Sometimes I wonder if Dean Winchester would have found a way as deep into my heart as he has if Jensen hadnāt been the one to bring him to life. For sure and without a doubt Iād have fallen for the guy, who lost his childhood way too early and who yet still managed to preserve some kind of childlike innocence despite everything heās been through - from archangels to the Darkness to the Mark of Cain. I know I would have felt drawn to this character as I simply feel more fascinated by troubled characters, the āanti-heroesā, the ones with a heart of gold and issues the size of the Empire State Building. But I think the reason Dean Winchester resonates with me as much as he does and also as deeply is not due to the general interest for these ātypes of charactersā, I think most of it is due to Jensen and his performance.
Jensen is the one who āmadeā Dean imo. Not Kripke, not any of the other writers - they gave the raw material, Jensen took that and made Dean his own. He transcended so to speak, took on a life of his own. All the small things that make Dean so Dean, the things that Jensen just did and does that were never scripted, itās those things that shaped and still shape Dean as a character. Of course I couldnāt imagine anybody else possibly playing Dean except for Jensen - truly I think him and Dean were kind of meant to be, and I know this sounds awfully silly. :) But I think one of the most beautiful things about Jensenās acting and him playing Dean is that kind of from the get go, me as an audience member always felt this character to be so well-rounded, so real.
And I think partially that is due to how Jensen at this point and after 11 years, though I think itās been this way for a while - doesnāt āactā Dean, doesnāt āplay Dean. He becomes Dean. Itās like heās slipping into the character, wears him like a second skin, talks in a different voice, carries himself differently - but none of that seems to take conscious control and action anymore, but comes super naturally (sorry, that was a really bad pun, but I had to ;P). And thatās always the thing that blows my mind most about Jensen and Dean. I have been lucky enough to have seen him up close and even though of course him and Dean share the same body and all, for some reason they donāt look the same at all. And I know this sounds crazy, but itās true. Jensen is more delicate, takes up āless spaceā for lack of a better word than Dean would and yet, in an instant this guy can disappear and you find Dean in his place. A friend of mine once asked for a photo op with Dean instead of Jensen and I kid you not, for those 30 seconds of picture Jensen was gone and there was Dean Winchester. Of course the same man, the same body, but truly so much so different and so distinct. And it has such a massive effect in that moment, because it doesnāt feel āfakeā; if you know what I mean. And that I think shows best why I probably would have loved the character Dean Winchester regardless of the actor, but probably never as much as I do now. That is entirely due to Jensen.
And I think the reason Jensenās peformance captures me as much as it does may be because I feel that the moments and scenes that end up in the episodes contain true emotion, nothing artificial. Jensen disappears for that time and to the surface bubbles Dean Winchester. And I for one am extremely thankful that Eric Kripke chose Jensen to portray Dean Winchester, because truly they never could have found anyone better.
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