Just listened to Richard and Rob’s Supernatural Then and Now podcast ep with Misha, and Misha talked about how he became a series regular in season 5 because he called up Kripke and asked for it??? And Rich was very impressed because actors don’t just call show runners up but Misha recognized he was already on for longer than expected and was like ‘I’m getting pilot auditions and I’d love to stay on the show but in order to do that I’d have to be a series regular’ and then Kripke said yes.
Misha then said he was nervous for contract renegotiations for the upcoming season, and he was fine for 6, but found out he got fired for season 7 when he went to visit the writers room in Cali while he was in town, and Gamble and Singer broke the news that he’s going to get killed off pretty early on and that he was fired.
It was then someway through the season that the network essentially called up Gamble and Singer like ‘hey killing that fan favorite character wasn’t permanent was it?’ and told them to bring Cas back.
It was after this that Misha felt that he had a place on the show and that he was truly part of it, and knew he could be on the show for as long as he wanted to be and was not at the risk of being fired. @mishacollins your fucking impact I love you so much.