Practically two and a half years after the top of Supernatural, Misha Collins has lastly returned to The CW for his highly-anticipated function as Batman villain Harvey Dent/Two-Face on the community’s latest DC superhero collection, Gotham Knights. On the floor, taking such a job on a high-profile present on the community that you simply as soon as known as house would appear like a no brainer. Nevertheless, Collins reveals that he was really hesitant to signal on at first — and it is due to his son that he finally mentioned sure.
Misha Collins portrayed angel Castiel on Supernatural for 11 of the present’s 15 seasons. The collection filmed in Vancouver, Canada for about nine-ten months of the 12 months (breaks included), that means that almost all of the solid and crew had been away from their households for a lot of the 12 months. Contemplating all of that, it is no shock Misha informed Us Weekly that he wasn’t prepared for that kind {of professional} dedication once more:
In all honesty, the one factor that made me not wish to take this job was the truth that my children are in Southern California. The present was gonna movie in Toronto and Atlanta, and it was gonna take me away from them fairly a bit. Yeah, I had a very laborious time wrapping my head round that, and I broached it with my youngsters.
That must be one of many hardest elements about being an actor with a household, as having to go away your your family members for months at a time sounds powerful. Clearly Misha Collins has his priorities in verify since he wrestled with whether or not or to not take this new gig. However whereas it was laborious for him to make the choice, the identical wasn’t true for his son, West, who was as excited as ever that his dad had been supplied the possibility to be on a DC collection:
My son specifically — who is aware of properly who Harvey Dent/Two-Face is — I mentioned, ‘, I’m gonna be filming in Atlanta, and I’m gonna be gone so much if I take this job.’ And he was like, ‘Do it.’ And I used to be like, ‘Nicely, honey, hear, I’m not gonna be capable of be round as a lot.’ And he mentioned, ‘Dad, do it, please.’ He was so looking forward to me to take the function, and it really damage my emotions. He thought it was cool sufficient that it completely trumped desirous to spend time together with his father. I believe each of them are harboring some pleasure about possibly doubtlessly having some small feeling that their dad is, in a technique, cool for the primary time.
It’s each humorous and ironic that younger West had no downside in any respect together with his dad being away from him for thus lengthy. However then once more, one can perceive why the child could be jazzed about his father being in a DC manufacturing. Having the ability to brag about your dad enjoying a well known comedian guide character is an enormous flex. And it’s factor he was in a position to persuade his papa bear to do it as a result of he positively makes the Supernatural alum makes the proper Harvey Dent.
It was a 12 months in the past that Misha Collins was introduced to be becoming a member of the solid of Gotham Knights, and his earlier gig apparently factored into him being tapped for Harvey Dent. Whereas chatting with CinemaBlend, showrunners Chad Fiveash and James Stoteraux mentioned that Collins was what they had been in search of when it got here to casting the character, and so they additionally appear excited to see him tackle the function of a villain. I am pumped to see how Collins continues to develop within the function and, as he crushes, we must always ship our because of his son for that preliminary push.
New episodes of Gotham Knights premiere on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. EST on The CW as a part of the 2023 TV schedule.
