himself* I feel great about it, thank you. Yeah... Hi.
S: Guys can we just cut out the flash?
A: I just wanted to ask, cuz Jared's famous for playing pranks and jokes on people, has he gotten you with anything in particular?
M: I'll take that back... Uhm, the pranks, no. I haven't. I have not been pranked by Jared and Jensen. In the Green Room, at the last con someone brought that question up, and Jared said that it was because he thought that I was too much of a wuss, that I wouldn't be able to take it. So I think the gloves are coming off now...
S: Okay guys, can we cut out the flashes now, if you can set your cameras so they can take without the flashes, it's just a little bit blinding down here.
M: This is like a university lecture hall, isn't it.
S: It is, in fact, a university lecture hall.
M: I should tell you about physics!
A: Hi Misha, I'm Rachel.
M: Hi Rachel.
A: Just wondering, with all the different nationalities, different countries you go to, do you have any problems with understanding the different accents? Because we can help interpret if you like.
M: Here? You mean here, in Australia?
A: Australia, yeh, and don't forget there's New Zealand...
M: I'm sorry, I can't understand a word she's saying.
A: Yeh, that's so funny, hahahah. So, you do need some help.
M: Yeh, I do. But the problem is I wouldn't be able to understand an Aussie, I would need someone that the Aussie would be translating to... do you speak sign language?... *the girl gestures sth* Ah. You wear a large sombrero? Hi. *walks towards the audience* This one I can do. *walks towards the fan*
A: Hi, I'm Joy, without giving too much away what's happened this season, Castiel seems to have a little bit of a hard time when he's come against some of the demons and other things, and he doesn't seem to know a lot, have you asked Kripke... *audience laughing, Misha trying to get the mic away from her* I'm coming to the question! Sorry. Have you asked for a promotion. You know, a promotion up the celestial scale.
M: I'm sorry, am I gonna get a promotion?
A: Castiel.
M: Okay, so, in other words... *walks back to the chair* my character is an inconfident wuss... no more questions for you! You're cut off. So, without giving away too much more about the rest of the season, there'll be more episodes where you get to see Castiel get the piss beaten out of him. I don't know, I keep getting excited, I see a fight scene and I think: oh, finally, this is it, I'm gonna get in there, I'm gonna be tough, and I'm gonna show them that I'm not all fluffy and soft, and then... couple of hits is most that I seem to be able to take without being on the floor. So... if I can, honestly, work up to three, I think that'll be a promotion for me. We'll get to meet my boss who seems to be quite a bit tougher than me. What we haven't met yet is anyone who is weaker than me, so we established that baseline. Which is good. So, I think that's probably good for the questions... I'm just kidding. That was an unsuccessful joke. Hi, you, with the long arm!
A: Hi...
M: Hi.
A: So, the latest episode, The Monster at the End of this Book, it started as this kind of self-aware, really bizarre episode, then at the end came this kind of epic event, I was just wondering what you thought of the sсript when you first read it?
M: I thought it was awesome. I sent an email to the writer after I read it, saying it was the best one of the season... Which wasn't the first time I've done it this season, I read one and I'm like "This is the best one, great work!", and then I write another one, and hopefully the writers aren't comparing the emails I'm sending them cuz I'm sending a lot like "I think this is the best one", but it was great - wasn't it great? - it was funny, it was smart, it was self-referential, it was epic, it was great. And I loved the prophet... Has it aired here already?
A: Noooooo
M: Ha! So you don't know what I'm talking about. *to the fan who asked the question* What are you doing?! You're ruining it for everyone! Anyway... We'll just tell you all the details about the best episode and then you won't have to watch it, would you like that? Yeh, so there's a good episode coming up that's like a meta, where it's talking about you people. Apparently there's one fan - I can't remember the name in the sсript...
A: Simpatico.
M: Simpatico! Do you know Simpatico? Is anyone here Simpatico? Maybe. Ehm, anyway, apparently, Simpatico's real. He is real. And it's a HE.
A: <...>
M: He's from where?
A: <...>
M: Aha. I'm gonna find him. Wouldn't that be fun to stalk a fan? Get back at them like that? Send them creepy letters and show up at their house with a camera, follow their girlfriend to the grocery store?
A: <...>
M: What?
