Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki recall meeting for the first time in the Supernatural audition waiting room

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While waiting to audition 13 years ago, Ackles and Padalecki bonded as they realized they had a lot in common. “They brought us in," Ackles said on The Talk, "they had us read together in front of the executives, and then they asked us to step outside — and then they said, ‘We’re just gonna switch some things up, we want you to do something different… just kidding, you guys have the parts.”