The official 'Supernatural' magazine chatted up writer/producer/director Robert Singer recently and got the low down on what is yet to come in season 4. Below is an excerpt from the interview. The full text will be in issue 9, which goes on sale March 24th.
Supernatural Magazine: It’s great that Supernatural is picking up so many new viewers, but what do the diehard viewers think of season four so far?
Robert Singer: The response has overwhelmingly been very positive. The audience seems to love Castiel and that whole mystery. You do these things and you don’t know how they’re going to be received, and we just sort of make these decisions and say, “Well, what would we like to see? What do we
think would be interesting?” And we hope the audience agrees. Sometimes they have and sometimes they haven’t... but this year they seem to be really onboard with the story we’re telling.
Supernatural Magazine: Would you say Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki are well-suited for taking on whatever acting challenges the writers throw at them?Robert Singer: Jared feels more in his comfort zone if he’s doing heavily dramatic stuff, but I think he underrates himself on the comedy. His physical comedy was great in Bad Day At Black Rock. And in Monster Movie, when he goes to rip the ear off the guy who was playing the keyboard and he realizes it’s not the shapeshifter, he does a really funny facial take. Jensen loves to go for the comedy. He’s got great comedy chops and terrific timing, so that stuff doesn’t scare him at all. I think if the script’s got comedy moments in it, he really digs it.
Supernatural Magazine: What’s your favorite thing about season four so far?
Robert Singer: I have to say, where we’ve taken the mythology. The addition of the angels has been a really good shot in the arm for us. It came to us last year as something to try, and I think we were all a little wary of it. We’d committed to doing it, but we weren’t sure what it was. Once we cast Misha Collins [as Castiel] and saw him on film, we said, “Oh, this is really going to be great stuff.” I think the best thing about this year is that the mythology is the strongest it’s been since year one.
Supernatural Magazine: Looking ahead, what can you tell us about what’s to come?
Robert Singer: There’s a couple of really big surprises we have up our sleeve that I don’t think anyone’s going to see coming. I wouldn’t even want to hint beyond that! But I think people are going to go, “Whoa, wow, that’s really cool!” I can promise people if they keep watching they’ll definitely be surprised!
