“The Winchesters” star Meg Donnelly, who plays Mary Campbell in The CW’s prequel to “Supernatural,” took on the role with just as much intensity as fighting monsters: the original series, stunt training, and even That were its own Season 1 binges-taught Latin classes. But Disney also credits actress Jensen Ackles, who portrayed her future son Dean Winchester for 15 years and served as the spinoff’s narrator, for becoming familiar with the fictional universe.
“Jensen was very helpful on set,” Donnelly told TheWrap. “He was on the pilot every day, and he gave me a lot of advice — all of us. Little things like when I’m standing next to Drake because he knew the altitude difference with Dean and Sam, he It would be like, ‘As you know, don’t sink into your hips when standing next to Drake, like always standing tall, so you look taller next to him.’ Little things like this, which are really fun.”
The idea for the spinoff series actually came from both Ackles and Daniel Ackles, a fellow “Supernatural” alum, as well as his producing partner and wife. The two served as executive producers on “The Winchesters” through their Chaos Machine productions, and were approached by showrunner Robbie Thompson (also an EP) to improve the initial pitch of the series.
Donnelly recalled, “Our first day on set, I was trying to pick a lock, and [Jensen] It was like, ‘Oh, you need to do it like this to make it more concrete;’ Little things like that because they did it for 15 seasons. We would always go to him whenever we needed advice and he was so open and punctual and so helpful. He really made sure that we always feel comfortable on the sets. ,
“The Winchesters,” which premieres Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET/PT, tells the love story between monster hunter and lone wolf Mary and Vietnam War vet John (Drake Rodger), who eventually ends up with beloved Winchester brothers Sam (Jared). Padalecki) and will be parents. Dean. Set in the 1970s, the story unfolds as the two embark on a journey to uncover their mysterious origins, encountering friends, enemies and dark forces along the way.
Donnelly said of her character, “Mary is a lot of fun to explore and she’s really trying to protect everyone around her because she’s lost so much.” “And as a hunter, it’s a very dark world, you see so much chaos and death, and so she’s constantly trying to protect everyone around her and help those around her.” throwing herself into the fire. Especially with her father, she really cares about making sure her father is safe, which sounds familiar to Sam and Dean. Again, likeable to her Finding some weak moments to make up for, there are very few moments where she would try to open up with John or try to open up with other characters and I think that’s really special.”
