When Jensen Ackles joined the cast of “Dark Angel” during the series’ second season, he didn’t have the cachet he’d later earn with his role as Dean Winchester on “Supernatural.” At the time, he was best known for playing Eric Brady on “Days of Our Lives,” and it seems that his soap star credentials didn’t impress Alba much. “She was horrible,” said Ackles in a 2022 appearance on the “Inside of You” podcast. He told host Michael Rosenbaum that he felt like Alba viewed him as nothing more than the network execs’ attempt to add some male eye candy to the show, and she didn’t try to disguise her displeasure with his presence. “I was the new kid on the block, and I got picked on by the lead … She had it out for me,” he continued. Ackles said that he decided to retaliate, and the show’s crew found the two actors’ sibling-like spats highly entertaining. “I was just like, ‘Oh, looks like we’re getting b***h Alba today. Everybody hang on to your nuts,'” he recalled.
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Ackles recounted how he’d have conversations with friends about Alba’s behavior, telling them, “I feel like I’m getting bullied here.” But one of his pals made him feel somewhat better by telling him that Alba likely found him intimidating, and, oddly enough, Ackles’ ripostes eventually earned him some modicum of respect from Alba. “But she didn’t make it easy on me,” he said.
