I picture young Dean to be young Jensen. Definitely not Brock Kelly or even Dylan (although he's my favorite young!Dean actor).
Young Dean . . . is totally Alec McDowell to me. In fact Kripke had seen Jensen in Dark Angel and it's the reason he asked for him specifically to try out as a lead for Supernatural. He was supposed to be Sam, but when Jared came in they gave Jensen the Dean script and Jared the Sam script. Dean was originally a supporting character, but Jensen stole the show.j
And young Dean was totally Alec in the beginning. So many parallels. His semi-incestuous feelings for Max. Sam reminded me of the character. Alec appeared so self-absorbed but only proved otherwise over time.
Jensen has been the only actor who keeps getting invited back to shows. I mean, he played his own twin! People responded well to Ben in Dark Angel, so they brought him back as Alec. In Smallville he was a bad guy. Lana Lang's stalker and they actually had him steal Superman's girlfriend!
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Date: 2013-12-21 08:27 pm (UTC)Young Dean . . . is totally Alec McDowell to me. In fact Kripke had seen Jensen in Dark Angel and it's the reason he asked for him specifically to try out as a lead for Supernatural. He was supposed to be Sam, but when Jared came in they gave Jensen the Dean script and Jared the Sam script. Dean was originally a supporting character, but Jensen stole the show.j
And young Dean was totally Alec in the beginning. So many parallels. His semi-incestuous feelings for Max. Sam reminded me of the character. Alec appeared so self-absorbed but only proved otherwise over time.
Jensen has been the only actor who keeps getting invited back to shows. I mean, he played his own twin! People responded well to Ben in Dark Angel, so they brought him back as Alec. In Smallville he was a bad guy. Lana Lang's stalker and they actually had him steal Superman's girlfriend!