"Careful Your Titanic Doesn't Crash Into My Iceberg Whilst You're Taking Me From Behind!"

"Careful your Titanic doesn't crash into my iceberg whilst you're taking me from behind!"

i find it absolutely hilarious how the doctor decided on his gay little outfit by just. straight up stealing clothes from some dude at the hospital. THREE SEPARATE TIMES

Donna and Dean | The Purge, 9.13

for anonymous

who in the three main spn actors gave the best performance?

Yowch! That's like trying to figure out if apples beats oranges beats bananas, you know? Beyond subjective preference, how do you even start? I can't think of a single actor on Supernatural - main, recurring, or shortlived, gore-coated guest-victim - who didn't nail whatever material they were handed. The casting was spot on from start to finish, the direction was generally superb, and I think when a show gains that level of reputation among actors (and crew) as an opportunity to do good work, everyone levels up just that bit more to do it justice.

Misha Collins was the only one of the three whose other work I already knew going in. Still is, really, on account of me spending most of the summer watching Supernatural and not having time for anything else. So I can gauge his role(s) on Supernatural against his other work - see what technique and energy he carries from role to role, his unique actor's toolkit if you like, and how that evolved throughout the show's long run, vs what he created for and from Castiel specifically.

I can see more of what he's trying to do in a given scene because of that familiarity with his other work. I'm not in a position to do the same for Jared Padalecki or Jensen Ackles, so I don't even want to try comparing that fruitbowl!

Honestly, I'd be much more interested in what they (and maybe the directors) have to say about each other's performances—and their own. Actors usually just have to get on with it on the day, no time to do anything else, but their benefit-of-hindsight analysis is something I usually enjoy a lot.

If anyone wants to see em all together, here ya go!

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