J2 MINNCON & VanCon Panel Update

• J2 start with the classic jump and band hugs :)
• Loving on the real theater stage they have at MinnCon.
• The boys praise JDM and how he's gonna showem how it's done (re: killing zombies) on The Walking Dead.
• Fans are yelling love you Jared and love you Jensen. Jared: We both love ALL of y'all.
• Jensen wants Jared to tell the fans about his Bocce skills last night. Jensen: How much money did you lose? lol
• Jared's friend and one of his groomsmen, Jordan, was with them and they spotted the Bocce setup. Jared says Jensen hustled him at Bocce lol. They couldn't get in, people reserve spots to play, so Jensen told Jared to try to bribe the other guys who were playing so they could have their spot. Jared actually walked over and paid the guys who were"gleeful" and left with their money and Jared was giving Jensen thumbs up because they got to play Bocce now lmao.
• Those guys only had 15 minutes left of their time though, so they almost got kicked out. But the next group were no shows so J2, JDM and the others got to stay a little longer and play.
• Jared: JDM and Jensen are Bocce Olympians. Jensen: It was the oldans vs the youngans. Jared: Rematch tonight.
• Jared talks about how they often say how Supernatural wouldn't exist without the conventions and the fans.
• Who would they cast to play them in a movie? Jared: the guy who was on the Trump Tower. Jensen: Meryl Streep.
• Jared says his agent texted him and asked him,"That's not you, right?" And Jared had to tell him no, it wasn't lol. They all watched in Jared's trailer the footage CNN had of him about the whole Trump Tower thing. They joke about the bad picture they used of him.
• If they were to do a Changing Chanels episode now, what shows would they parody? The Walking Dead. Jensen: Any nondescript superhero because there's too many of them. Jared: Game of Thrones.
  
• Jensen talks about how they were doing the photoshoot on The Flash set and Arrow is right next door. They said it was the day of superheroes and real heroes *gestures to himself and Jared* ;)
• Jensen agrees with GOT and they say Real Housewives of Beverly Hills as well. Jared: And the swimming Olympic trials. He says to strap on those speedos! Jensen: It's on.
• They start spinning in their chairs and hitting each other in with their knees.
• Favorite part about being a dad? They get to act like children.
• Fans congratulate Jensen. Jared: I agree. Jensen, haha! Jared to the audience: Does anybody out there have twins? Jensen points out the twins in the audience that cheer and says he'll be feeling their parent's pain soon lol.
• Jared loves watching his sons telling secrets, playing together, interacting. When Jensen was carrying a sleepy JJ she told him he was really strong.
• Jensen stops to tell Jared a story about their camera operator Brad Creassar on set who was struggling to pick something up on set the other day but couldn't curl it. Jensen curled it and told Creassar dude, you need to do a pushup. Boys teasing him :P
• What would life be like if Mary hadn't died? Jared: Probably wouldn't be hunters. Sam would be a lawyer, Dean would be a stripper.
• Jensen: we'll learn in s12 that Mary did try to protect her family from that world. He thinks it was inevitable because she's a hunter, once a hunter always a hunter.
• Jared: Or they could have been farmers and Mary could have had a little lamb...Jensen to fan: Don't start your question with a potential nursery rhyme lol.
• Asked about actresses they've worked with on the show. They bring up Gen and Briana. Jared talks about Briana, says she was one of those people/actresses that as soon as she did her first take J2 looked at each other and were like, she's coming back. Jensen: Winner. Felicia was the same with Charlie, as well as Kim with Jody. Jared jokes: Misha. Jensen: No, she's been on for a while.
• Jensen talks about being upset they killed Charlie but you're never really dead on Supernatural.
• Jensen reenacts Gen sitting in her cast chair reading and Jared sitting on the floor watching her with heart eyes. Jensen walked by, yep, that's happening. She didn't stand a chance lol.
• They bring up Lisa, Alaina, and Ruth, talk about how fortunate they have been to have so much talent come through on the show.
• They tell the Salmon Dean story that Jared came up with at JIBCon and start cracking up while imitating a bow-finned Salmon Dean.
