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'Supernatural': DJ Qualls promises a
'mind-blowing' - and nude - episode
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It's been a while since we last saw
Garth ( DJ Qualls ) on "Supernatural"
but he kept himself busy behind-the-
scenes -- helping other hunters like
Bobby once did and keeping Kevin
safe from Crowley (before Gadreel
murdered the prophet).
When he finally returns onscreen this
Tuesday (Jan. 28), however, he won't
be the same Garth we've come to
know and love. According to a promo
The CW aired after last week's
episode, Garth is now a werewolf?
What?!
Zap2it spoke with Qualls in advance
of the episode, "Sharp Teeth," about
some big changes Garth has gone
through over the past year, what it
was like returning to the series after
being away for so long, his
relationship with Jared Padalecki and
Jensen Ackles and a certain nude
scene we hear is coming in the
episode ...
Zap2it: So Garth is finally back!
What's he been up to this whole
time?
DJ Qualls: I can talk about it a little
bit because the preview they aired
was pretty spoilery. I won't speak
about the werewolf stuff that you saw
in the preview because it's not
actually the full story, but I can
reveal that Garth has found someone
and he's settled down. He's retired
from hunting and he's found
something that hunters are usually
unable to have which is a family and
a partner. He likes it. He loves being
married.
Garth, a family man? That's pretty
surprising that he would give up
hunting after becoming so competent
at it.
It goes to show you that love
conquers all. The show really is, at
its heart, about people wanting to
find the truth about themselves and
find a place where they belong. Sam
and Dean are hunters but they're not
happy. Every relationship they have
falls apart because it's basically the
job or the relationship. Garth found
something, and there are other
reasons that I can't go into that he
had to leave that life, but there's a lot
of hurt between Garth and Dean and
it gets worked out in this episode.
They always go at each other. In
"Southern Comfort," they had an
uncomfortable friendship when Dean
got mad at Garth for taking over
Bobby's job.
When were you approached about
coming back to "Supernatural"? Was
it always in the cards?
They pitched this to me in last July,
and I was in Vancouver doing a
convention for "Supernatural" and
Adam Glass , the writer who didn't
create Garth but he writes him so
well, he pitched it to me when I was
in a bar getting loaded with some
friends. It's kind of a mind-blowing
episode for Garth.
Garth and Kevin have a close
relationship behind-the-scenes, even
though we didn't see it play out
onscreen. Does Garth know about
Kevin's death?
Garth has no idea what's happening
with anyone. He's completely cut off.
When he left being a hunter, he left it
all behind. He carries a lot of guilt
from that and he doesn't know what's
happened to Kevin. Dean's mad at
him and he's actually mad at Dean
for some stuff and we'll get into that
in the episode. But I think that's the
beautiful thing about Garth: He owns
his own failings and he's able to see
Dean for who he actually is. I think
that's why the boys need him. He's a
mirror for Dean and he loves him
enough to go at him and say, "Look
dude, you're messing up. I see that
man that you want to be but you're
not there yet."
In this episode, when Sam and Dean
are questioning me about why I left,
we have some pretty intense stuff
and some pretty honest stuff. That's
why I love this show: Even though
it's set in a world where there are
demons and angels and fantastical
things, the show at its core is about
human relationships. Hunters
especially have very few chances to
get close to people and care about
people. So when they care about
people and they do stuff you don't
like, they take them to task for it. So
there's a scene in which I'm trying to
explain myself and they're going at
me for it, and it's a little combative
but the result is we come to an
understanding and acceptance.
So I hear there's a nude scene
coming up in the episode ...
laughs...
What can you tell me about why
Garth's naked?
I can reveal that I end up in the
hospital. I leave the hospital and run
away from the boys after they find
me and wake me up -- because I've
been in a drug-induced coma. So I
have to leave the hospital gown
behind so they know that I left --
leave a clue, right? It was written that
I didn't have anything on underneath
the hospital gown and you would see
a flash of me from behind but I
negotiated that I had to have
underwear on. When I told Jared that
I had to shoot this scene, I was like,
"I have to be naked on this show with
you two guys!" and he was like,
"Yeah, I'm going to show up that day
and do jumping jacks and pushups
behind you." So I was like, I cannot
be fully naked on this show [laughs].
Did you do anything special to
prepare for the scene?
