Jared Padalecki

“It’s important that we represent people that aren’t always represented.”

AS THE EYES OF A RANGER RETURN TO TELEVISION, DON’T EXPECT THE NEW (CW, January 21) to be anything like the original . “I’ll start with what we take from the original, which is that this is a show followed by a 15-year-run on . “I don’t know how to say it other than it’s really just been a series of blessings, an embarrassment of riches.” Last year’s finale of was interrupted by the pandemic, but when they were able to film safely, it proved an emotional experience for the 38-year-old actor. “Every time I read the finale leading up to filming, I cried.” That said, in the era of reboots, he still holds out hope to return to the part. “I guess there’s still that carrot on a stick I keep in the back of my head. Hopefully one day.”