• Jared without thinking about it corrects a fan on her grammar and she jokes about it. He realizes and starts laughing. Jensen finds an English teacher in the audience and asks them not to mess with their kids the way Jared was (re: Jared's mom is an English teacher lol). Jared clarifies that it was his dad that was actually the grammar Nazi.
• Jensen: Sometimes I'll go "JJ and I" and Jared will go "and me", Jensen: No, JJ and I, Jared: and me - to correct it but Jensen will be like, no, you weren't at the store! Lol. It became a funny joke between them and they will repeat it back and forth in different variations.
• When asked where they think Charlie is, Jensen says Charlie is in Purgatory helping Benny. Jared: She's kicking some serious ass.
• When the show is done, Jared would love to visit some of the cities from the show. Most importantly, Lawrence.
• Any role model so or mentors in early life? Jared talks about his dad and his older brother. He also had a high school drama teacher that really helped Jared's acting style. Jensen: He and I both are very fortunate that our dads are very present in our lives. They've been most influential. There have been lots of folks along the way. Jensen talks about Coach Malcolm in junior high school, the lessons he taught really stuck with him.
• They talk about a time when JDM had two hours of sleep, shot scene with the three of them. His lines were taped around on set. J2 slapped them on their foreheads lol.
• Their pranks don't get too much thought, they just sort of happen organically.
• Jared talks about how he's more silly with Jensen and Misha. There are certain scenes with certain actors, such as filming with Matt Cohen, where he wants to stay in a certain head space for Sam. He brings up the church scenes in Sacrifice with Mark Sheppard and how it was a bad head space for Sam and Jared, but he thought he needed it for the scenes.
• J2 have something in the works for someone right now, prank wise.
• Fan asks about Kings of Con, Jared jokes: Yeah, I'll never do that again. Jensen: Yeah, talk about bush league. They look around for Rob and Rich but they don't come out lol.
• Jared: "I've got your 6" keeps an eye out for Rob and Rich while Jensen says they were pleasantly surprised by how the production was so well run.
• Jared talks about how they enjoyed getting to be guest stars on the show instead of leads; Rob and Rich are smart and funny and talented. It was nice to sit there and kind of watch them as fellow actors. He loved being part of the set. They also had time to try things over again - not like a tv show with time constraints.
• Rob and Richard come out and hand them money for all of the good things they said about Kings of Con lol.
• At some point: Jared: when I say"me" I mean"us" and gestures to himself and Jensen.
• If they could play a character on The Walking Dead they would just wanna be Sam and Dean Winchester. Then pay a visit to The Vampire Diaries. Jensen: I cant think of a better reason to use a grenade launcher than a bunch of zombies.
• Jared on finding out about the twins: He and I and our wives are all very close. We see each other on a regular basis whether we're shooting or not. When he found out, his first instinct was to pour Jensen a stiff drink and go like,"I'm sorry, man." lol. Jared says seriously he couldn't be more thrilled for them. Jensen: he went into the kitchen where Gen was and said hey, honey, did you hear the news? The Ackles? They just caught up and passed us. To the bedroom! LOL
• Jared says the twins couldn't have better parents, and Tom and Shep are gonna have two new friends.
• For the last question J2 reenact the Yellow Fever scene with Dean screaming lol.

J2 VANCON 2016 MAIN PANEL

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• The boys tease Rob about not having a beard. Rob talks about Jared's haircut. Rob: "You look like season 1!" Jared drops his mic, pretending to be offended lol. Jared places himself behind Jensen and uses Jensen as a shield as he pretends like he's trying to fight Rob. Rob plays along ("Are we doing this?") while Jared jumps on Jensen's back. Jensen piggybacks Jared while Jared swings his limbs at Rob lmao!
• After the "fight" - Rob to Jared: "You look great today!" Jared to Rob: "You look great, too!"
• Jensen jokes about Briana and Kim being an upgrade from Richard Speight (who isn't there).
• Briana and Kim are fangirling on stage over J2: It's such an honor to meet you! J2: It's like this on set.
• The girls cheer after making Jared blush after all of the "filthy" po*ncouver shenanigans.
• Bri and Kim takes off. Jensen: Wow, well that was new. Jared: How do we follow that?
• Jared gets Jensen coffee and his chair. Jensen: Look at that, isn't that nice?
