Tonight, Thursday, Sept. 10, at 9 p.m. ET/PT, The CW’s “Supernatural” returns for another season, as demon-hunting brothers Sam and Dean Winchester (Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles) deal with the rising of Lucifer himself and an impending Apocalypse.
There to help out, more or less, is their trusty angelic sidekick Castiel, played by the lovely and talented Misha Collins, who was kind enough to pen some replies to a few questions about his character and the upcoming season.
I guess you could say he’s winging it, but I shouldn’t have, and I hope you don’t. Here we go:
Q: The show put you through the emotional wringer last year, playing a beleaguered Angel of the Lord – and made you wear the same outfit in almost every episode. Can we expect more of the same this season?
A: Well, according to the story, the angels aren’t supposed to feel emotions. But my angel did always seem somewhat beleaguered and certainly a bit bedraggled, which in good part was due to the outfit I wear. When I got the part of Castiel on “Supernatural,” the character was supposed to last a couple of episodes, so when I went in for the fitting, I was pretty cavalier. I think I said, “Yeah, this’ll work fine” to the first thing they had me try on. If I had any idea I’d be wearing that damn suit, I’d have put a lot more thought into it.
The pants have big pleats; the shirt is two sizes too big; and the whole thing makes me look like (Peter Falk in) “Columbo.” But to answer your question, the outfit has not yet been burned, and Castiel is being put through the proverbial wringer now more than ever.
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