Jared Padalecki & Jensen Ackles at Soapbox Derby - Interview
September 8, 2008 by Arieanna
As I mentioned yesterday, I went to the Red Bull Soapbox Derby in Vancouver to see Jared Padalecki & Jensen Ackles of Supernatural compete against each other in a celebrity race for charity. Jared won the race, as you can see in the video above, although Jensen almost decided to ram into him! After the race was over, I had a couple of minutes to interview the guys:
Arieanna: Was this your first soapbox derby?
Jensen: First soapbox derby. Yeah.
Jared: Yeah.
How do you think you did?
Jensen: Well, he obviously did a lot better…
Jared: I wanna go again!
Jensen: Yeah, I’d like to do it again. Maybe get some more muscle on my team.
Jared: No brakes whatsoever.
So, I’d like to ask you a couple of Vancouver questions. First off, where’s your favorite place to eat in Vancouver?
Jared: Ohhhh
Jensen: Favorite place to eat?
Jared: Steakhouse! Last night we went to Morton’s.
Jensen: Morton’s!
Jared: We go to Morton’s and Gotham lots.
Jensen: Yeah.
Jared: Two Texas boys gotta have their steak [cute smirk]
Do you hike a lot around Vancouver?
Jensen: Not a whole lot. We work a little too much, so our downtime is pretty much spent recuperating and learning our lines and stuff like that.
Jared: I’ve done Grouse a few times. I took my dogs to UBC and kinda run around…
What’s your time going up Grouse?
Jared: Oh, like 55 or something.
That’s pretty good!
Jared: I thought I was going to die! I did it in 55, and people were passing me up! Like “Hey, there! First time today?” And I was like, “Uh, yeah, only time.”
So, if you don’t hike much, what’s your favorite outdoor activity around here?
Jared: It’s nice to jog around here! I mean, UBC grounds and just around the blocks. It’s a really pretty city. [points] It’s gorgeous today. I used to do the seawall a lot when i lived downtown. So I think doing the seawall jog is kinda awesome.
Jensen: Stanley Park’s always nice.
And that was it! A quick little interview as Jared & Jensen came off their soapbox derby race in Vancouver! b5media’s SFUniverse writer Cynthia just interviewed the guys at ComicCon about the upcoming season of Supernatural. Click to read her interviews with Jared & Jensen.
Here are some more photos from the Red Bull Soapbox Derby with Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki - and if you loved our photos, you can buy them for yourself or for commercial use here.
Image credit: Ianiv & Arieanna Schweber
Image credit: Ianiv & Arieanna Schweber
Image credit: Ianiv & Arieanna Schweber
And here are a couple of photos that a friend of mine took at the Derby:
Image Credit: Peter Andersen
Image Credit: Peter Andersen
Nice little piece! Jared’s quite the chatterer, isn’t he? Too much Red Bull, maybe?
And I agree with Jensen, from the video it seemed that his push off team didn’t have the same ‘oomph’ as Jared’s. Rematch!
What a great little interview, thank you so much for posting. Those two are just adorable together and Jared is THE MAN!!!!
JARED!!!! He is so cute.
Jared is love
You’re so lucky you saw him
& I’m so glad he won, seriously I love him
WOW! Jared looks incredibly gorgeous.
I don’t watch Supernatural anymore so it’s good to see them again, in something other than that show.
Thanks for the pics!
The pictures are great. J and J look happy and healthy. How I love the way Jensen covers his mouth when he smiles. Jensen is so endearing.
omg! jEnSEn AnD JaREd LOOK PRETTY HOT they are awesomeee omg love them…yeah jared won but jensen was so close to…hahha jensen look so pretty hot
in that outfit!
You took REALLY amazing pictures.
Thanks for sharing with us.
The video and interview was great. Thank you.
Hey, Arieanna!
Great job. They are so nice. Krysta and I are looking forward to talking to them soon, finally.
All my best!
Jonathan