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11-14-2005, 07:10 PM
"MR. NICE GUY"<img src="http://www.fanbolt.com/Galleries/4images/data/thumbnails/410/Padalecki010.jpg" width="79"height="99" vspace="5" hspace="5" align="right" border="0" alt="Jared Padelacki 'Mr. Nice Guy'">
As Sam Winchester, one of the reluctant heroes of The WB Network's Tuesday hit "Supernatural," Jared Padalecki spends his time crossing the United States in search of things that go bump in the night.
Off camera, however, it takes quite a bit to spook Padalecki, a lanky, 23-year-old former Texan.
"By no means am I Mr. Tough, but I can't name any specific fear I have," he says. "I don't know if this qualifies as a superstition, but every time I step on a plane, I kiss my finger and touch the top of the doorjamb. I started doing that in high school when someone would run a red or yellow light. I don't know what that means."
Whether it's luck or plain old star quality, Padalecki is one of the fastest-rising young actors in Hollywood these days. Within a few months of his 2000 high-school graduation, he traded his hometown of San Antonio for Hollywood, and at 18 landed a major featured role on The WB's "Gilmore Girls" as Dean Forrester, the all-American boyfriend of Rory Gilmore (Alexis Bledel).
Padalecki knows the role of Dean was the kind of break any young actor would kill for, but he says he never really doubted he was born to be an actor.
"It sounds cheesy to say this out loud, but yeah, I just always felt like that was what I was here to do, to entertain and tell stories," Padalecki says. "My brother, who is three years older, was the star basketball player -- 6'6, 6'7, 220 pounds, big stud athlete. Then my father's next son -- me -- says, 'I want to quit sports and join theater.' That was down in Texas, remember, so I think my dad was a little shaken by that at first, but he was supersupportive nonetheless."
Padalecki was 12 when he got involved with his school's theater program, and by graduation, he was more than ready to try Hollywood.
Playing sweet-natured Dean on "Gilmore Girls" for five seasons not only helped Padalecki hone his acting chops but also built a substantial fan base among teen girls and their equally smitten moms, many of whom have followed the actor over to "Supernatural" and helped make the show one of the season's breakout hits.
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As Sam Winchester, one of the reluctant heroes of The WB Network's Tuesday hit "Supernatural," Jared Padalecki spends his time crossing the United States in search of things that go bump in the night.
Off camera, however, it takes quite a bit to spook Padalecki, a lanky, 23-year-old former Texan.
"By no means am I Mr. Tough, but I can't name any specific fear I have," he says. "I don't know if this qualifies as a superstition, but every time I step on a plane, I kiss my finger and touch the top of the doorjamb. I started doing that in high school when someone would run a red or yellow light. I don't know what that means."
Whether it's luck or plain old star quality, Padalecki is one of the fastest-rising young actors in Hollywood these days. Within a few months of his 2000 high-school graduation, he traded his hometown of San Antonio for Hollywood, and at 18 landed a major featured role on The WB's "Gilmore Girls" as Dean Forrester, the all-American boyfriend of Rory Gilmore (Alexis Bledel).
Padalecki knows the role of Dean was the kind of break any young actor would kill for, but he says he never really doubted he was born to be an actor.
"It sounds cheesy to say this out loud, but yeah, I just always felt like that was what I was here to do, to entertain and tell stories," Padalecki says. "My brother, who is three years older, was the star basketball player -- 6'6, 6'7, 220 pounds, big stud athlete. Then my father's next son -- me -- says, 'I want to quit sports and join theater.' That was down in Texas, remember, so I think my dad was a little shaken by that at first, but he was supersupportive nonetheless."
Padalecki was 12 when he got involved with his school's theater program, and by graduation, he was more than ready to try Hollywood.
Playing sweet-natured Dean on "Gilmore Girls" for five seasons not only helped Padalecki hone his acting chops but also built a substantial fan base among teen girls and their equally smitten moms, many of whom have followed the actor over to "Supernatural" and helped make the show one of the season's breakout hits.
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