Spoilers for Hearth Nation Season 3, Episode 5 are forward! For those who haven’t caught it but, you’ll be able to stream it with a Paramount+ subscription.
The day on the 2024 TV schedule all of us Hearth Nation followers had been ready for lastly arrived. By that I imply, Jared Padalecki made his entrance on the CBS drama as Captain Camden Casey, and boy did he do it with a bang! So, once I had the possibility to speak with the present’s co-creator and star, Max Thieriot, about his buddy and new co-star’s large first scene, he informed me the epic story behind filming it.
Whereas talking to the Bode Leone actor throughout an interview for CinemaBlend, I particularly requested him about Padalecki’s first scene. It’s an epic entrance that reveals his character Camden in flip-flops and a Dodgers jersey (a daring alternative, contemplating he’s in Northern California, now). In the end, he winds up in a struggle with some guys who had been attempting to impress Bode, and it rapidly reveals followers this new captain’s colours. That was the purpose too, as Thieriot informed me:
You understand, the struggle was one thing that they got here up with within the [writers’] room. I believe they knew that they wished to actually form of have him enter and make an influence, and form of instantly are available in and be this form of power and … make a giant splash for his character. But in addition, on the identical time, have [him] influence and be concerned with the conventional regulars within the present. So, to get to see him form of are available in and immediately work together with all people, however go away an influence, I believe was a giant idea that they had been hoping to tug off.
The SEAL Workforce actor went on to elucidate that they wished the juxtaposition between firefighters from Northern and Southern California to be evident instantly. He informed me he was excited to see it, as he stated it’s an entire completely different vibe, as a result of “it’s like flip-flops and tank tops” in SoCal slightly than the “Wrangler denims and Ben Davis shirts” we see extra typically on Hearth Nation.
Persevering with to speak about all this, Thieriot stated that this scene helped present how large a corporation Cal Hearth is, whereas additionally giving us a memorable introduction to Padalecki’s character:
He is clearly a part of the world, however he isn’t a part of Edgewater. And to get to really feel that was enjoyable – you understand, simply anyone so completely different from all of our individuals. So, yeah, it was an excellent time.
After that, the actor broke down what it was like watching his buddy carry out within the struggle scene. Contemplating Jared Padalecki spent 15 years on Supernatural and one other 4 seasons on Walker, we all know the man isn’t any stranger to a little bit of motion. Nonetheless, that didn’t dim how spectacular it was for the Hearth Nation solid to observe, as Max Thieriot defined:
And he got here in like a freaking professional and crushed that struggle scene like nothing, I used to be like ‘Man!’ Like [he] simply got here in and did it. And he actually did. He knew each step, each transfer, had it choreographed, like, increase, increase, increase. So, I believe all of us had been sitting there form of watching in real-time, we had been ‘Oh dang! He is doing it.’
Contemplating Thieriot and Padalecki are additionally buddies, I think about seeing his pal in his component was epic. As a fan, it was definitely thrilling to observe. Plus, it gave us a transparent image of who Camden Casey is.
Like Bode, Camden is a free canon who can also be wickedly clever, as confirmed by his use of salt and pepper within the struggle scene. Padalecki brings a brand new taste to Hearth Nation, although, that might shake issues up in good and dangerous methods, particularly for Bode, and I can’t wait to see it!
Fortunately, we received’t have to attend lengthy for that, as a result of Jared Padalecki can be again on Hearth Nation because it continues to air on CBS each Friday at 9 p.m. ET. Plus, if you wish to return and watch this enjoyable and epic scene once more, you’ll be able to stream each episode of the drama on Paramount+.