A: <...>
M: Great, thank you, we'll swap addresses later. Anyone else? Yes, red tie, maybe you can just scream, no? What did they do in the days before microphones at fan conventions? Hmmm.
A: If you could play somebody other than Castiel, who would it be?
M: A Dean.
A: *roaring in extasy*
M: It's such a relief to have such a short answer to a question. I'm gonna try to keep the rest of them to one word, too. Hi.
A: Sorry, you just said I don't need a microphone, and I don't. We hope Supernatural goes for years and years and years down the track but beyong that, do you have any directors or fellow actors that you really wont to work with but you haven't yet?
M: Ehm. The director who did Debbie Does Dallas, I don't know his name. And, I guess, Debbie as well! I'd like to work with both of them.
A: <...>
M: Sorry?
A <...>!!!
M: Bendy Woods? O_o
A: <...>
M: Bambi! Thank you. Got it. It's that accent, I need the translator. There are tons, yeh, there's tons of directors. I would like to work with the Wachowski brothers who did the Matrix; the Matrix is my favourite movie, and I just think that they are awesome.
...in every way, and actually I've been thinking about writing them a fan letter recently. But I don't want it to get lost in the shuffle, you know, I want them to know that I am whoever I am. But they would be so awesome to work with. So that, if I had to choose one... directors to work with, it'd be them. Isle...
A: *close to a squeak* Hi!
M: Hi. *laughs*
A: Sorry. I was just wondering, cuz I just thought of this thing, just now... has any of the episodes ever scared you? Cuz I went to a birthday party and I saw a clown and I screamed.
*audience laughs*
M: *sarcastically* That's perfectly normal. You know, I don't like scary movies or scary situations or anything scary... No, actually I'm gonna have to revise that statement. I don't like scary movies; I'm better in scary situations, you know, when someone feels like they're threatening my life or sth, I'm actually pretty cool, I secretly pull out my knife, but... When it's a scary movie or a scary TV show, it operates on my unconscious level, so I... That's also not true. It operates consciously and unconsciously, I was just remembering I went with a bunch of buddies from college to see "Se7en" (1995), have you seen "Se7en"?
A: Yeeeeeeah.
M: And I spent the whole time between the rows of seats, like I literally couldn't have the images coming into my visual cortex and I had to plug my ears as well, it was way too much for me. But it also operates on the unconscious level for me, because I'll have dreams, so when I started working on the show I did a little catch-up, and I was just watching a bunch of episodes at once, and I can't tell you for sure which episode it was that gave me the worst nightmares, but when I went to sleep after watching Supernatural, first few nights it was like... terrible nightmares. Scared the shit out of me.
A: Do you think your character would be scared?
M: Castiel? Well, we have established he's a wuss. I dunno. That would be an interesting meta-episode, having Castiel watch TV, see how it plays out. Going to right there...
A: Hello!
M: Hi.
A: I was wondering... Castiel started out very serious, and specially at the Monster at the End of the Book, the look and the smack he gave Dean when he was hinting at things, are you enjoying how Castiel's progressing to sort of... show emotions. Because you are very funny and Castiel's very very serious, so are you enjoying...
M: I'm also very serious.
A: *laughs* Are you enjoying the character progression?
M: Yes. It's good that it's not staying, you know, totally flat. *laughs* Such a great audience, it's like I give the slightest hint of a smile, imperceptible to the untrained eye, and everyone's like WOOOOW, look at that! Heads (?) off to Castiel, he's really going wild now! He is hysterical!.. So it's good, because I just have to do 1/10th of 1% more than absolutely nothing, and it seems like he is incredibly dynamic. So that's good, yeah. Thank you. Hi.
A: I know the question's been asked to the boys before, and I know the story arc and the mythology's taking the show in a different direction, but is there any urban legend that you would like to see the show have undertaken at all?
M: Thanks. I don't really know my urban legends that well. The only one that I can think of... I remember there was one where... if you flash your lights at someone when you're driving, that they'll get out of the car and kill you? And I'm not a writer but my mind's sort of turning up how you can make a good episode out of that. And I don't think you can. What were their answers? Cuz that was a lame one.
