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Jensen Ackles is one of the actors who was a frequent face on The CW, before he became the face ofSupernaturalwith Jared Padalecki. One of the shows that the actor was on before his explosive fame wasDark Angel, a show created by James Cameron.

Jensen Ackles and Jessica Alba in Dark Angel

The show’s main lead was Jessic Alba, who essayed the role of Susan Storm in Tim Story’sFantastic Fourduology. Speaking on theInside of You with Michael Rosenbaum, Jessen Ackles revealed that Jessica Alba might not have been the best co-star, and infact he had a terrible time on set with her.

Jensen Ackles got picked on by Jessica Alba on the set ofDark Angel

Speaking on theInside of Youpodcast, Jensen Ackles unweiled the shocking revealtion that his time on set with Jessica Alba as not as great as what some fans might have perceived. According to Ackles, “It was horrible.“

He reported:

I love Jess, which I know, kinda conradicts what I just said. She was under an immense amount of pressure on that show. She was young. She was in a relationship , and that was rocky, and causing some undue stress on set. And I was like the new, new fresh face on the set, who wasn’t really there in season one. I came in for one episode and then they wrote me in as a series regular on season 2. And I was just kind of, I was the new kid on the block, and I got picked by the lead.

Jessica Alba had just broken into the science fiction scene with Dark Angel, and it seems that while she had a good relationship with Jensen Ackles, sometimes her jokes, antics and pranks got out of hand, at least from Jensen Ackles’ point of view.

Jessica Alba in Dark Angel

Jensen Ackles was also horrible to Jessica Alba on set

While there was a lot of instances whenJessica Albamade Jensen Ackles the butt of the joke, Ackles revealed that he decided to be a pain in her neck as well. The actor revealed that at times he referred to the actress, in front of her, as “B*tch Alba” , in front of the rest of the crew. Ackles described this kind of ribbing as ‘bickering between siblings’ , indicating that while it might have been hurtful, it was all in good faith.

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Jensen Ackles, as he revealed on the podcast, was very considerate of the the pressures that Alba was under, while he did describe it as horrible, the actor also said that he was very fond of the actress, and there does not seem to be any ill will between the co-stars.

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