I blame the actors to an extent for not setting clear boundaries. They play both sides and ended up with an out of control fandom (that Jared uses to do his dirty work from time to time). Plus, they all lack boundaries as well. I'll never forget this disturbing story Jensen told about spotting Sofia Vergara in a store and getting permission from his wife to follow her around... ugh.
IMO, Jensen and Jared were lazy and stuck around for the paycheck. The longer they stayed, the more money they got. They were phoning it in for years. Jensen has never really been the big movie star type. He has a lot of fan hype, though. There is a lot of nonsense about how he turned down the role of Hawkeye to stay on Supernatural (please!), or how he was in the running for Captain America (he wasn't, he was fancast and the fans ran with it). The closest he's come to playing a hero before The Boys was him being the second choice as Clark Kent on Smallville. Neither he or Jared did any other projects beyond the fourth season of Supernatural. They were tested in horror movies in 09, but both of them bombed (kind of like The Fog did, lol) and that was the end of that. Jared was supposedly up for Conan The Barbarian, but he didn't get the part. He claims he was also in the running for Thor, but it's all bs. I don't think they had any serious opportunities while on the show.
My thing is if you want to have some creative input, get yourself in a creative position. Jensen was on the show for *15 years* without a single producing credit. He can't really complain about the ending, IMO. If his complaints weren't enough for them to change it, that's on him. I have a hard time feeling any sympathy for him.
Oh, I think an actor having an issue with their character is fine. What Erica did made sense, and reasonable writers should take things like that onboard. If they can convince the writers to change it - power to them, but wasn't GoT sort of restricted by GRRM and the book series? I wonder how much that had to do with it. It's all about status in the industry anyway. If Tom Welling hadn't snagged his producing credits, he would have been in the suit in the finale. Instead, he was able call up the head of Warner Bros. due to the influence he had, and they changed the script.
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Date: 2021-06-24 03:00 am (UTC)IMO, Jensen and Jared were lazy and stuck around for the paycheck. The longer they stayed, the more money they got. They were phoning it in for years. Jensen has never really been the big movie star type. He has a lot of fan hype, though. There is a lot of nonsense about how he turned down the role of Hawkeye to stay on Supernatural (please!), or how he was in the running for Captain America (he wasn't, he was fancast and the fans ran with it). The closest he's come to playing a hero before The Boys was him being the second choice as Clark Kent on Smallville. Neither he or Jared did any other projects beyond the fourth season of Supernatural. They were tested in horror movies in 09, but both of them bombed (kind of like The Fog did, lol) and that was the end of that. Jared was supposedly up for Conan The Barbarian, but he didn't get the part. He claims he was also in the running for Thor, but it's all bs. I don't think they had any serious opportunities while on the show.
My thing is if you want to have some creative input, get yourself in a creative position. Jensen was on the show for *15 years* without a single producing credit. He can't really complain about the ending, IMO. If his complaints weren't enough for them to change it, that's on him. I have a hard time feeling any sympathy for him.
Oh, I think an actor having an issue with their character is fine. What Erica did made sense, and reasonable writers should take things like that onboard. If they can convince the writers to change it - power to them, but wasn't GoT sort of restricted by GRRM and the book series? I wonder how much that had to do with it. It's all about status in the industry anyway. If Tom Welling hadn't snagged his producing credits, he would have been in the suit in the finale. Instead, he was able call up the head of Warner Bros. due to the influence he had, and they changed the script.