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Derek Haas | RoseAckles

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“Jensen has that innate natural joy and love for what he does that not only translates perfectly to the character he plays, but elevates everyone around him, myself included. He is genuinely, enormously funny and I would ruin takes by laughing out loud from the monitors 30 feet away. Our sound men Ron and Kevin would gesture at me like Cool it! and I’d just shrug. What am I gonna do?”

Derek Haas, creator and showrunner of Countdown. (via menshealth.com)

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jensenackles: This group Period. @primevideo #countdown

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I absolutely adore this cast so much 😍❤️

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Jensen Ackles: I've spent my 10,000 hours on set playing a certain type of character. I've honed those skills and sharpened those tools...So there's certainly a wheelhouse I feel like I have. I can either play to that or I can go outside the box and play something that scares the s‑‑‑ out of me, which is also interesting and something that I wouldn't necessarily shy away from. But the opportunity to play somebody like Mark Meachum or somebody like Russell Shaw or somebody like Soldier Boy… I feel I've got the skill set that I can utilize to deliver, and that gives me confidence in my performance.

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When I was starting out, the egos were rampant on set and people were just not friendly unless they felt like they needed to be. And I just remember early on going, 'I don't like that. I don't want to be like that. That doesn't seem fun...And so I feel like the more opportunities I get to help create a fun environment and an enjoyable creative workplace, then sign me up.

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Hang up your wardrobe at the end of the day. That's my four-plus. But that kind of falls into respecting everybody, because if you respect the people you work with, then you do things that show respect, and that is a form of showing respect.

Violett Beane: Jensen gave a speech at the very start that was like, 'I have four rules,' and that really set the tone. I mean, there's a reason that Supernatural went on for, what, 18 years? He is a great leader, and I don't think we could have asked for anybody better.

(EW: His rules? Show up on time. Know your words. Respect everybody. And have fun.)

Jessica Camacho: Jensen is this beautiful combination of self-deprecating humor and tenacity, drive, passion for what he does, but also immense gratitude for what he has and the people that he gets to create these stories with. More than anything else, that gratitude leads the charge, and that really is palpable from everyone.

Jensen about chemistry with Jessica: I was sitting in my basement on Zoom almost a year ago and read with a few different choices, and Jessica was just a standout. It was immediate.

Jessica about chemistry with Jensen: Chemistry can't be forced. Either you have a good rapport with someone or not. I got on that Zoom call with Jensen and, I'm not exaggerating, within 10 seconds of him being on the other end and dropping a dad joke and just being so real and authentic, I was like, 'Oh, this is really special.'

Derek Haas on why he likes writing ensembles: You've got to have six or seven characters that the audience wants to go home with. And I think then it makes the investigation more interesting. There's always one more thing going on.

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