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читать дальшеJensen Ackles
Translation from French by Miroslava
At 18, as he prepared to commence his studies in sports medicine, Jensen Ackles decided to put everything on hold to become an actor. He left his native Texas and settled in Los Angeles with the objective of obtaining a role within 6 months. A week later, he landed his first role. Today we can find him in "Smallville" where he plays Lana's new boyfriend...
Is it true that you were offered the role of Eliza Dushku's boyfriend in "Tru Calling" but you turned down the role?
Yes, it's true. In fact, a few weeks before auditioning for "Smallville", I had auditioned for "Tru Calling". Everything went well and I technically was supposed to join the series in its second season. However, I later auditioned for "Smallville" and was offered the role of Jason Teague. I hesitated for a bit, and finally, without really knowing why, I called the producers of "Tru Calling" to turn down their offer. The funny thing is that the character I was supposed to portray ended up being named Jensen. When I heard that, I could not believe it!
How did you prepare for this role?
As soon as I learned that I got the role, I asked the producers to send me tapes of the first three seasons of "Smallville" for I didn't know the show very well. At the beginning, I remember setting myself up comfortably to watch the tapes at my house and having my friends drop by unexpectedly and settle next to me in the sofa and asking what this lame show was. Except that after 10 minutes they got hooked to it and could not stop watching. Then, they would drop by the next day to watch more episodes. Toward the end, there were about ten of us completely hooked on “Smallville” [laughs]. I then became anxious to join the crew, specially Kristin Kreuk since I knew we would be shooting quite a few scenes together.
Since we are talking about that, several recent publications have claimed that you and Kristin are an item. Is that true?
That's not true! Simply, we recently shot the episode in which Jason kisses Lana for the first time and papers managed to get photographs from this episode and claim that I was going out with Kristin. I can assure you that we’re just friends, nothing else.
Now that you have began shooting "Smallville", do you regret turning down the "Tru Calling" role?
No, not at all. The crew is great and I would not change my choice for anything in the world. There's only one thing that rather worries me a bit. For now, Jason, my character, is very gentle with Lana. He's supposed to be very much in love with her wants her to be happy, but I have to wonder how long that will last... In fact, at this moment I don't quite know what the writers have in store for my character’s development, and I admit that it worries me slightly. I could very well soon be the new villain in "Smallville".
One could say that you are a TV Series regular. Do you have the desire of moving on to the big screen?
I would not be honest if I said that the big screen doesn’t interest me. However, as long as I'm offered interesting and motivating roles in television, I don’t see why I would refuse them. I landed role after role in "Dark Angel", "Dawson's " and "Smallville" and I'm as just as excited as I was eight years ago when I first came to Hollywood… So, for the time being I will continue on TV.
Do you keep in touch with actors you have met in your previous series?
To say that I’m friends with all the actors I have crossed paths with in my previous jobs would be a bit too much. Even though I have generally gotten along with my peers, our relationships have been limited to the shooting of the series. You know, when an actor says that the atmosphere on set is great, it does not mean he spends all his weekends with his co-stars. From time to time I talk to Jessica Alba, Katie Holmes or Joshua Jackson on the telephone, but it is rare that we manage to find the time for a drink. It's something I regret...
Source: Series Magazine, October 2004 issue. France
JRAUnlimited would like to thank Aurelia for sharing this article with us.
читать дальшеJensen Ackles
Translation from French by Miroslava
At 18, as he prepared to commence his studies in sports medicine, Jensen Ackles decided to put everything on hold to become an actor. He left his native Texas and settled in Los Angeles with the objective of obtaining a role within 6 months. A week later, he landed his first role. Today we can find him in "Smallville" where he plays Lana's new boyfriend...
Is it true that you were offered the role of Eliza Dushku's boyfriend in "Tru Calling" but you turned down the role?
Yes, it's true. In fact, a few weeks before auditioning for "Smallville", I had auditioned for "Tru Calling". Everything went well and I technically was supposed to join the series in its second season. However, I later auditioned for "Smallville" and was offered the role of Jason Teague. I hesitated for a bit, and finally, without really knowing why, I called the producers of "Tru Calling" to turn down their offer. The funny thing is that the character I was supposed to portray ended up being named Jensen. When I heard that, I could not believe it!
How did you prepare for this role?
As soon as I learned that I got the role, I asked the producers to send me tapes of the first three seasons of "Smallville" for I didn't know the show very well. At the beginning, I remember setting myself up comfortably to watch the tapes at my house and having my friends drop by unexpectedly and settle next to me in the sofa and asking what this lame show was. Except that after 10 minutes they got hooked to it and could not stop watching. Then, they would drop by the next day to watch more episodes. Toward the end, there were about ten of us completely hooked on “Smallville” [laughs]. I then became anxious to join the crew, specially Kristin Kreuk since I knew we would be shooting quite a few scenes together.
Since we are talking about that, several recent publications have claimed that you and Kristin are an item. Is that true?
That's not true! Simply, we recently shot the episode in which Jason kisses Lana for the first time and papers managed to get photographs from this episode and claim that I was going out with Kristin. I can assure you that we’re just friends, nothing else.
Now that you have began shooting "Smallville", do you regret turning down the "Tru Calling" role?
No, not at all. The crew is great and I would not change my choice for anything in the world. There's only one thing that rather worries me a bit. For now, Jason, my character, is very gentle with Lana. He's supposed to be very much in love with her wants her to be happy, but I have to wonder how long that will last... In fact, at this moment I don't quite know what the writers have in store for my character’s development, and I admit that it worries me slightly. I could very well soon be the new villain in "Smallville".
One could say that you are a TV Series regular. Do you have the desire of moving on to the big screen?
I would not be honest if I said that the big screen doesn’t interest me. However, as long as I'm offered interesting and motivating roles in television, I don’t see why I would refuse them. I landed role after role in "Dark Angel", "Dawson's " and "Smallville" and I'm as just as excited as I was eight years ago when I first came to Hollywood… So, for the time being I will continue on TV.
Do you keep in touch with actors you have met in your previous series?
To say that I’m friends with all the actors I have crossed paths with in my previous jobs would be a bit too much. Even though I have generally gotten along with my peers, our relationships have been limited to the shooting of the series. You know, when an actor says that the atmosphere on set is great, it does not mean he spends all his weekends with his co-stars. From time to time I talk to Jessica Alba, Katie Holmes or Joshua Jackson on the telephone, but it is rare that we manage to find the time for a drink. It's something I regret...
Source: Series Magazine, October 2004 issue. France
JRAUnlimited would like to thank Aurelia for sharing this article with us.
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