A brand new 'Supernatural' chapter is about to start. Meg Donnelly and Drake Rodger open up about taking up the roles of Mary Campbell and John Winchester in 'The Winchesters.'
Earlier than Dean and Sam Winchester, there was Mary Campbell and John Winchester. Meg Donnelly and Drake Rodger are teaming up for The Winchesters, the origin story of Dean and Sam’s dad and mom. This will probably be a supernatural love story of epic proportions. HollywoodLife spoke EXCLUSIVELY with Meg and Drake concerning the beginnings of Mary and John’s relationship.
“I feel it’s actually fascinating after they meet. He’s coming into the searching world, and I wish to depart,” Meg stated at HollywoodLife’sNew York Comedian portrait studio. “So I feel that’s actually an fascinating dynamic from the leap. He’s coming in, and he or she’s leaving. However on the identical time, they've these sparks that sort of fly.”
Drake added, “They’re on two crossing paths. After we hyperlink up, it’s like, oh, this might work however she needs out, I need in. She needs the life that I sort of had, and I need the life that she has, so it’s sort of like we simply miss one another.”
The sequence begins simply as John returns dwelling from the Vietnam Battle, and Drake admitted that John isn’t “adjusting” to life again dwelling. “He’s affected by PTSD, and I feel he discovered an outlet through which he can dwell out a bit of little bit of that rage and a bit of little bit of that twisted fantasy,” Drake continued. “Not solely can you reside it out, however he’s additionally celebrated for doing it. It’s a superb factor once you kill demons. It’s a superb factor once you kill vampires, however I feel for him, it’s a bit of bit darker, it’s a bit of bit deeper. I don’t assume he’s adjusting in any respect. He’s simply coping.”
John and Mary’s monster preventing membership will even embody Latika and Carlos, performed by Nida Khurshid and Jojo Fleites. “They're unbelievable additions to our crew,” Meg advised HollywoodLife. “Latika is sort of the brains behind the operation. She is aware of the entire monster lore. She works at a library, and he or she’s not about violence in any respect, however she needs to save lots of individuals’s lives. She sort of lets the hunters do the searching half, and he or she is sort of the brains and places the items collectively. She’s a extremely essential character. With out giving any spoilers away, her backstory is admittedly lovely and unbelievable. I’m excited for individuals to see her backstory. Additionally, she will get tied in due to Mary’s dad, Samuel, who's lacking, which is why they’re sort of all banding collectively. He sort of helped increase Carlos and Latika of their lives, in order that’s sort of their motivation.”
She added, “Carlos is probably the most eccentric, wonderful character who has this badass fighter, his complete household was killed by ghouls, so he’s simply looking for revenge and including enjoyable and light-weight.”
The Winchesters takes place many years earlier than Dean and Sam’s journey on Supernatural. Meg famous that it’s “been an honor to fill in context with individuals. What we all the time say is we’re not attempting to rewrite or change something concerning the mothership, however we’re simply attempting so as to add context and provides extra of the story, and likewise hoping for a youthful technology to sort of get into the world of Supernatural as a result of it may be a extremely enjoyable present by itself. However on the identical time, when you watch this, you will get excited and watch Supernatural as nicely. Additionally, one of many followers at Comedian Con was saying it’s so cool that this has been our present for an enormous a part of our lives, and now we get to return into the world once more in such a enjoyable means that’s new and thrilling.”
Jensen Ackles, who starred as Dean Winchester on Supernatural for all 15 seasons, is without doubt one of the government producers of the sequence. He additionally narrates the sequence as Dean.
“He’s a mentor, past simply leisure. He’s an unbelievable actor, and he’s simply probably the most humble earth man you’ve ever met,” Drake stated. “So he’s been a useful resource on Supernatural and simply being on set. He gave us his telephone quantity on day one, so we’ve been in a position to attain out with something. He offers fairly implausible recommendation.” The Winchesters will air Tuesdays on The CW.