Jared Padalecki Says Reuniting with ‘Supernatural' Costar in ‘The Boys' Final Season Is ‘Effing Terrifying': ‘I Don't Know a Whole Lot About It'
Jared Padalecki finds his upcoming role in 'The Boys' Season 5 and reunion with 'Supernatural' actor Jensen Ackles anxiety-inducing.
'I don't know a whole lot about it, which is effing terrifying,' Padalecki said to Business Insider.
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Padalecki isn't sure of the extent to which he and Ackles, who has played Soldier Boy since Season 3, will interact in the series.
'I don't know what we're doing. I don't know if we like, bump into each other. I don't know much about it. They're still trying to write and figure out who's gonna be there. But it'll be the end of this month,' Padalecki said.
Information about Padalecki's character has not yet been announced. Another 'Supernatural' actor, Misha Collins, will also be in the new season. Padalecki said that it was Eric Kripke, the 'Supernatural' creator who also created 'The Boys,' that got him to join the series.
'I know Eric Kripke very well,' Padalecki said. 'I know 'The Boys' very well. He's like, 'Hey, you wanna come play?' I'm like, 'Yes, I think?''
Padalecki is intimidated by the prospect of becoming part of the series. 'It's fucking terrifying for me,' he added.
He told his wife, Genevieve Padalecki, that he was likely going to play 'a weird role' but that she encouraged him to join the show anyways.
'Literally my text to Eric Kripke was like, 'Hey, if I'm getting naked, just give me like a month's notice to eat broccoli and rice and chicken breasts and all day long just sit there doing push-ups,'' Padalecki joked.
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