• Jared kicks the Castiel cardboard cutout down. Jensen: In the business we call that a whip kick. Jensen stands it back up for Jared to kick again lol.
• Jared doesn't think comedy comes easy to him. Jensen talks about how a lot of the comedy is spur of the moment stuff. (spoilers) Just the other day they were shooting a scene where Sam and Dean pull up to a locked gate. They're supposed to walk around it but the director decided it would be funny if Dean climbed it and Sam just walked right around it. They were in their suits and it was the hottest day in Vancouver.
• Jensen saying Sam and Dean spurs on Salmon Dean jokes lol.
• Something they brought to their character another actor couldn't have? Jared jokes: hair.
• If they were to liken Supernatural to another show it would be Star Wars, Sam as Luke and Dean as Han Solo.
• Jared talks about how Sam cares about other people and gets involved in their trials and tribulations.
• Jared said that Jensen has brought a vulnerability to Dean Winchester and that type of character and feels it's something you don't see outside of Supernatural for that archetype.
• Jensen says that Jared brings intelligence to the show and the character. A lot of times Sam is the brooding, reluctant hero but Jared has layered in a high intelligence that Jensen is not sure many actors could layer that in so delicately.
• Jensen thinks he brought ruggedly handsome good looks to Dean. Jared pushes him off his chair lol. Jared says Jensen has also brought a ton of comedy to Dean. Jared thinks if Jensen didn't have a mastery of comedic elements, that Supernatural would be so bogged down in the dramatic and wouldn't be here today for s12. Aww :)
• Jensen says Jared doesn't have funny shaped toes, they are a second set of hands. You could rip his arms off and he would still get through life fine. Jared says (minor spoilers) you will see his feet in episode two.
• Jared: I have larger than average toes. Jensen: That balances things out ;P
• Fan says she loves how J2, their wives and kids are one big family and asks how it's going to be going out to like restaurants when the twins are born. J2 start whispering about a story that Jared wants Jensen to tell. Jensen tells the story about the kids and how they were in a play area. Sheppy picked up one of the toys, an older kid ripped it out of Shep's hands. JJ ripped the toy out of that kid's hands. JJ punched the kid and Tom came in like he was gonna start kicking the kid. Jensen: It was like a two to three year old gang fight. Tom and Shep are JJ's boys. Jared: They all have matching tattoos lol.
• Dinners will be tough with so many kids. Jensen says when JJ was born they would slide her underneath the table and she would just sleep so things will be cool for awhile. They have the tranquilizer also known as the iPad. Don't like to use too often but it is necessary.
• Jensen got defensive when a stranger commented that JJ had Beats headphones. Gave the guy an angry dad look and the guy walked away.
• The boys talk about terminology on set and where some of those sayings came from as well as the differences between U.S. terms on set vs Canadian. Jensen also comments that Canadians seem to know a lot more about American politics than in the U.S. They see B.C. plates with American candidate bumper stickers and are like why, we're in Canada?
• J2 discuss improv and how it works on set. Says there's more improv in the rehearsal than shooting. There was a scene last year when the boys switched Sam and Dean's lines. Jared brings up the director Nina Lopez-Corrado who did "Red Meat" and is back this season to direct. She allows them room to include things not in the script and play around, and the writers trust them to do that as well since J2 know Sam and Dean better than anyone. In ep 5 (spoilers) there is a scene involving Dean and pie that Jensen and Jared came up with.
• Jules from SuperWiki gets up to ask a question. Jared makes sure everyone in the crowd knows about the website and has the crowd give her a round of applause. Jared researches the SuperWiki regularly.
• They talk about the opening fight scene in "Red Meat" with the werewolves and how it was a very long, grueling shoot. Fighting, technical stuff in between, and then pulling the bullet out of Sam. They knew it was going to be an awesome scene but that it would suck to shoot. Nina came in and nailed.
• They both have a ton of love for Nina and her work as a director, and a ton of love for "Red Meat" as an episode.
• They love the MOTW eps.
• Fan: I notice that Jensen's photo ops sell out super fast, so do you guys have any friendly competition or betting as to who will sell out faster? Jensen jokes: Well, we started betting early on and now I've backed myself into a corner here because I buy em all. So I have thousands of photos of myself. Just so I can win a bet. One day I'll give em all to Jared.
