The upcoming Jensen Ackles project Big Sky has taken to Twitter to joke around with his current series The Boys about the actor's intense fanbase. Ackles is best known for playing the role of Dean Winchester on Supernatural, the monster-hunting CW series that lasted 15 seasons and a total of 327 episodes. That series ended in 2020, leaving the star free to pursue other projects. Although he is continuing to work with The CW, producing and narrating the Supernatural prequel The Winchesters, his biggest post-Dean role so far has been the debaucherous parody version of Captain America known as Soldier Boy in The Boys season 3.While it is still unclear if he will return to the role for the upcoming The Boys season 4, Ackles teased his next major role when he made his first appearance as Sheriff Beau Arlen in the Big Sky season 2 finale on May 19, 2022. The David E. Kelley show, which is based on the C.J. Box novel series The Highway, follows a series of kidnappings that lead two women (played by Katheryn Winnick and Kylie Bunbury) deep into the criminal underbelly of Lewis and Clark County in Montana. Ackles' character, who stepped in as a temporary sheriff, is set to have a one-season arc as a series regular in season 3, which is titled Big Sky: Deadly Trails and is set for a September 21, 2022 premiere on ABC.This week, the official Big Sky Twitter account made a post gently ribbing Ackles' intense fanbase. The caption reads "Us: Posts literally anything about Beau Arlen; Jensen Ackles fans:" accompanied by a gif of Ackles saying "I like it." A fan responded by saying they should see how the Ackles fans handled his appearance on The Boys, and Big Sky confirmed that they have been sharing notes with the folks at The Boys. Never one to be left out, the official Twitter account for The Boys chimed in, sharing a photo of Ackles and a pen. Check out the original thread of Tweets below:
The Boys is known for its consummately irreverent Twitter presence, and it looks like Ackles' new onscreen home is providing him with that same sensibility. They are clearly relishing the opportunity to feature the star in their next season. Although they have added several interesting stars since season 1, including Entourage's Constance Zimmer and The O.C.'s Logan Marshall-Green, it's more or less impossible to compete with the fanbase that starring on a popular genre series like Supernatural for over a decade can amass.
It still remains to be seen, however, if the actual content of Big Sky: Deadly Trails can deliver what Ackles fans are hungry for. The Boys is a playful sci-fi series, which was much less of a leap for Ackles after Supernatural. Big Sky is a more sober-minded crime drama, which might not appeal to those who are hoping for the second coming of Dean Winchester.
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