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Supernaturalwas a show that Eric Kripke described as not having a lot of its own mythology, hence he preferred the show over the likes ofLostandHeroes. However, that did not stop the writer/director from taking inspiration from real-world belief systems for his work, given that he was dealing with angels, demons, and monsters inSupernatural.
Misha Collins’ Castiel was perhaps as synonymous with Supernatural as the Winchester siblings, being a major pull for the show and the CW. In preparation for the role, Kripke assigned the onscreen Angel some homework, the kind that allowed him to play the character more accurately.
Misha Collins had to read Revelation in preparation for the role of Castiel
Speaking withMovieWeb, the actor revealed thatEric Kripkehas Collins turn to religious texts in preparation for his role as an Angel of the Lord. In particular, the Book of Revelation was recommended to Misha Collins before he took on the role of Castiel. He said:
Yeah. It’s amazing, rich material that is full of stories about angels and angels being sent down to Earth to wipe out a third of the population. I mean, there are angels that come down and wipe out a third of the population and then another angel will come down and wipe out a third of all the animals living in the sea and another angel will come down and wipe out all the vegetation on the land. They are some vengeful individuals, in Revelation, the angels. In reading that, I was kind of surprised. There is a lot of destructive capacity in an angel’s being.
The Book of Revelation has scenes of Angels coming to Earth and carrying out the will of God, often in a cleansing and destructive capacity, such as visiting the wrath of God on peoples and places that have offended the divine, or simply as punishment to those that have wronged the innocent.
Castiel’s first appearance in the show needed to betray an odd curiosity
Besides reading Revelation, there were other pointers that were given toMisha Collinsby writer Eric Kripke, who was heavily involved in the making of the show.
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Collins was informed that the angels in this setting had not visited Earth for upwards of two thousand years, which helped mold how he would portray the character in the show. Collins said:
Kripke gave me a couple of things to work with right in that audition and one was that the angels haven’t actually come down to Earth for 2000 years. They’ve been watching from a great distance, but now this is the first time they’re really getting up close in 2000 years.When I’m talking to Dean, I’m observing these qualities that are somewhat alien to me. There’s a curiosity and an inquisitiveness that Castiel has and also a real peacefulness and a real calm and wisdom and knowledge that goes along with being a very ancient being.
Castiel was very much interested in human beings, still filling gaps in his knowledge about human beings after being absent from the planet for two thousand years. Castiel initially comes off as naive, despite being an angel of the lord with powers beyond human comprehension. However, Collins communicates perfectly the absence of his kind from Earth, working from the notes that Kripke gave him.
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