A: <...>
M: Oh, but that's a suburban or rural, that is definitely not an urban legend. I didn't know we include that! Yeh. I don't know... That's a good question. No answer but... good question. Thanks. *choosing the next one* I could do hot/cold...
A: You said that Castiel was the weakest angel, so how did he raise Dean out of hell, if he's so wussy?
M: Ehm... I dunno, you look at him and you think he's gotta be pretty epic and tough, I mean, he's gotta be able to... I mean, he burns people's eyes out with a look at them, the sound of his voice shatters windows! And if someone gives him a right jab, he falls on the floor. There does seem to be a mythological inconsistency there that I'm not quite sure about.
A: <...>
M: Ponies, did you say? Yes, it's Castiel's mythical ponies that he travels with. They're invisible, but they're on the show all the time. And if my ponies aren't protecting me, then I will fall to the floor. Immediately. Yeah I don't know, it's a good question.
A: <...>
M: Yeah, possibly, although, you know, you can stab me up to the hilt with a knife and I don't flinch, but if you punch me, I'm down. I bet if you'd insulted me that would be it. I'd be a goner. You, sir.
A: <...> Now I can stop shouting. Sam was originally supposed to stop Dean from going to hell, does that mean if it wasn't for the writers' strike we wouldn't have seen Castiel?
M: So the writers' strike helped my career quite a bit, didn't it. God, that really puts it in perspective! Cuz at the time, I was thinking shit! When am I ever gonna get a job again? This is terrible! That's a very... I like the way you think. Yeh, apparently, they didn't get to do the whole story arc they wanted to do, so they got stuck with Dean in hell. I dunno... I talked to Eric recently and he said that the idea for an angel or angels came to him when he was in the bathroom. And he didn't tell me what he was doing in the bathroom when it came to him. But... ugh, there's stuff I just can't say. Or maybe I can, but I'm not going to. So he said he... oh, this is not what you asked at all, but I don't care, I'm gonna say it anyway. He said he didn't really know where was the story... I don't think that he... I think that a lot of us think that Eric Kripke is omnission, and that he knows exactly where the story's going for, you know, years to come, and I think that from what he said that he's sort of working it out as it goes, he seems to plan ahead pretty well, he's at least a few episodes ahead of himself, but where the bigger arcs are going - I don't think that he's really nailed stuff down. Like he said that he thought that the angel arc might just last for a few episodes, he didn't know how that was gonna play out, but you know, he's brought in more angels and there's been more angel wussiness and stuff like that...
A: I'm sure that everyone here is glad that you actually got into Supernatural.
*audience squees, whistles and clasps hands*
M: Thank you for saying that compliment for me, I was gonna do it myself but it seemed a little... "Hey, what do you guys think of Castiel, just out of curiosity?"... Ehm, thanks, thank you. There's an easy one up there. Warmer, warmer... Getting hot, hot.
A: Hi Misha.
M: Hi.
A: I was wondering if you could share, like, one of your favourite experiences, or a highlight, of the show?
M: Oh, I was thinking back to my early childhood.
A: No.
M: Ehm.
A: <...> *laughing*
M: I wish you all had microphones cuz I'm missing some of the jokes. But that was a good one. Ehm, highlight... Is "least awful" an option? No, I had a lot of... Let's see... One of... that's not a highlight, but it's a funny food story. The second assisting camera operator's name is Jose and his family is from El Salvador, and they come once like every month or so, and they make pupusas... have you had pupusas? They're great. So that's cool. I had some fun one night with Jared and Jensen and I were on location and we were... It was a creepy old... I think it was like an old shipbuilding building, and it was all kinda falling down. And AD kept saying, guys, would you stand away,...- it was a windy night, - will you stay away from the building, cuz he was afraid the building was gonna fall on us, but we were inside and, you know, finding different things made of glass to break. That was fun. Apparently it was actually an old... like there was a shipbuilding building, and then there was a glass factory, and they left all this glass, so not only was it covered in its own windows, but there were other windows, they were just lying around... begging for attention. Overall, I have to say it's been just a really great set on, and there's a lot of days when I just, you know, feel happy to be working there. There are times when it just sucks ass, because the show shoots really late at night, towards the end of the week a lot, so it can be, you know, 4 or 5 o'clock in the morning and you're outside and it's raining and it's Vancouver and it's the middle of the winter, that can be kinda tough.
