“I haven’t had the time to have the relationship that I have built with Jared [Padalecki], obviously, and Misha [Collins], or Mark Pelligrino,” said Ackles. “But, I knew him well enough to know he wasn’t an idiot, and he was a respectful guy, and he was careful, and he was conscious about what he was doing.”

When Ackles found out Calvert would, in fact, be driving #1, the car he drives, he knew he had to take action. He told the stunt coordinator he wanted to take Calvert for a driving lesson.

“The first thing I asked Alex was, ‘What are you driving?’ Because I wanted to know what kind of car he was used to driving. And it was not a car that was anything close to the car that he would be driving,” said Ackles, pointing out just how large the engine of the Impala is.

“So I was like, ‘I want you to get in the car, and I want to sit next to you,'” recounted Ackles. “And so he and I took off. And I would say he was very safe. It was almost like … it was weird. It almost felt like a driver’s ed class, or course. And I was like, ‘Make a left here. Keep your hands on the wheel. Keep your hands on the wheel.’ But, it was like a father teaching his son how to drive. He did great. It was awesome. I never felt bad. It was a fun scene to shoot.”

And the finished product ended up as one of the best scenes of the season thus far…