It is finally official, and therefore Jim Beaver can speak out about his dramatic departure from Supernatural. In a new interview he shares his feelings about what happened and reveals what happened on his last day of shooting.
Jim Beaver certainly wasn’t happy about the writers’ decision to kill off Bobby, he reveals to TV Guide, but he understands why it had to happen:
I don’t like it, but dramatically it’s absolutely the right thing to do. In both shows (Supernatural and Deadwood), my character’s demise was a catalyst for real dramatic shifts in the show. As a writer myself I know how important it is to provide the audience with that, whether they like it or not. Drama is about conflict and it’s about putting obstacles in the path of people you who care about. Although I’ll miss it, I can’t argue the dramatics of it. [And] for a guest actor — which I always was on the show — to get an episode like that is just amazing.
He also shares his memory of the last day on set, which is very touching:
It was the next to last day because Jared and Jensen were not going to be on the set on the last day. They show called a safety meeting, which they do once or twice a season. The entire cast and crew from the top down to the drivers and production assistants are there. I knew something was up when Jared and Jensen were there — they’re never already there before me. Instead of playing this safety video, they played a video tribute to everything I’d done on the show. I was pretty verklempt. It was very touching. I said, “I know now what they’re going to play at my funeral.” It was a lovely moment. Coming to the end of the show, knowing I’d be saying goodbye to these cast and crew I love like family plus the pretty emotional stuff we were shooting that day. I might have gotten something in my eye.
And on working with Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki, Jim has nothing but nice things to say:
They were terrific. They stayed around after they were off work to for this. I’m crazy about them. Considering there’s a little bit of an age difference between us, I didn’t expect such a connection, but I feel so terribly good about them and about having the chance to work with them these seven seasons. They’ve been extraordinarily gracious to me even when I didn’t necessarily deserve it. They’re terrific actors too.
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The execs did have some nice parting words for him, however, telling him, “If you weren’t on The CW, you’d win an Emmy.” (How true that is. The CW shows don’t get recognized like they should be!)
Jim Beaver admitted that while he doesn’t know if he’ll be returning in some capacity, it all felt very “final.”
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