A: <...>
M: It was gorgeous last week. Yeh, thank you, that's great. That's very helpful. Yeah... no, the day we wrapped it was still miserable, cold and rainy, and the weather was great as soon as we left. Hi!
A: <...>
M: Do I believe in supernatural? I do believe in the television show Supernatural... Do I believe in supernatural things happening? Ehm, well, that depends on how you define your terms. I think that there are things that happen that we don't conventionally think of as natural, but I think that everything can probably be explained within the context of natural laws of some sort. But I think that there's a lot of stuff that goes on in the world that is well beyond our modern scientific comprehension, and that doesn't really appeal to our rational minds, but goes a little deeper. And if I knew English I would tell you the rest of this story.
S: I've got a mic now, so just point over here.
M: Okay, so why don't you just ask all the questions.
S: What's your favourite colour?
M: Orange.
A: Uhm, your character, Castiel, are we gonna learn more about his backstory history in the future Supernatural episodes?
M: Uhm, yes, well, his back-story... Yeh, yep, mhm. How's that for a juicy bit... i bet that wets up your appetite, doesn't it? That's a SPOILER! Yeh, you learn more about his back-story. More elliptically, I think, so far Castiel's story has been told... But there's a pretty concrete where we get to see the back-story of the vessel that Castiel is occupying, which is cool.
A: Hi. Are you ever going to wash or change your clothes?
M: Uhm. No. This chair is hard to get in and out of... I, uh, I think that one of his most important superpowers is that he cleans his clothes supernaturally. But he doesn't iron supernaturally. And he doesn't clean perfectly, either. Cuz everything is getting a little dirtier, and I think, you know, because the look is a little bit rumpled, it sort of okay for it to be a little rough.
*cell rings in the audience*
M: Yeh, do you wanna get that? We'll wait. Ehm. The wardrobe department doesn't necessarily wash it very often. I stuck my hands in the pockets of my pants, and I'm like... I put this is my pocket SIX weeks ago. It's still here?! So, that's a little gross. But no. He also darns supernaturally. There's holes in his clothing, you'll notice these disappear fairly quickly.
Yeh, so whoever was saying I did not have amazing powers - you're eating your words now!
S: Misha, there's a question up here.
M: You. Up where? Yeah.
A: You said you've been watching some Supernatural episodes. So, which one is your favourite episode and why?
M: Uhm. Well, my favourite 12 are the ones I'm in. And then, below that, let's see... Ghostfacers was awesome. And I don't know the exact title, but it's like A Very Supernatural Christmas or sth like that; those two were great. And actually I really like Monster at the End of This Book, that was good; I kinda like those sort of more risky... they're not risky, but they're... wrong word. Risk-taking, I dunno. But I like those ones that are a little more after being <...> it looks like the directors and writers and everybody's had a little bit of fun with that; I mean, Ghostfacers was just... blew me away, I thought that was awesome. They gave all the actors cameras and that was just really cool... Is it easier if you pick people? Cuz I'm picking people like across the room from here. You've got a microphone, so you've been picked. Hi.
A: Sorry... This is a random question, but if there was a song about you, what would that be?
M: I can't shake the feeling that you're asking me to write a song right now. I mean... If a song that already exists, that I could say that it was actually written about me? Ehm... Not Happy Birthday.
A: "What's your name"? <...>
M: What did you say?
A: <...>
M: Oh, yeh. Thank you. I don't know it. I mean, you know, if I did, I wouldn't sing it. No, I'm not gonna sing it. Why don't we play a game where you find people to do it? That way it's a little faster. There's one already! Yeh, okay, you go.
A: This is a really geeky question I guess...
M: Kinda acceptable.
A: What's your process, or your method, or whatever?
M: Okay. What I like to do is... I pretend that I'm an angel!
