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Walker’ will be a family show not flying kicks
Jan 17, 2021 7:53:54 GMT -5
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Post by Colton on Jan 17, 2021 7:53:54 GMT -5
‘Walker’ star Jared Padelecki says The CW’s reboot of ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’ focuses on family, not flying kicks
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Jared Padalecki’s facial scruff in “Walker” may recall Chuck Norris, but he’s quick to stress how little The CW reboot of “Walker, Texas Ranger” has in common with the original series.
“This isn’t a show about karate. It’s not about how many roundhouse kicks we have per episode,” Padalecki, who’s also an executive producer on the show, said in a phone chat.
“Our Walker grew up in the ’80s like I did, as opposed to growing up in the ’40s like Chuck did. It’s a very different generation we find ourselves in. Knowing what we know now, more than 25 years after the original premiered, no one wants to see a police officer walking around randomly kicking people.
“We are in Bastrop today and were in New Braunfels two days ago,” he said. “We’ve been in Round Rock, Pflugerville and Dripping Springs.
“We’re trying to make it a bit of a road show, which makes sense because Texas Rangers do work all over the state.”
The fact that it shoots in Texas is a big reason the actor decided to leap so soon into another potentially long series after his last show’s 15-season run.
Upon finishing “Supernatural” in Vancouver, he said, “I was ready to take time off, enjoy my family and spend my days at home in Austin.”
What changed his mind: ‘Walker’ didn’t require him to be away from his wife and three young children. His wife, Genevieve, even has a role in the series, playing Walker’s deceased wife, Emily, in flashbacks.
He also appreciated the chance to play a more adult character.
“I’d never played a father before,” he said. “And one who was in law enforcement.”
He considered it a nice challenge after all those years playing demon-hunting Sam Winchester, who wasn’t exactly “a law-abiding guy.”
Padalecki, 38, watched the original “Walker, Texas Ranger,” which he described as “a rite of passage” for those growing up in Texas. But he welcomed the less-violent update.
“This version of ‘Walker’ is not really about law enforcement; it’s not ‘CSI,’ ‘NCIS’ or ‘Law & Order’,” he said. “It’s more a family show where Walker happens to be a Texas Ranger.
“We have great action sequences and crime-solving,” he added. “But ultimately, it’s a show about family, about how people, who have difficult jobs that require a lot of them, have struggles at home that equal their struggles at work.”
Walker’s struggles are intensified by the unsolved murder of his wife, and by an undercover assignment that took him away from their two kids for nearly a year.
“This isn’t a show about karate. It’s not about how many roundhouse kicks we have per episode,” Padalecki, who’s also an executive producer on the show, said in a phone chat.
“Our Walker grew up in the ’80s like I did, as opposed to growing up in the ’40s like Chuck did. It’s a very different generation we find ourselves in. Knowing what we know now, more than 25 years after the original premiered, no one wants to see a police officer walking around randomly kicking people.
“We are in Bastrop today and were in New Braunfels two days ago,” he said. “We’ve been in Round Rock, Pflugerville and Dripping Springs.
“We’re trying to make it a bit of a road show, which makes sense because Texas Rangers do work all over the state.”
The fact that it shoots in Texas is a big reason the actor decided to leap so soon into another potentially long series after his last show’s 15-season run.
Upon finishing “Supernatural” in Vancouver, he said, “I was ready to take time off, enjoy my family and spend my days at home in Austin.”
What changed his mind: ‘Walker’ didn’t require him to be away from his wife and three young children. His wife, Genevieve, even has a role in the series, playing Walker’s deceased wife, Emily, in flashbacks.
He also appreciated the chance to play a more adult character.
“I’d never played a father before,” he said. “And one who was in law enforcement.”
He considered it a nice challenge after all those years playing demon-hunting Sam Winchester, who wasn’t exactly “a law-abiding guy.”
Padalecki, 38, watched the original “Walker, Texas Ranger,” which he described as “a rite of passage” for those growing up in Texas. But he welcomed the less-violent update.
“This version of ‘Walker’ is not really about law enforcement; it’s not ‘CSI,’ ‘NCIS’ or ‘Law & Order’,” he said. “It’s more a family show where Walker happens to be a Texas Ranger.
“We have great action sequences and crime-solving,” he added. “But ultimately, it’s a show about family, about how people, who have difficult jobs that require a lot of them, have struggles at home that equal their struggles at work.”
Walker’s struggles are intensified by the unsolved murder of his wife, and by an undercover assignment that took him away from their two kids for nearly a year.