Well, I quit smoking a while ago and
I'm in a wheelchair for my show,
"Legit," so I've been letting my
muscles atrophy and sitting around
eating Cheetos. For the last six
months I've been sitting around
eating fatty foods. And nowhere else
on my body do I gain weight except
for right around my midsection, so I
gained this weird layer of fat right
around my stomach. My body looked
like a doughnut with a hot dog stuck
through it. I had to get rid of it so I
went on a no-carb diet for about four
weeks before, and after taking this
weird supplement that's supposed to
eat body fat -- I don't know if it did.
I did end up losing it.
So were you actually naked while
filming the scene?
[Laughs] I negotiated that I could
wear underwear. But first of all, they
wanted me to wear bikini underwear
and I was like no way. My character
wouldn't wear bikini underwear. I
think Garth's a boxers man. So I
negotiated to wear boxer shorts. We
shot this scene at 5:30 in the
morning at 22 degrees in Canada
outside and I'm wearing nothing but
boxers. So it's a really good thing
that I wasn't fully nude because there
was nothing there to see. It was so
cold. But I'm really proud of the
episode. It explains a lot.
Please tell me this won't be the last
we see of Garth.
Well, that's what I think the show is
really good at: Tying up loose ends.
Honestly on my last day of filming I
got a little emotional because it felt
like a farewell. But you never know
with this show, right? There was a
finality to it.
I know I wouldn't be the only one
sad if this was truly Garth's last
episode. You've become a fan-
favorite character in such a short
amount of time, and not many
people can say that after being a
guest star on "Supernatural."
Even though I haven't done too many
episodes, the show has become a
huge part of my life. This fandom is
unlike any other fandom ever,
because our fans follow you to other
jobs. They follow your career and
you build up relationships with these
people. I knew fame before doing
"Supernatural" but I had never known
cult fame like this. It's pretty
interesting who they sort of glom
onto. There was no way I could have
possibly anticipated that I would
become one of the chosen few. So
the thought that this could be the
last time I'm on the show -- because
every time could be the last time I'm
on the show -- but this time I got
emotional and had a little cry when I
got home after I left.
What was it like returning to the set
after being away for so long?
It was so fun being back with Jared
and Jensen. They mess with me all
the time. I had to lay on the wet
ground in one scene and I walked
into my trailer and saw this rubber
suit. I had never seen on before and
shot so many scenes like this so I
thought Jared was messing with me.
I wouldn't put it on. So finally I went
to his trailer with the rubber suit and
I was like, "Did you do this?" And he
started laughing and was like, "No, I
actually did not. That is what you
have to wear under your clothes
before you lay down when it's wet
outside." I was like, I never know
where I stand here! I never know
what I should be doing because they
always mess with me.
We have this really tense scene in
this coming episode where I'm in a
coma and they're debating what to do
with me and they're worried about a
security breach. And the boys haven't
seen each other in a long time. This
is the first time they're seeing each
other [since Dean left to hunt
Gadreel]. They're talking out their
issues over me while I'm asleep, so I
have to lay still.
And then Jared starts zipping and
unzipping his pants over me, and
that man has the loudest zipper in
the world. I could not keep a straight
face. He's a huge dude so it's very
disconcerting when you hear a zipper
going up and down and your eyes
are closed. But I love them and I
trust them. Well, I wouldn't say I trust
them because I never know what's
coming next. But it keeps you sharp!
Do you keep in touch with them
when you're not shooting?
Yeah. That's the best part of all of
this, is my relationship with Jared,
getting to know him. And Jensen,
too. I think Jensen and I have better
onscreen chemistry but Jared and I
have become more friends outside of
the show.
Thanks so much for talking about
your return to "Supernatural." I can't
wait to see the episode!
Thanks! I am so proud of it and I
have to give a big thank you to my
producers on "Legit" and the
producers on "Supernatural" because
I had to shoot this episode at the
same time that I was shooting my
show. I had to fly back and forth
doing three days on one show and
two days on the other for a couple of
weeks and it was very expensive to
move the schedule around, and the
poor "Supernatural" producers had to
build all of these locations and shoot
with a double for part of the time.
They had to build a whole bottom
floor of a house because the location
was too far away for me to shoot all
the scenes in one day. It was so
flattering. There were some
grumbling and hurt feelings on both
sides but I walked on set and saw all
these locations they had built for me
to be able to be on the show and it
touched me, man.
"Supernatural" airs Tuesdays at 9
p.m. ET on The CW.
