Well, they're both marvellous. One of the reasons their scenes sizzle, I think. But I've grown so used to JA - *g*. And now here's someone else stepping up to the plate and serving back whatever he serves, just as hard.
It's not that JA and JP don't have chemistry, because they do. I'm not quite sure what's going on. Could just be the content of their scenes, which in and of itself contain a totally different dynamic. Maybe that's it. Because the dynamic is so different, the performances are different.
As I think I said in another comment somewhere, for me the key is that his whole life, since he was 4, Dean has been someone's soft place to fall. He was Sam's and he was John's. He never had his own soft place to fall, not even Bobby. Though Bobby came closest. But now, at this terrible time in his life, against all expectations, he has Castiel. The angel has become his soft place to fall. Castiel's become -- or is becoming -- the big brother he never had. Which is so not the job Castiel signed up for! And yet it would appear he's embracing the role. Which is so curious. As is the fact that Dean's letting it happen, too. Bit by bit, he's relaxing into the relationship. And that's not something he ever expected for himself, or even dared to ask for. I don't think he ever knew how badly he wanted it.
I would love to know how much of this was planned in advance, and how much it's developed as a result of the casting.
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Date: 2009-04-03 08:58 am (UTC)It's not that JA and JP don't have chemistry, because they do. I'm not quite sure what's going on. Could just be the content of their scenes, which in and of itself contain a totally different dynamic. Maybe that's it. Because the dynamic is so different, the performances are different.
As I think I said in another comment somewhere, for me the key is that his whole life, since he was 4, Dean has been someone's soft place to fall. He was Sam's and he was John's. He never had his own soft place to fall, not even Bobby. Though Bobby came closest. But now, at this terrible time in his life, against all expectations, he has Castiel. The angel has become his soft place to fall. Castiel's become -- or is becoming -- the big brother he never had. Which is so not the job Castiel signed up for! And yet it would appear he's embracing the role. Which is so curious. As is the fact that Dean's letting it happen, too. Bit by bit, he's relaxing into the relationship. And that's not something he ever expected for himself, or even dared to ask for. I don't think he ever knew how badly he wanted it.
I would love to know how much of this was planned in advance, and how much it's developed as a result of the casting.