Jensen Ackles saysJessica Alba was "horrible" to work with on "Dark Angel ."- Ackles appeared on the "Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum" podcast on Wednesday.
Jensen Ackles says Jessica Alba was "horrible" to work with when the two starred on "Dark Angel" together.
"The Boys" actor appeared on the "Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum" podcast Wednesday. When reflecting on Ackles' past
Alba was the lead of the 2000 sci-fi series created by "Avatar" filmmaker James Cameron, and Ackles joined the cast as a series regular in season two. Ackles, who told Rosenbaum that he and Alba are on good terms now and that he'd told her how unpleasant it was to work with her to her face, implied that Alba's initial coldness towards him was due to other outside factors.
"She was under an immense amount of pressure on that show," Ackles said, adding that Alba was "young" and in a "rocky" relationship at the time that Ackles believes was causing her "some undue stress" on set.
Alba was, at that time, dating another "Dark Angel" costar — Michael Weatherly, who was 12 years older than 18-year-old Alba at the time they began a relationship. Alba and Weatherly eventually got engaged but ultimately broke up in 2003.
"I was the new fresh face on the set who wasn't really there in season one," Ackles continued. "I came in for one episode [in season one] but they wrote me in as a series regular season two and I was just kind of the new kid on the block and I got picked on by the lead."
Insider reached out to Alba's rep but did not immediately receive a response.
Alba has been expressive in the past about the pressures she felt during her time on "Dark Angel." In a 2012 interview with Marie Claire, she divulged the impact of how she was viewed. "I had a show that premiered when I was 19," she said, referring to "Dark Angel." "And right away, everyone formed a strong opinion about me because of the way I was marketed. I was supposed to be sexy, this tough action girl. That's what people expected."
Ackles said that while he and Alba bickered "like the worst kind of bickering a brother and sister could do," they eventually came to have mutual respect for one another.
"I love Jess, which I know kind of contradicts what I just said," Ackles said of their relationship now.
Ackles shared how the two came to have sentimental moments together during their time on the show. Alba was there for Ackles when his grandfather died while they were filming. "My grandfather died while I was shooting it and she literally just walked into my trailer and held me for a half an hour," he said.
"So it was that kind of a relationship. If she walked in, we'd be all hugs, but she didn't make it easy on me," Ackles added.
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