Interesting Facts About Supernatural

1. Misha Collins who actually plays the role of Castiel originally thought that the character was supposed to be a demon.

2. Jensen and Jared are as close in real life as they are in the show. Before being married to their loved once for years, they were roommates.

3. The character of Bobby is actually based on someone attached to the show. That would be the writer, director and the executive producer Robert Singer.

4. When the cast was in Los Angeles for a photoshoot. Thier wardrobe was flown over and in that process few it's were stolen. Including Dean's iconic leather jacket.

5. The pilot episode was actually viewed by an estimated 5.69 million viewers.

6. Jared Padalecki dislocated his shoulder while wrestling with a fellow cast mate, and because it was close to filming the 10th season, the writers had to work it into the script.

7. Supernatural became the longest running American series after its eleventh season.

8. Kripke decided on “Sal” and “Dean” however, he thought that sal was inappropriate for the main character so he changed the name to “Sam”.

9. The staff for the first season consisted of 6 writers who helped with the research of the Urban legends.

10. Because the show focuses mainly on the two Winchester brothers, the writers realized that viewers would know that the characters are not in danger of being permanently killed. The staff often writes in guest characters to give tension to the episode, occasionally having them die.

11. Collins changes his voice when in character, but the gravelly way he speaks as Castiel actually hurts his voice. In retrospect, Collins has said he wishes he hadn’t made the angel’s voice sound that way.

12. Kripke had originally chosen a 1965 Mustang as the brothers’ car, but a neighbor of his told him he had to use a 1967 Impala instead. Why, you may ask? You can fit a body in the trunk.

13. In a season 12 episode, Dean is playing Scrabble on his phone with his mom. After playing the word “twerking,” his next set of letters spells out “Lucifer.” A man of many words.

14. During Sam’s death scene in season 2, Ackles imagined it was really Padalecki who was dying, and pulled his emotion from that thought. He already felt like the two were brothers off screen, which made the emotion that much more real.

15. Including special effects and the actors’ wages, the first season was made on an incredibly low $200,000 budget. Dean was originally supposed to be covered in tattoos, but they just couldn’t afford it.