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Supernatural’s Jared Padalecki had his breakthrough in the horror show and starred as Sam Winchester for fifteen seasons. The CW show gained a huge fan following, and Padalecki, along with his co-star Jensen Ackles, became household names. The actor even met his future wife on the show.
While Padalecki supported a number of causes, one particular incident reportedly led him to start a vigorous suicide prevention campaign. He revealed that he had been diagnosed with clinical depression and that he had lost too many friends to suicide. He also mentioned thatArrowstar Stephen Amell encouraged him to do the campaign.
Jared Padalecki Once Had A Breakdown While FilmingSupernatural
The CW’s horror dramaSupernaturalbecame a global phenomenon, mostly due to the impeccable chemistry between the show’s leading stars Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki. The two played a pair of brothers who were monster hunters trying to find their missing father. The show ran for fifteen seasons.
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While Padalecki became a household name with the show and had his breakthrough with the role, he reportedly suffered a breakdown once on the sets of the show. Recounting his experience toVariety, the actor mentioned how he finished a scene and went back to his trailer to suddenly break down.
According to him, he could not understand what happened since he had everything going for him. He then approached a doctor who reportedly said that he might have clinical depression.
A doctor came to set and talked to me for about 30 minutes or 45 minutes and said: ‘Jared, I think you’re clinically depressed. I think I should write you a note and we can shut down production for five days and then we can take it from there.’ And it kind of hit me like a sack of bricks. I mean, I was 25 years old. I had my own TV show. I had dogs that I loved and tons of friends and I was getting adoration from fans and I was happy with my work, but I couldn’t figure out what it was; it doesn’t always make sense is my point.
Padalecki then mentioned that hisSupernaturalco-starJensen Acklesand his friend Kelly spoke to him and supported him through his ordeal.
Stephen Amell InspiredSupernatural’s Jared Padalecki To Start A Suicide Prevention Campaign
When all seems hopeless in the world, a hero always comes to save the day. ForJared Padalecki, one of those heroes turned out to be his fellow CW cast member andArrowstar Stephen Amell. The actor’s involvement in Represent T-shirt’s ‘F– Cancer’ campaign and the response it received reportedly inspired him to do the same.
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Talking about his own suicide prevention campaign with Represent called ‘Always Keep Fighting’, theSupernaturalstar gave credit toStephen Amell,
Finally, I guess it was in January, Stephen was like, ‘Dude, you’ve dragged your feet long enough, let’s get this going. What do you want to do? What kind of shirt do you want?’ And I was like, ‘All right,’ and I had just lost another friend — not the first friend, unfortunately, I’ve lost to suicide — but I lost a friend here in Vancouver who I knew for 10 years and he lost his battle with depression. So I was like, ‘All right, this just makes sense.’
Padalecki also mentioned that the company insisted on keeping his face on the campaign as it would make the quote more relevant to the issue.
Supernaturalis available to stream on Netflix.
Nishanth A
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Nishanth A is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on TV shows with over 2,000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past two years and a scriptwriter at various corporations before that, working on educational content. With a Communications, English Literature, and Psychology triple major, Nishanth usually covers news and analyses on Star Trek, particularly Strange New Worlds and The Next Generation; Doctor Who, the DCU, and more.A Nolan fan, Nishanth spends his time exploring the filmographies of various directors with an auteurial style or can be found making short movies of his own. He has also contributed as a feature writer for Film Companion, focusing on the South division.
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