Jensen:'Working with Jessica Alba was terrible'
Although we could see photographs in which they are seen to be very friendly, the actor has just said that was not at all on their beginning.
Although he had his breakthrough role in Supernatural, Jensen Ackles began his career several years earlier. He took his first steps in the series ‘Sweet Valley High’ and ‘Mr. Rhodes ‘. Jensen caught the attention of the American public playing Eric Brandy in ‘Days of Our Lives’. Just after passing through that soap opera, he was a part of the second season of Dark Angel. That is a cyberpunk science fiction program created by James Cameron that launched Jessica Alba to stardom.
It was 2001, Ackles and Alba had barely twenty years. Although we could see photographs in which they are seen to be very friendly, the actor has just said that sharing the set with the actress was not exactly a very good experience for him.
In the interview with Michael Rosenbaum was a question "Was it great to work with Jessica?". The actor answered without a filter and said “No. She was horrible". And, to avoid suspicion and recrimination, he quickly clarified that it is something he has said to the actress's face at the time.
Alba was the exclusive protagonist of the series, which had four successful seasons, from 2000 to 2003. Ackles joined the program as a regular character in the second and, as he explained, the reception of the star of the series was not the best. "I love Jess, and I know that I contradict what I previously said,".The actor remembered: “She was under immense pressure on that show. I was young, she was in a relationship with co-star Michael Weatherly. It was difficult and I think it caused undue stress on set.”.
Ackles indicated that he was the new guy on the set and that no one attacked him, only Jessica.
“She made my life impossible. It wasn't that she didn't like me, she just said, 'Oh, here's the cute boy they brought in to help decorate because that's what we all need.'”, he continued.
He was thinking that it was best to confront her. “So I used to say in front of everyone, 'Oh, looks like we're going to have Alba the bitch today. Everybody hold on to your balls,'” he recalled, stating that the team “loved” his jokes.
And with time they eventually built some mutual respect and they got some great times together.
"We related as if we were brothers and we had our moments," he recalled. “When her boyfriend traveled, she was afraid of being alone in the house they shared and asked me to come and be with her. Our relationship was always platonic, like brothers”, he insisted.
He even remembered that Alba was with him in very difficult moments when his grandfather died. She was there for him as a real friend.
“So it was that kind of relationship. And again, if she walked in right now, we'd be hugging. But she didn't make it easy for me on set." he confessed.