A: *hysterical laughter & applause*
M: And I wear his clothes. Ehm. No, I'll be a little geeky too for you. I... I dunno, what do I do? I... you know, it's a funny job. You talk to... Everyone gives you different advice on what to do, and so over the course of my career I've followed a lot of different people's ideas, and had my own ideas that I've tried out and seen if they work, and what works
and what doesn't work, and sort of compiling a little bit as they go, taking little bits and pieces from what I learn, and I'm still experimenting and still seeing what works and what doesn't work, ehm... You know, my stage combat skills don't work. But, ehm... One of the things that I like to do is really allow... I do believe in the idea that we all have sort of infinite possibilities of different personalities embedded within ourselves, and the manifestation of our unique personality, you know, Misha's personality is just one of a million different options, and it's just a question of tapping into those other human beings that are embedded within us, and allowing them to express through you. And so there's the sort of process that enables me to uncover those alternate personalities, and it has a lot to do with, you know, sitting and staring out of the window, and doing other things that look equally unproductive to the untrained eye... But I was a little bit daunted by this role, because I actually had this sort of a philosophical construct that we have every human being available to us somewhere inside us, and it's just a matter of uncovering it; but then... Castiel is not a f**king human being, he's a supernatural character, so I though this maybe isn't gonna work. But I think it kind of is working, you know, it's a little harder than normal: not having emotions, feeling really disconnected, in a way, from human beings... But that's a lot of fun to play with, and it's also fun, you know, getting back into the arc, you know, now being able to smirk, for instance. But playing with bringing him a little bit closer to humanity, and it gives me a lot of distance to travel, which is fun to work with. So there. Hi.
A: Hi. I'm Rosie.
M: Hi.
A: First of all, you actually have the first name of my cat...
M: That's tough.
A: ...who's deaf and she's a female.
M: Sweet!
A: Okay, and secondly, when you first read...
M: You didn't have to tell us that. I mean, why... how does that make us better?
A: No idea, I just felt like saying it. Secondly...
M: Yes.
A: When you first read the sсript, and you read about what your character is going to be like, were you allowed to bring your own attributes to the character, or was it all totally scripted?
M: Ehm... There's a... You always bring your own stuff to a sсript. I don't think that anyone could bring... i mean, no two actors are gonna do the same thing, the same sсript, the same way. And Eric Kripke doesn't give a whole lot of direction. You know, first of all, he writes in LA, and he's not actually up on the set when we're shooting up in Vancouver, so there's not, um, there's not a whole lot of back-and-forth about what we're doing, and it's largely up to us. And there's not a whole lot of stage direction written in the scripts either, so it's not like, you know, like, a line "'I dragged you out of hell, so I can throw you back in', then Castiel raises one eyebrow". It's not written in there. So you kind of do your own thing, and then the director, if he sees something that you did that he doesn't like or if he wants something else, he'll ask you to do it differently; but more often than not, the directors are also kind of guest stars, you know, there's a lot of different directors on the episodes, so they don't feel like they have the authority to come in and say "Change your character around", you know, "Yeh, maybe we should do Castiel with an accent", or something; you're not gonna get that from the directors. So it's largely... I would say, definitely the majority of the work is between just the actor and the sсript, and sorting stuff out that way. And then you get on the set and you start to do with another actor, you work stuff out there too. I think that answered your question. Hi.
A: Hi. How did you feel about season 4 when angels came into it and you found out God exists?
M: Ehm... Good, because it gave me a job. And... You know, the whole God question, I mean, we haven't met him yet. Why do you say he exists? I mean, in the TV show Supernatural.
A: Pardon?
M: Yeh, you didn't think I was gonna ask YOU a question. Let's turn this whole thing on its head, why don't we? How did YOU feel about it? Ehm, yeh, I mean, why do you say that God exists?
A: Because the angels exist.
M: I mean is that, you know, maybe God made angels and then, you know, killed himself? I mean, we haven't met God.
A: Because you were too much of a wuss?
M: Yeah. He was so disappointed with his creations that he jumped off a cloud.
A: Yeh but then wouldn't he be in heaven anyway?
M: Wouldn't God be in heaven?
A: If he killed himself because of that, would he end up...
M: Would he, or would he be in Sydney? Where would you hang out if you were God?
A: I think this is going a bit too far...
