‘Supernatural’ season 9 spoilers: ‘Copper’ alum films with Jared Padalecki
The latest “Supernatural” casting scoop is in, and this time around we’re getting the news from one of the most-reliable sources imaginable: The show’s own star Jared Padalecki.
In a post on Twitter this week, Jared confirmed that he has spent some time this week working with none other than actress Lindy Booth on an episode that will air many weeks down the road. Booth is a Canadian actress whose most-notable credit as of late is three episodes of the now-canceled BBC America show “Copper,” where she took on the role of Teresa. She has also appeared in an episode of “NCIS,” “Warehouse 13,” and the also-canceled series “Fairly Legal.” Clearly, shows filmed in Canada are in some ways a specialty, given that all mentioned in this article save for “NCIS” are filmed north of the border.
Obviously, it’s easy for the first reaction to this casting to be something along the lines of “oh no, what is going to happen to her”? It’s all mostly thanks to the sole fact that as you may know well by now, female characters on “Supernatural” do not have particularly happy endings. One of the only ones to receive anything worth smiling about right now is Felicia Day’s Charlie, who is going to be back in some capacity this season. A female character’s fate is also exponentially worse on this show if you are a love interest to one of the characters. Even if they do not end up dead, the fan reaction to could be somewhat unsettling. (Just look at what fans thought about Amelia last season.)
Given that we are a long ways away from this episode airing, there are going to be many opportunities for the show to evolve and shift over the coming weeks. “Supernatural” started off with a great hour in “I Think I’m Gonna Like It Here,” and the cliffhanger for Sam is that he is technically pseudo-Sam right now. Ezekiel is in his body, and if Sam tries to fight the angel’s spirit or vote it off his personal little island, then he could die in the process without even realizing what he’s done.
In going back to Booth’s casting, the question that we’ll ask here is as follows: What sort of female characters do you want to see pop up on the show next? Share below, and click here if you want to check out the return of a particular popular female character in Abaddon.
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Anon
October 13, 2013 @ 9:14 pm
To be fair, I think most fans – and I have to include myself – “bitched” about Amelia not because she was a love interest but because she was poorly executed. First time she was introduced she come across as unsympathetic, so did she the second and third time until no one could understand what Sam saw in her aside from a fellow soldier hurt in battle. And for Sam to not have looked for his brother in the slightest because of her made the iceberg that sank Sam’s character for the first half season. It also didn’t help that, in my humble opinion, the actress and Jared had like no spark or chemistry going on between them.
Supernatural was never cut out to be a love triangle or any sorts of Vampire Diaries stuff. Thank Kripke for that. I think most fans are ok with the boys having some “fun” now and then – god knows they can use it. But where would a serious relationship on Supernatural end for the boys? One hunting from home, being picked up by his sibling like a work companion and aftward dropped of to his cozy and warm place again? I think that’ll be better left to the fanfic writers.
Ava
October 14, 2013 @ 9:09 pm
I completely agree with you on every point!
Kickassfemme
October 17, 2013 @ 3:19 am
I think this show has a problem executing female characters since they killed off Ellen and Jo. The female character in the last episode (I can’t even remember her name) was disgraceful and the writers should be ashamed of themselves for writing her in. They need to do a female character well for the fans to get on board with her. She needs to be not just be a strong female character but a strong character who happens to be female, that isn’t a bad guy (Abaddon is awesome – love her), that can keep up with the boys, isn’t a pit stop for some nookie on the side, and who doesn’t use her ass or sex to hunt monsters or get what she wants. Write a character like that and I think more fans will be inclined to not beg for her to be killed off. Give us a female to root for that’s worthy of being rooted for.
Sheryl Eisner Conerly
October 15, 2013 @ 4:24 am
Absolutely agree with you. No chemistry between the two. She came off as a jerk. Had she been someone that he had chemistry with and maybe had they tried to look for Dean, if only her part being a phone call away from Sam as support, I think some of us would have felt differently. I wouldn’t say that I absolutely loved Lisa but I definitely had more respect for her and Dean’s relationship. But, in the end, when he knew Sam was back, what did he choose?