The Four Best Roles Of Jared Padalecki On Supernatural(Other Than Normal Sam)

While re-watching 8 seasons of Supernatural in preparation for the ninth season, I came to the realization that the writers of the show really put their actors to work. They make Jared Padalecki play a lot of different roles. Granted, most of them come from his main character of Sam, but still, he really puts the "actor" in "handsome actor guy". While tuning in you can get Sam possessed by demons, Sam possessed angels, shape-shifters posing as Sam, leviathans posing as Sam and so much more that I'm not remembering. Here are four of the best characters he's been forced to play in supernatural.

#4. Soulless Sam

No need to be a dick, sam

Supernatural was supposed to end after it's fifth season but there was one problem, it makes The CW too much money, so they couldn't let it end. The contract for more seasons was drawn up(creating some major loose ends) and they needed more material so it's a very strong possibility that this idea just got pulled out of a writers ass, but even if it was, who cares? Soulless sam, or as I like to call him, 'Sassquatch'(for obvious height related reasons and how he talks back to everyone he meets) is a nice change from the normal pool hustling, monster killing, law school dropout Sam. He makes not having a soul seems pretty liberating, allowing you to say whatever you want to whoever you want and not care how they feel about it or for that matter not caring about anything, at all.

#3.  Gary Frankle

....said by my mother every time Jared is on screen

This time, a 17 year old kid named Gary pulls a Freaky Friday and steals Sam's body for a few days. what's interesting here is that Jared improvised a lot of the lines that made it to air, he really took to acting like how a kid who just got put into the body of a 6'4" underwear model would act, flexing in the mirror and admiring himself(ok not really HIMself but let's not worry about the details) whenever he got the chance, not realizing when women are hitting on him and of course, ordering alcohol just because he can now.

  

#2. Jared Padalecki playing Sam, who is trying to act like Jared Padalecki, playing Sam.

No, no, you read that right, my brain hurts a little bit too. There is an episode of Supernatural where they don't just break the fourth wall, they are literally thrown through it as the main characters are hurled into a parallel universe where their world is just a TV show and Sam is actually an actor named Jared Padalecki. Jared is acting as Sam who has to pretend to be Jared to make everything seem normal to everyone and that involves playing himself(sam) as they film an episode. Just think of the worst acting you have ever seen, and multiply it by ten.

"I don't know what do i do with my hands"

#1. Lucifer

This guy

for a few episodes was this guy

Actually, he was the perfect vessel for Lucifer and because Lucifer is an angel he needs your consent and it's a whole thing that that they explain in the show. Anyways, the result is fucking amazing, Lucifer had been in a bunch of episodes already and was played by Mark Pellegrino but now since Luci's home in his "perfect vessel" he really gets to cut loose as he conquers the planet. Cutting loose of course by making a bunch of references to pop culture like Rugrats, and Star Wars as he speaks.

 

 (who would have guessed the devil was a Lucas fan? oh wait I WOULD HAVE. 

It's the only explanation for The Phantom Menace)

As mentioned above, Supernatural really puts Jared Padalecki through his acting paces and to say the least, he makes it through them with ease. Each season and sometimes, each episode finds him playing a new character or a new version of his character and it's certainly a good way to keep the show fresh and open up new plot points.