'mind-blowing' - and nude - episode
for Garth
link:
http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2014/01/m-supernatural-dj-qualls-promises-a-mind-blowing---and-nude---episode-for-garth.html
content:
It's been a while since we last saw
Garth ( DJ Qualls ) on "Supernatural"
but he kept himself busy behind-the-
scenes -- helping other hunters like
Bobby once did and keeping Kevin
safe from Crowley (before Gadreel
murdered the prophet).
When he finally returns onscreen this
Tuesday (Jan. 28), however, he won't
be the same Garth we've come to
know and love. According to a promo
The CW aired after last week's
episode, Garth is now a werewolf?
What?!
Zap2it spoke with Qualls in advance
of the episode, "Sharp Teeth," about
some big changes Garth has gone
through over the past year, what it
was like returning to the series after
being away for so long, his
relationship with Jared Padalecki and
Jensen Ackles and a certain nude
scene we hear is coming in the
episode ...
Zap2it: So Garth is finally back!
What's he been up to this whole
time?
DJ Qualls: I can talk about it a little
bit because the preview they aired
was pretty spoilery. I won't speak
about the werewolf stuff that you saw
in the preview because it's not
actually the full story, but I can
reveal that Garth has found someone
and he's settled down. He's retired
from hunting and he's found
something that hunters are usually
unable to have which is a family and
a partner. He likes it. He loves being
married.
Garth, a family man? That's pretty
surprising that he would give up
hunting after becoming so competent
at it.
It goes to show you that love
conquers all. The show really is, at
its heart, about people wanting to
find the truth about themselves and
find a place where they belong. Sam
and Dean are hunters but they're not
happy. Every relationship they have
falls apart because it's basically the
job or the relationship. Garth found
something, and there are other
reasons that I can't go into that he
had to leave that life, but there's a lot
of hurt between Garth and Dean and
it gets worked out in this episode.
They always go at each other. In
"Southern Comfort," they had an
uncomfortable friendship when Dean
got mad at Garth for taking over
Bobby's job.
When were you approached about
coming back to "Supernatural"? Was
it always in the cards?
They pitched this to me in last July,
and I was in Vancouver doing a
convention for "Supernatural" and
Adam Glass , the writer who didn't
create Garth but he writes him so
well, he pitched it to me when I was
in a bar getting loaded with some
friends. It's kind of a mind-blowing
episode for Garth.
Garth and Kevin have a close
relationship behind-the-scenes, even
though we didn't see it play out
onscreen. Does Garth know about
Kevin's death?
Garth has no idea what's happening
with anyone. He's completely cut off.
When he left being a hunter, he left it
all behind. He carries a lot of guilt
from that and he doesn't know what's
happened to Kevin. Dean's mad at
him and he's actually mad at Dean
for some stuff and we'll get into that
in the episode. But I think that's the
beautiful thing about Garth: He owns
his own failings and he's able to see
Dean for who he actually is. I think
that's why the boys need him. He's a
mirror for Dean and he loves him
enough to go at him and say, "Look
dude, you're messing up. I see that
man that you want to be but you're
not there yet."
In this episode, when Sam and Dean
are questioning me about why I left,
we have some pretty intense stuff
and some pretty honest stuff. That's
why I love this show: Even though
it's set in a world where there are
demons and angels and fantastical
things, the show at its core is about
human relationships. Hunters
especially have very few chances to
get close to people and care about
people. So when they care about
people and they do stuff you don't
like, they take them to task for it. So
there's a scene in which I'm trying to
explain myself and they're going at
me for it, and it's a little combative
but the result is we come to an
understanding and acceptance.
So I hear there's a nude scene
coming up in the episode ...
laughs...
What can you tell me about why
Garth's naked?
I can reveal that I end up in the
hospital. I leave the hospital and run
away from the boys after they find
me and wake me up -- because I've
been in a drug-induced coma. So I
have to leave the hospital gown
behind so they know that I left --
leave a clue, right? It was written that
I didn't have anything on underneath
the hospital gown and you would see
a flash of me from behind but I
negotiated that I had to have
underwear on. When I told Jared that
I had to shoot this scene, I was like,
"I have to be naked on this show with
you two guys!" and he was like,
"Yeah, I'm going to show up that day
and do jumping jacks and pushups
behind you." So I was like, I cannot
be fully naked on this show [laughs].
Did you do anything special to
prepare for the scene?
