Eric Kripke em entrevista

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Parte 1

"Two brothers running around in a cool muscle car carrying a trunk full of weapons designed to do battle with things that go bump in the night." That's creator and executive producer Eric Kripke giving reporters gathered around him at the 28th Annual San Diego Comic Con a succinct summation of the premise of his hit CW Network/Warner Bros. series Supernatural, which stars the highly talented Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles as Sam and Dean Winchester, the two hot looking, heroic 'supernatural hunter' brothers with the cool car.

With talk turning to the upcoming third season of Supernatural, Eric Kripke will be the first to admit that at the end of season two of Supernatural, it was not a given that that the cult favorite series would return for a third season.

"We did not know we were coming back, and while we were hopeful for the renewal to come through we were all on the edge of our nerves waiting for word to come through about our fate and quite frankly behind the scenes there was some fighting going on to make sure the series came back for a third season," Kripke said.

Even with the fate of Supernatural hanging in that balance, Kripke says that they couldn't let that affect the storytelling they wanted to set up for the third season of Supernatural while still working on season two and they had to be prepared to hit the ground running if that renewal came through.

"We couldn't say 'I don't know if we're coming back so things have to be wrapped up or not wrapped up'. Instead we just had to go on telling the story we wanted to tell at the pace we wanted to tell it and just hope for the best," he said.

Those hopes for a renewal of Supernatural for a third season were thankfully fulfilled and the quirky, highly imaginative, well-acted and smartly done series will be premiering on the CW Network on Thursday October 4th at 9PM (EST).

Moving forward into the third season, Kripke shared some insight into what the writer's room has planned for Supernatural and the Winchester brothers as they face new challenges and old adversaries.

Kripke explained that one of the more intriguing ways that the writers of Supernatural create character development for Sam and Dean Winchester along their journey is by creating morally challenging situations and people for them to face. That as much as the series is about action/adventure, rock music and the strong bonds of brotherhood, it's also a study in morality and where the lines between 'right and wrong' can become blurred. It's a journey of how far can two basically good men go beyond the boundaries of those lines under the justification of fighting evil and not go too far to ever come back.

Parte 2

Kripke points out that in Supernatural the Winchesters are often faced with situations where, because the demons they fight are always possessing innocent people, there is always certain moral questions being raised for them to come to terms with and sometimes make life altering decisions for themselves about. Questions like how much 'collateral damage' are Sam and Dean willing to accept and take on in the battle to fight evil by killing these innocent people in order to stop the demons before it becomes too much blood on their hands to justify.

"For us the best episodes of Supernatural are the ones about shades of gray and the ones where the decisions the boys have to make are morally troubling to them and about the people they meet who have gone way beyond them in the crossing of moral lines."

Kripke says this concept of blurred lines of moral issues played a part in the decision to introduce two new regular recurring characters into Supernatural in season three. The characters are Ruby, played by Katie Cassidy and Bela, played by Lauren Cohan.

Sam and Dean should always be running into hunters and other people whose moral line is much more blurred than their own, Kripke says of the creation of Ruby. "She is one of those hunters whose moral line is a lot more blurred than that of the boys. She is pretty ruthless, brutal and slightly unhinged. She is also very controlling and manipulative."

Kripke says that things will be revealed about Ruby early on in Supernatural season 3 that shows us she is not exactly what she appears to be. It's possible that Ruby may prove to be a very interesting 'moral mirror' for one or both of the Winchester's to look into and re-evaluate themselves by.

Kripke tells us that Bela is a 'supernatural mercenary' who was created by writer Ben Edlund. She's not a hunter, but rather someone within the world of the hunters who is in it for the money. Bela presents a whole new frustrating situation for the brothers and brings a new complication to their already complicated lives.

"Her blurred moral line is all about taking advantage of the Winchesters and other hunters by forcing them to buy the talismans and other things from her that they need to stop the forces of evil that they come up against. She's only on one side, which is her own and how much money she can make."