• Jensen's serious answer: No. There's no competitiveness when it comes to that kind of stuff (with him and Jared). It is what it is and I think he and I are both just thrilled to be selling a picture. If you're smart about your friendships, you leave those things alone.
• J2 tell the story about going to a charity event together and Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam was there. Jensen about Jared: He is a massive Pearl Jam fan. After the concert Jensen was trying to keep it cool. They had been serving drinks and Jared stumbled over, wasted lol. Jared goes to Vedder: "What're you drinking? Can I, can I try it?" And Eddie just slowly hands it over. Jared takes a drink, "Right on." And Eddie is like, "You can keep it." And that's when Jensen grabbed Jared and pulled him away and "home we went."
• Once when Jensen was introduced to Kristen Wiig by Felicia Day: "This is Jensen." Jensen: "That's what they call me." Jensen was mortified at himself lol.
• Jared knows the Eddie Vedder thing happened but he doesn't necessarily recall it.
• Rob comes out to ask about it, says he has an Eddie Vedder story, too.
• Jensen goes on to explain that Vedder's manager had invited them to hang out with Vedder and just a few people, but that's when Jared got drunk and Jensen thought it was best to get him out of there instead lol.
• Jared tells the story for Rob about how J2 and wives got backstage passes to a Pearl Jam concert and how he fanboyed at seeing Mike McCready from Pearl Jam and squeezed Gen's hand too hard. Jensen teases him for freaking out, mimicking him: "Should I go say hi? Jensen what should I go. Should I go?" and goes on for forever lol! Jared was really nervous and fanboying hard over Mike.
• Rob met Vedder twice. Apparently he also embarrassed himself in front of Eddie. "I'm just as bad as Jared."
• During the last question the boys play around with talking at the same time. Fan asks about spinoff with extended family. Every time they say "Sam and Dean" the boys start doing the Salmon Dean "dance" lol. Jensen asks the fan who she would like to see in a spinoff. She talks about
• Jensen (spoilers) this season they're going to "venture into the hunter's world" the network that exists out there. Not necessarily for a spinoff but just to explore it.
• Briana and Kim come on stage and J2 clap for them and give them a nod for Wayward Daughters. Jensen would love to see something more happen from what the show has created. Like maybe a movie, a show inspired by the characters of the show, he wants to see this family continue. Jared agrees.
• Jensen starts impromptu singing as Jared slowly spins the fan in the chair lol.
• At the end: Jensen: "Jared Padalecki ladies and gentlemen!" Jared: "Jensen Ackles!" Fist bump after thanking Vancouver, aka, their second home :)

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• Jensen: Anybody miss the sns last night? Audience: Jared!
• Jared: I know, here's my legitimate excuse. Jensen: We'll be the judge of that. Gen and the boys had come to town on Thursday, yesterday they took a nap and ended up sleeping all night until the alarms were going off at 6am.
• Jared watched the first three eps of Stranger Things and was like, "Damn, it's good!" One of the kids from the show guest starred on Supernatural, "Thin Lizzie," and Jared said he was the sweetest kid. Says the kid actors on Stranger Things are awesome.
• Jensen teases Jared about staying home with the fam while he was at the con for sns. Jared: But your family's been here!
• Danneel doesn't want to watch Stranger Things without Jensen around in case it scares her.
• Gen called Jared and told him the lights were turning on and off. Jared: Do you smell sulfur? Jensen: We were in Jared's trailer and told him to tell Gen to get some salt. Jared: Get the salted hula hoop.
• Jared texted their buddy Tank in the Austin PD at 1:30am, and also his buddy Matt, and asked for him to sleep over at the house because Gen was home alone. Tank, who was also heading over to the house, sent him an app link that showed Jared he was heading to the house at 95 miles an hour. He showed Jensen.
• Jensen: You have to understand the situation. They're in Austin and doing renovations to the house with a lot of workers going in and out of the house. Lights are going on an off, power is fluctuating and Gen's at home with no protection. So their buddy in the Austin PD was like, I'll be there in ten minutes. Jensen said Gen sent a video of the light switch flicking on and off, it was freaky.
• Eduardo, the Blair Witch director, is coming back for s12 to do an episode.
