The actor, who directed the latest episode, also breaks down those Supernatural Easter eggs.
Warning: This post contains spoilers from the April 14 episode ofWalker.
Although the bacon was the firstSupernaturalEaster egg in the episode, it wasn’t the last.
Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles on ‘Walker’.Rebecca Brenneman/The CW
AsAckles previously told EW, the Easter eggs were a joint effort with episode writer Katherine Alyse.
When they mentioned a reference to the cooler, Ackles took things one step further.
“I was like, ‘How about the actual green cooler?’
They’re like, ‘I’m sorry what?!'”
Ackles says with a laugh.
“I said, ‘I got it, should we use it?’
And then the plate of bacon, that’s a no-brainer.”
But there was anotherSupernaturalEaster egg in the episode for eagle-eyed fans.
“I said to our DP, ‘Is there light between my knees?
Okay we’re good, we can shoot.’
But the cameo is nothing compared to the role Ackles was originally offered in the episode.
I was like, ‘I think I’m gonna drive home.
I could use a nice 10-hour day in a car.’
And he was like, ‘You want some company?’
So we spent 10, 11 hours in the car after that incident and really bonded.”
“So when that role came up, they actually asked me to play it,” Ackles continues.
So I called Josh and he was like, ‘Yeah man I’ll come play with you.'"
Walkerairs Thursdays at 8 p.m.
ET on The CW.
