Of course, he was wrong.
Not only that, but Speight was eventually added to the series' roster of directors.
WhenSupernaturalends in a few weeks, he will have helmed 11 episodes, including four in the final season.
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“I’ll be forever grateful to everybody involved and the show itself.”
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Do you remember how you landed the role in “Tall Tales”?
Did you audition?RICHARD SPEIGHT JR.: I remember everything because it was very unique.
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I didn’t audition for the show.
I got offered that role.
I had done a pilot with Bob Singer, the executive producer and showrunner, a year earlier.
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And I said, “Sure, I’ll play a good janitor in a show.”
I can pull this off."
This isn’t a normal janitor."
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And that’s how I got introduced to the show.
That’s how I figured out what I was doing.
And what I thought was funny is they kept usingSupernaturalas an adjective and as a verb and an adverb.
And I’m thinking the whole time, “This ain’t helping.
But they never really veered off that path.
So they threw you right into the deep end with the episode’s climax.Yeah.
That was his one.
I didn’t get a lot of intel on the show’s backstory from him either.
Yeah, I was winging it, but luckily, as an actor, you do that a lot.
And I just leaned on playing the Trickster funnier than meaner.
I went the other direction and played a more everyday guy, likable with a sharp wit.
And certainly, the Trickster lends itself to some of my sensibilities.
I mean, I’m a bit of a goofball.
I like to think I have a decent sense of humor.
Where we differ is the darkness and the troubled elements of the character.
For example, I barely kill people because this is not something I do.
It requires a certain internal weight.
And I always remember that being a funny intro.
I don’t think I spoke to him at that point.
He just sprinted by me.
And I remember them being really, really nice.
It was not my first show.
I found them to be way more warm than that.
Anytime I talked to them, mainly about sports, I was struck by how normal they were.
Thankfully, you returned for several more episodes.
What was your favorite appearance as Gabriel?I’d have to go with"Unfinished Business.
That was just so cool and rare to get to do as an actor.
They told a thorough version of that story.
I’m doing all the exploration, not just internally, but also visually.
And it all culminated with a fight scene between Gabriel and Loki.
Those are the two characters I was playing so it was Richard versus Richard and the director was Richard.
It was me versus me directed by me and that’s just a rare, artistic, creative experience.
I don’t think I’ll ever get that shot again.
That is near and dear to my heart and a rare and wonderful experience.
It wasn’t totally animus.
They didn’t hate Gabriel.
Gabriel didn’t hate them.
He also wasn’t all that great to them all the time and they were annoyed by him.
In spite of himself, Gabriel liked Sam and Dean.
and his relationship with them introduced him to humanity and forced him to admit that humans are not bad.
Supernaturalairs Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on the CW.
