Jensen Ackles Explains Why He Didn’t Initially Tell Jared Padalecki About ‘Supernatural’ Prequel Series

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Jensen Ackles is opening up on his decision to keep the “Supernatural” prequel series under wraps. Jared Padalecki said that he was “gutted” to learn about the spin-off show, which will not involve his character, through Twitter.  READ MORE: ‘Rust’ Actor Jensen Ackles Pays Emotional Tribute To Late Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins Ackles explained why he kept quiet about the project while speaking on Michael Rosenbaum‘s “Inside of You” podcast.  “[I’m] extremely superstitious when it comes to a few things.

And one of those is — and this is probably something that a lot of actors share — we don’t talk about auditions until we got the role. [It’s] an unwritten rule that you just don’t talk about s*** until it’s a done deal,” he said.

The actor admitted that the prequel series was his “first venture into producing and creating content, and I didn’t wanna jinx it at any cost, so I shut up about it.

Only the people that had to know knew…I definitely had people that I was excited to tell. Jared being number one on that list…” Padalecki sent Ackles a lengthy text message after hearing about the show online.  “[After the news broke] I had a long text from Jared, and he was really bummed, and I just remember my heart just sank,” Jensen recalled. “In hindsight, that could have been a step that was avoided.