Jared Padalecki Says Goodbye to ‘Walker’ and Blasts the CW’s ‘Cheap Content’ Strategy After Show’s Cancellation: ‘F— It. They Can’t Fire Me Again’
variety.comMax Gao SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers from “See You Sometime,” the series finale of The CW’s “Walker.” In 2000, at the age of 17, Jared Padalecki landed the role of Dean Forester, the first love of Alexis Bledel’s Rory Gilmore, on the hit family dramedy series “Gilmore Girls.” Originally contracted for only four episodes, Padalecki went on to appear in the first five seasons of “Gilmore” and then booked “Supernatural” — both of which debuted on The WB before surviving the transition to The CW in 2006.
For the better part of the next two decades, Padalecki would emerge as the face of The CW. After playing Sam Winchester — one-half of a dynamic duo of monster-hunting brothers — for 15 seasons on “Supernatural,” the actor became the star and executive producer of “Walker,” a modern-day reimagining of the hit ’90s series that featured Chuck Norris as a high-kicking Texas Ranger.
But following the cancellation of “Walker” last month, Padalecki is bidding a bittersweet farewell to the network that made him a star.
On the June 24 Season 4 finale, which now doubles as a series finale, Padalecki’s Cordell Walker decides to take a step forward toward repairing his relationships at home.
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