M: Yeah, well, you know, I mean, we have all sorts of suppositions about what God is supposed to be like, and where he's supposed to be hanging out, like, where God's (hunt?) is, but we haven't seen it in this show Supernatural; also I think the audience members... we all had preconceptions about what angels were like, did you think that they were gonna be able to magically mend their clothes? Probably not! So, I'm just saying I'm not sure that we know much about God yet in the storyline... I don't. I don't really know. I think that Castiel is conflicted, cuz I think... he hasn't met God. I think he's a little disappointed about that. And I think that, um, you know, there's a little bit of question like, where is he? Where is this God guy? You know, if he's so great. He hasn't showed up yet in Supernatural. So, um, I'm not saying that there isn't a God, I dunno what I'm saying, I'm just ranting. For no reason.
S: So we have time for about two more questions.
A: Hello.
M: Hi.
A: First of all, I don't think Castiel is a wuss.
M: Thank you. We're gonna go get a beer later.
A: Yep. My treat. Um, obviously, the way you play Castiel - you don't get to show a lot of emotion, but you're quite a funny guy; have you ever considered standup?
*audience laughing*
M: I'm considering it now. See, I don't think that this is a representative sampling of the general population, so it's not really fair; like, you guys are all like "Ooooh, Castiel's really great"; you go out into Comedy Club in LA or something, imagine I get on stage; first of all, noone would be there; and second, uh, i dunno... You know, you're a great audience.
A: *squeeeeeee*
M: Right? I mean, I dunno, yeh, you're <...>, thanks. Yeh, we'll talk over beer, we'll figure it out.
A: What do you do for fun?
M: For fun...
A: Given... uh, sorry.
M: Oooh. There's the voice of God.
A: *laughing*
M: There you are! Oh, that's not you.
A: Given that angels are soldiers of God, and that they generally don't feel emotion, how does Castiel currently justify the feelings he obviously had for Anna? And throwing in a second, if you could cast Lucifer, who would you pick?
A: Woooooooooo.
M: Wooo. You just got a casting "wooooo". Uhm, so, the feeling that I... So, you're implying that there's something between me and Anna. Uhm. <...> If you gonna hackle, you got to do it louder, cuz I can't... *audience laughter* So, yeh, um. You know, I don't really know for sure what's going on between Castiel and Anna, I think it's sort of... I think that they both have always... I dunno, I'm making it up, I mean, I made it up. I don't really know what the back-story is. I imagine that they've always been sort of forbidden fruit to one another; I don't think that you see, like, angels sneaking off up in heaven to the janitor's closet and going at it, you know... So, I think that that's all sort of an unspoken undercurrent, maybe, if there's anything there... but I do... it definitely seems like we have a history, whatever that history is, uhm... And you did have a second question... about casting.
A: <...>
M: Too obvious.
A: <...> *laughing*
M: Ah, I'm forgetting her name... Hannah Montanna. Wouldn't that be perfect?
A: Miley Cyrus.
M: Oh that's it, right. Miley Cyrus. Uh... What do I do for fun. I do a lot of different... Somebody asked what I did for fun, which is a very neutral question... I do a lot of different stuff for fun. I am one of the founding members of the Los Angeles Map & Touring Club, which, if you google it, we don't even have a website, so don't bother. And we go round, and we explore different things, we kayach down the LA river, which... you don't live in LA and you don't know this, but...
A: There isn't a river.
M: Well there is, but it's like a sewer with the top cut off of it, it's just this little <...> of sludge... and you actually do see stuff floating in there that... anyway. I capsized a coupla times and then I didn't do it again. But, you know, exploring different things like that, i like back-country skiing, which is sort of... you go out camping on skis, basically, um... and I like... I dunno. I guess I like to do a lot of different things. I like wood working, and building things, and...
A: Sewing!
M: Sewing: darning, specifically. Um...
A: <...>
M: And ponies. Okay.
S: All righty, on that note, can we please give Misha a big thank you? Thank you so much!
A: SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
S: And we have <...>
M: *throwing the sweets* I dunno why, they told me to throw those.
S: You have to try one.
M: Are they good?
S: Yeah, yeah.
M: Thank you. That's fun. Do you mind if I just stand here throwing it at them for a while?
S: No, I don't mind. Anyone else mind?
M: You actually do want it?
S: Yeah, they are fans now!
A: SQUEEEEEEEE!
M: You know, I'm gonna put someone's eye out, and then there's gonna be a lawsuit. Alright, bye guys!
S: Thanks guys, thank you so much! Misha Collins, ladies and gentlemen!
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