• Jensen: There's a new Blair Witch Project? Haven't we seen it?? (re the new Blair Witch movie coming out).
• Fan asks how they always have Wi-Fi. Jared: The Winchester brothers are sponsored by Mophie. Jensen: And AT&T hot spot. Jared apparently likes AT&T again lol!
• Jensen: Dean fitted Baby with Wi-Fi.
• They joke around on set about how the fans will understand how God could possess the body of a writer, etc, but they'll be like, there was that one scene with the light bulb, how do you get Wi-Fi..?
• Jared likes when fans ask questions about those things because it means fans are paying attention.
• Congrats on Twins to Jensen. Jared teases him. What would Jared name them if it was up to him? Jared has already picked it out. He makes sure everyone knows that JJ's full name is Justice Jay and then says he told Jensen that logically speaking, it should be Justice Jay, Kindness Kim and Liberty Larry. So Jensen can be like: "JJ, KK, LL get over here, c'mon!"
• Jensen: Then LL Cool J stands up, "What's up?"
• Jensen: Liberty Larry? Jared: Likeable Larry. Jensen: Kindness Kim? Jared: It would be like Karing Kim, with a K. Jensen: This is why Jared isn't in charge of the naming..
• Jensen: Whenever I leave, like this morning saying good bye to JJ, she says watch out for the rocks. I don't know where she got this from. I have no idea what that means or where she got it, but I started saying it back to her. Jensen and Danneel touch fingers like a little I love you and now JJ does it, too. He says it'll be different when his son is born and starts wrestling with the mic lol.
• Jared: They have a morning ritual where Jared will pretend his son's breath is super stinky and he'll pretend to faint. It backfired. Tom climbed into bed and woke up Jared and Tom made a face and said, "I don't like your air it's gross."
• Fan asks about how Dean knew to come back for Sam at the end of the Pilot. Jensen: Brother's intuition. Jensen has always chalked that up to a sibling connection that they have, like something doesn't feel right. So he came back.
• Jared: Honestly, he thought he smelled toast. Is Sam cooking? Jensen: Am I having a stroke? No, it's Sam's girlfriend burning on the ceiling.
• Favorite cartoon character? Jensen: Yosemite Sam. Jared likes Marvin the Martian.
• Jared: Pepe Le Pew is Sebastian's favorite lol.
• Jared is bummed he missed Sebastian last night singing Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust." Also sad that he missed "three-sheets Rosie" when Brian Rose (who was drunk apparently) and proppin' Robin from the crew introduced Louden Swain last night at the SNS lol.
• Dean's favorite whiskey is some no-named gut rot. The labels on the bottles are named by the art department. Jensen likes scotch, bourbon, and right now loves Angel's Envy.
• Phantom Boy: Jared hasn't gotten to see it yet. He got a phone call about doing a voiceover and they liked the way he sounded. He shot it in a hotel room over a three day process in Austin and he loved the artistry. He was honored to be a part of it. He told Jensen, because Jensen has done voiceover acting, that this is so much more difficult. He has a newfound respect for voice actors because it really takes legitimate talent to do this. He had to match the French language mouth movement (where the film originated) in the English language, etc. He was nervous but can't wait to see it.
• Jensen to Jared: Favorite Paw Patrol? Jared: Chase is on the Case, man. Jensen: Rubble on the Double. Jared: Rubble on the double! Jensen (smiling): That's what it's come to, after 11 and a half years.
• Jared is sad someone gets physically injured (re: his Cowboys' quarterback Tony Romo is out for part of the football season because of a back injury) but - as we know from tweets he isn't the biggest Romo fan lol - he is happy the Cowboys are under "new leadership." Jensen: Oh, he'll be back. Jared: Don't you dare say that. Jensen laughs.
• A fan asks about the picture we saw of the boys at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance standing next to a 1969 Bizzarrini GT1900 Europa Coupe (picture link: x) Jared and Jensen couldn't fit in it very well. They were scared to touch all of the cars because of how expensive they were. The German owner of the car was a fan of the show and wanted a picture of them next to the car. Jensen: You mean, in the car? Jared: Yes he said it, he said it. There's only two in the world and the other one they can't find it, likely owned by a private collector who never shows it. Jared says the car owner had a very cute German accent.