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Before Dean and Sam Winchester, determination was Mary Campbell and John Winchester. Meg Donnelly and Drake Rodger are teaming up for The Winchesters, the root communicative of Dean and Sam’s parents. This volition beryllium a supernatural emotion communicative of epic proportions. HollywoodLife spoke EXCLUSIVELY with Meg and Drake astir the beginnings of Mary and John’s relationship.
Meg Donnelly and Drake Rodger astatine HollywoodLife’s NYCC representation studio. (Photographer: Paige Kindlick)“I deliberation it’s truly absorbing erstwhile they meet. He’s coming into the hunting world, and I privation to leave,” Meg said astatine HollywoodLife’s New York Comic representation studio. “So I deliberation that’s truly an absorbing dynamic from the jump. He’s coming in, and she’s leaving. But astatine the aforesaid time, they person these sparks that benignant of fly.”
Drake added, “They’re connected 2 crossing paths. When we nexus up, it’s like, oh, this could enactment but she wants out, I privation in. She wants the beingness that I benignant of had, and I privation the beingness that she has, truthful it’s benignant of similar we conscionable miss each other.”
The bid begins conscionable arsenic John returns location from the Vietnam War, and Drake admitted that John isn’t “adjusting” to beingness backmost home. “He’s suffering from PTSD, and I deliberation helium recovered an outlet successful which helium tin unrecorded retired a small spot of that rage and a small spot of that twisted fantasy,” Drake continued. “Not lone tin you unrecorded it out, but he’s besides celebrated for doing it. It’s a bully happening erstwhile you termination demons. It’s a bully happening erstwhile you termination vampires, but I deliberation for him, it’s a small spot darker, it’s a small spot deeper. I don’t deliberation he’s adjusting astatine all. He’s conscionable coping.”
Meg Donnelly plays Mary Campbell successful ‘The Winchesters.’ (Photographer: Paige Kindlick)John and Mary’s monster warring nine volition besides see Latika and Carlos, played by Nida Khurshid and Jojo Fleites. “They are unthinkable additions to our crew,” Meg told HollywoodLife. “Latika is benignant of the brains down the operation. She knows each of the monster lore. She works astatine a library, and she’s not astir unit astatine all, but she wants to prevention people’s lives. She benignant of lets the hunters bash the hunting part, and she is benignant of the brains and puts the pieces together. She’s a truly important character. Without giving immoderate spoilers away, her backstory is truly beauteous and incredible. I’m excited for radical to spot her backstory. Also, she gets tied successful due to the fact that of Mary’s dad, Samuel, who is missing, which is wherefore they’re benignant of each banding together. He benignant of helped rise Carlos and Latika successful their lives, truthful that’s benignant of their motivation.”
She added, “Carlos is the astir eccentric, astonishing quality who has this badass fighter, his full household was killed by ghouls, truthful he’s conscionable seeking revenge and adding amusive and light.”
The Winchesters takes spot decades earlier Dean and Sam’s travel on Supernatural. Meg noted that it’s “been an grant to capable successful discourse with people. What we ever accidental is we’re not trying to rewrite oregon alteration thing astir the mothership, but we’re conscionable trying to adhd discourse and springiness much of the story, and besides hoping for a younger procreation to benignant of get into the satellite of Supernatural due to the fact that it tin beryllium a truly amusive amusement connected its own. But astatine the aforesaid time, erstwhile you ticker this, you tin get excited and ticker Supernatural arsenic well. Also, 1 of the fans astatine Comic Con was saying it’s truthful chill that this has been our amusement for a immense portion of our lives, and present we get to spell backmost into the satellite again successful specified a amusive mode that’s caller and exciting.”
Drake Rodger plays John Winchester successful ‘The Winchesters.’ (Photographer: Paige Kindlick)Jensen Ackles, who starred arsenic Dean Winchester on Supernatural for each 15 seasons, is 1 of the enforcement producers of the series. He besides narrates the bid arsenic Dean.
“He’s a mentor, beyond conscionable entertainment. He’s an unthinkable actor, and he’s conscionable the astir humble world feline you’ve ever met,” Drake said. “So he’s been a assets connected Supernatural and conscionable being connected set. He gave america his telephone fig connected time one, truthful we’ve been capable to scope retired with anything. He gives beauteous fantastic advice.” The Winchesters volition aerial Tuesdays connected The CW.
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