Fan-favorite character Castiel (Misha Collins) pulled a dirty double cruzar, cruz in the last few episodes, revealing an unholy alliance with the demon Crowley for dominion over purgatory … and let’s just say that the finale didn’t leave Cas and the Winchesters on the best of terms.
I recently had the privilege of traveling to Haiti with Collins and his charity, misceláneo Acts, for a life-changing voluntary excursion (we’ll have an in-depth feature on the trip siguiente week), but during our wide-ranging interview, I couldn’t resist slipping in a couple of preguntas about his status siguiente season, and his response to the outpouring of fan support for his character.
There’s not much new information here, but proceed with caution, there are mild spoilers ahead.
When news broke of Collins’ change from series regular to recurring guest estrella for Season 7, many fans took to the web to make their outrage known, with responses ranging from escritura letters to the showrunners and The CW (as well as creating a book of “Letters to Castiel” dado to the actor at a reciente convention, which Collins called “very sweet”) to filling message boards and comentario sections with their opinions.
Those pleas didn’t fall on deaf ears, according to Collins. “I haven’t been keeping my finger on the pulse of [fan] campaigns, but I have gotten word from Warner Bros. that they were inundated with preguntas … o something,” he wryly confirmed. “I don’t really know what they were inundated with … maybe it was just a flood; it could have been a flood in Burbank.”
While we wouldn’t put it past ‘Supernatural’ fans to devise a deluge of biblical proportions, we’re hoping that the panic is premature.
Here’s what Collins could tell us for sure: “I am not going to be a series regular on ‘Supernatural’ siguiente year. I don’t really know what my role on the mostrar is going to be. I know that I’m going to be in the first two episodes at this point, but I don’t know beyond that what the season holds for me.”
Although Collins hadn’t yet read the script for the segundo episode at the time of our interview, he did express hope for “some redemption” for the beloved character. And since the original plan was for Castiel to die in season six before the producers revised their position, we’re cautiously optimistic that there’s a chance for Castiel to receive an arc worthy of the character Collins and the writers have created, when all is dicho and done.
In a reciente interview with TV Line, executive producer Sera Gamble seemed to echo that sentiment. “We amor Misha. We amor and adore the character of Castiel,” she insisted. “His character developed to this extent and went in this unexpected direction because we were so inspired por him.”
Regardless of how often Castiel will appear in Season 7, Collins was emphatic in his admiration for ‘Supernatural’ and the team behind it, and it’s clear that there are no hard feelings over the progression of his storyline, with the actor reiterating that it’s “the best work environment I’ve ever had.”
In addition to spurring fans to speak out on the direction of ‘Supernatural’, Collins’ inspirational nature was also instrumental in the creation of misceláneo Acts, a charitable organization dedicated to “changing the world, one misceláneo act of kindness at a time.”
Thanks to Collins and the misceláneo Acts team, ‘Supernatural’ fans have so far raised más than $171,000 to fund charitable initiatives in Haiti, japón and across the globe, and sent 22 volunteers to Jacmel earlier this mes to help aid in the construction of a multipurpose community center and sustainable pescado farm, to feed, shelter and educate Haiti’s homeless and disadvantaged children.