Kripke is well aware that there are fans that have been expressing concerns over the introduction of two female characters into Supernatural and into the lives of Sam and Dean Winchester. Kripke is quick to reassure fans that the introduction of Ruby and Bela is to mix things up and provide more conflict and struggle for Sam and Dean as they race against time to stop the demons that were unleashed in the second season finale, 'All Hell Breaks Loose'.

"Ruby and Bela are designed to be antagonists and to make life more difficult for the Winchesters rather than easier or more pleasant. They are there to further the exploration of the morally troubling issues that confront Sam and Dean on a daily basis in their line of work and in their own personal lives."

Parte 3

Kripke feels very strongly that the ending of the two season long arc of the Winchester's search for the yellow eyed demon and that demon's death flows very organically into the next level of conflict for Sam and Dean which is this war that has now begun with the releasing of hundreds of demons in the climatic season finale 'All Hell Breaks Loose'. Through this storyline, Kripke says the writers will be drawing on many modern day parallels as the demons operate much like terrorist cells that are hidden among the normal every day population, they could be anybody and they are waiting to wreak as much havoc as possible.

Kripke feels very strongly that the ending of the two season long arc of the Winchester's search for the yellow eyed demon and that demon's death flows very organically into the next level of conflict for Sam and Dean which is this war that has now begun with the releasing of hundreds of demons in the climatic season finale 'All Hell Breaks Loose'. Through this storyline, Kripke says the writers will be drawing on many modern day parallels as the demons operate much like terrorist cells that are hidden among the normal every day population, they could be anybody and they are waiting to wreak as much havoc as possible.

That said, Kripke also tells us that there will be things from the past two seasons of Supernatural that will continue to move forward into the third season as well. The mystical demon killing Colt revolver, first introduced in the season one episode 'Dead Man's Blood' and last seen being tossed into the trunk of the Impala by Dean Winchester at the end of season two finale 'All Hell Breaks Loose' will be making a reappearance in the season three episode 'Bed of Lies'.

Harking back to the underling issue of blurred moral lines, Kripke says that this also plays into the decision to bring back disgraced hunter Gordon Walker, played by Sterling K. Brown. Gordon, who was first introduced in the second season episode 'Blood Lust' and last seen in the second season episode 'Hunted' has proven to be one of the Winchester brother's most dangerous adversaries as Gordon sees things only in black and white and has been relentless in his pursuit of Sam Winchester (Jared Padalecki) as something evil to be hunted and killed.

"In Gordon Walker, we have the hunter is who is sort of taking it to that level of being a fascist or what we like to call a 'Human Supremacist' and we have continued to take the character into that really aggressive and brutal way of thinking."

Speaking of the Winchesters as being 'hunted' themselves, no one least of all FBI Agent Henrickson, played by Charles Malik Whitfield, who was introduced in the second season episode 'Nightshifter' will be letting the brothers forget that they are men wanted by the law. As season three progresses, Henrickson will stop at nothing to put the boys, especially Dean Winchester, behind bars for good. For his part, Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles) has bigger concerns than being hunted by an FBI agent. After making a deal with a demon to bring his dead brother Sam back to life at the end of season two, the eldest Winchester has a date with death and a destiny at the end of a years' time in which he must hand over his soul and enter hell for all eternity.

No matter what direction the Supernatural goes in season three and hopefully beyond, Kripke says that he and all the writers will continue to stay consistent to one of the cardinal rules for creating Supernatural. "The show has to be 'Google worthy' and the mandate to all the writers is that the stories have to be as authentic as possible when it comes to the urban legends and myths that are presented. It's only when they are backed into the ugliest of story corners do they resort to fabricating something to resolve the issue."

So tune into Supernatural for season three starting this coming Thursday, October 4th on the CW Network at 9 PM (EST) and follow the continuing journey of Sam and Dean Winchester as they battle demons out to control the world, vanquish nasty creatures of urban legends and race against time to save Dean from going to hell and drive around in a really cool car while they do it!

É um pouco grande mas não faz mal... hehe

Créditos: Supernatural TV