Well, I quit smoking a while ago and
I'm in a wheelchair for my show,
"Legit," so I've been letting my
muscles atrophy and sitting around
eating Cheetos. For the last six
months I've been sitting around
eating fatty foods. And nowhere else
on my body do I gain weight except
for right around my midsection, so I
gained this weird layer of fat right
around my stomach. My body looked
like a doughnut with a hot dog stuck
through it. I had to get rid of it so I
went on a no-carb diet for about four
weeks before, and after taking this
weird supplement that's supposed to
eat body fat -- I don't know if it did.
I did end up losing it.
So were you actually naked while
filming the scene?
[Laughs] I negotiated that I could
wear underwear. But first of all, they
wanted me to wear bikini underwear
and I was like no way. My character
wouldn't wear bikini underwear. I
think Garth's a boxers man. So I
negotiated to wear boxer shorts. We
shot this scene at 5:30 in the
morning at 22 degrees in Canada
outside and I'm wearing nothing but
boxers. So it's a really good thing
that I wasn't fully nude because there
was nothing there to see. It was so
cold. But I'm really proud of the
episode. It explains a lot.
Please tell me this won't be the last
we see of Garth.
Well, that's what I think the show is
really good at: Tying up loose ends.
Honestly on my last day of filming I
got a little emotional because it felt
like a farewell. But you never know
with this show, right? There was a
finality to it.
I know I wouldn't be the only one
sad if this was truly Garth's last
episode. You've become a fan-
favorite character in such a short
amount of time, and not many
people can say that after being a
guest star on "Supernatural."
Even though I haven't done too many
episodes, the show has become a
huge part of my life. This fandom is
unlike any other fandom ever,
because our fans follow you to other
jobs. They follow your career and
you build up relationships with these
people. I knew fame before doing
"Supernatural" but I had never known
cult fame like this. It's pretty
interesting who they sort of glom
onto. There was no way I could have
possibly anticipated that I would
become one of the chosen few. So
the thought that this could be the
last time I'm on the show -- because
every time could be the last time I'm
on the show -- but this time I got
emotional and had a little cry when I
got home after I left.
What was it like returning to the set
after being away for so long?
It was so fun being back with Jared
and Jensen. They mess with me all
the time. I had to lay on the wet
ground in one scene and I walked
into my trailer and saw this rubber
suit. I had never seen on before and
shot so many scenes like this so I
thought Jared was messing with me.
I wouldn't put it on. So finally I went
to his trailer with the rubber suit and
I was like, "Did you do this?" And he
started laughing and was like, "No, I
actually did not. That is what you
have to wear under your clothes
before you lay down when it's wet
outside." I was like, I never know
where I stand here! I never know
what I should be doing because they
always mess with me.
We have this really tense scene in
this coming episode where I'm in a
coma and they're debating what to do
with me and they're worried about a
security breach. And the boys haven't
seen each other in a long time. This
is the first time they're seeing each
other [since Dean left to hunt
Gadreel]. They're talking out their
issues over me while I'm asleep, so I
have to lay still.
And then Jared starts zipping and
unzipping his pants over me, and
that man has the loudest zipper in
the world. I could not keep a straight
face. He's a huge dude so it's very
disconcerting when you hear a zipper
going up and down and your eyes
are closed. But I love them and I
trust them. Well, I wouldn't say I trust
them because I never know what's
coming next. But it keeps you sharp!
Do you keep in touch with them
when you're not shooting?
Yeah. That's the best part of all of
this, is my relationship with Jared,
getting to know him. And Jensen,
too. I think Jensen and I have better
onscreen chemistry but Jared and I
have become more friends outside of
the show.
Thanks so much for talking about
your return to "Supernatural." I can't
wait to see the episode!
Thanks! I am so proud of it and I
have to give a big thank you to my
producers on "Legit" and the
producers on "Supernatural" because
I had to shoot this episode at the
same time that I was shooting my
show. I had to fly back and forth
doing three days on one show and
two days on the other for a couple of
weeks and it was very expensive to
move the schedule around, and the
poor "Supernatural" producers had to
build all of these locations and shoot
with a double for part of the time.
They had to build a whole bottom
floor of a house because the location
was too far away for me to shoot all
the scenes in one day. It was so
flattering. There were some
grumbling and hurt feelings on both
sides but I walked on set and saw all
these locations they had built for me
to be able to be on the show and it
touched me, man.
"Supernatural" airs Tuesdays at 9
p.m. ET on The CW.
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