Got a haunting problem and you’re not sure what to do? There is no need to panic, the Ghostfacers are here to help!

Supernatural fans first met AJ Buckley (Ed Zeddmore) and Travis Wester (Harry Spangler), the quirky duo, on

March 30th, 2006 in the Supernatural episode, “Hell House.” Almost immediately the charismatic team of off the wall,

bumbling ghost-hunters won over the hearts of fans all across the globe. Fans were thrilled to see the Ghostfacers

return in season three in the episode, rightly entitled, “Ghostfacers,” where we find our hilarious duo hunting the

ghost of the Morton house. As is expected with this unique pair of individuals, they find themselves in a bit over their

heads and must look to Sam and Dean Winchester to help them out of another ghostly bind and fans loved every

minute of it. However, the moment that sealed the deal for the fans’ love of the Ghostfacers was in season four 

episode 17, “It’s a Terrible Life.” Here we find the tables have turned and our everyday heroes, Sam and Dean, must

now turn to the Ghostfacers for help. Buckley and Wester’s convincing and lovable portrayal of know-it-all ghost

hunters created two characters that will not soon be forgotten by fans, while Buckley and Wester themselves have

become a highlight at many of the Supernatural conventions. Fans line up one by one waiting to get their picture

taken with the two silliest and somehow incredibly cool Ghostfacers around. The laughter roaring out of the

ballrooms during the Q&As with Buckley and Wester can be heard from miles away and fans who have not yet

entered the ballroom know that upon hearing that laughter the Ghostfacers have taken the stage.



Following the return of the Ghostfacers in season four of Supernatural, it was clear that it was only a matter of time

before the duo had their own series. Fans waited, somewhat impatiently, for any news as to whether or not the

fantastic pair they had come to love would develop their own series. Finally, after months of waiting, the answer

they had been hoping for came: the Ghostfacers would be starring in their very own web-series premiering on

CWTV.com. The Conzine was lucky enough to spend some time chatting with AJ Buckley and Travis Wester about

their upcoming web-series and the process of filming. We also found out some of their favorite moments from filming.

Here is what they had to say:



CONZINE: Even though Jared and Jensen are the main characters of the show, the Ghost Facers have spawned

a huge fan base all their own…what has the experience with the fans been like for you guys since your first

appearance on the show?

TRAVIS WESTER:It’s been phenomenal. We were excited to do it so just sort of as actors and creative people it was such a great environment to be working in and we were really super excited and so for us it was just a phenomenal experience and then to come to find out that other people other than us were excited about it to was just really rewarding and gratifying and kind of a relief to be honest. We all kind of knew we were rolling the dice, especially the guys over at Supernatural Ben Edlund and Eric Kripke and everyone over there. They really kind of had to go back and fourth with the network a little bit to get clearance for this show  idea because it was just kind of out there. We all kind of knew, as Eric Kripke said, it was either going to work really well or  flat on its face. I think it is probably one thing if you’re an actor and you get a cool role that you’re excited about and you’re on a show and that show develops a following and people want to hear what you have to say about what it was like to play the role, but I think for us it is slightly different in as much we really feel that we were brought into the process and it was a gift that we were given which was to sort of become a part of the creative process. For the fans to be excited about it I think perhaps we might take a little more pride in that than we would otherwise because it’s a part of our efforts to so its even more gratifying.
AJ BUCKLEY:  It broke the mold so much. I think a lot of the Ghost Facer experience has been like that. Even when we were going to crash the panel at comic con, he had said that too, “this is either going to work or this is going to bomb.  So its just going to be one or the other and so far we’ve been pretty lucky, pretty fortunate that the fans have embraced us. Truthfully they really have, we’re here and getting to continue what both Travis and I have considered a dream role and dream situation, you kind of think about these moments if you were ever given and opportunity as an actor, writer director, to be like be in such a free creative space and it has a lot to do 99.5% with their belief in us and their continued support.
CZ: You’ve taken part in a few of the Supernatural conventions in the past and I know you’re attending a few of the upcoming ones as well; what is your favorite part about being guests at the conventions?

AJ: The fans. It’s like the grass roots you get to see. I can’t wait to go to a con after they have seen the stuff to see what they thought. We had a really cool experience when we were in London and we decided let’s shoot an actual GF episode there on our own, bring our camera. T and I flew out a couple of camera guys, we wrote an actual episode of us going to the Royal Paranormal society in York. We sort of used the convention as the Paranormal society. The characters within the con became extras. We shot on Halloween for 4 hours with them; it was so much fun; they got so into it. We literally said the best extras I have ever worked with in my life. Hopefully down the road that stuff will come out at some point. We got some funny, we had no permits, just on the fly in the rain. Travis fell into the river. The river Ooze. Might be one of the funniest pieces ever. He had the head cam on and we were on a ghost hunt, kind of improving. Travis ran down the stairs full of slime, he hit the stairs and fell into the river. He got it on his head cam. It is quite possibly the funniest piece of footage we have. The great part too was Travis came out and we didn’t cut. In character he is waste deep covered in Ooze and we just kept filming. I think with the characters, they are very approachable characters, we are just average people, J&J are two of the biggest people, they’re giants but when we hang out with them there is a different approach. I feel there is a different connection we have because we kind of blend in.

TRAVIS: There was an incredible undertow, come to find out later had a plunged all the way in I would have been gone. We didn’t cut I came out in character. It was raining and I had to walk all the way back to the hotel. I think for us to the nature of GF, the way the initial GF episode was portrayed on supernatural, I think our natural instinct is to carry that idea over to the con. I think for us as an ongoing objective is to try to turn the con experience into something more meta, put our own GF twist on it. For me personally that’s the funniest part, York is gonna be hard to beat.
CZ: What was it like filming the “Ghost Facers” episode? What was your favorite part about the filming process for it?
TRAVIS: It was all hands on deck the whole way.
AJ: The biggest thing there was, you caught at a really interesting time because we just delivered the final product to Warner Brothers and Eric Kripke this week. In looking back when we first went into the series itself and the mountains we had to climb, we have very strict parameters we had to stay in with time and budget and when we had to do it and deliver and what we had to do as a team. Everybody across the board has just really sort of put a lot of care time and energy and love and passion into it. And watching the final cut before we sent it out, we were all in the editing room on wed and we all kind of looked around the room and we were like man I am really proud of this an whatever happens from here, we all had insane moments together when we wanted to kill each other and moments where celebrating with the great shots we got. I think the difference for us between the big show and the web series was, on the big show there wasn’t as much pressure, we weren’t wearing as many hats. I think we were such a micro crew of people that had to make this little show feel like a big show in a very limited amount of time and I think purely the passion and the love for everyone who has worked on this project. We had people that came because they loved the GhostFacers and they wanted to be a part of it they weren’t getting paid they were just volunteering. Our wardrobe lady was our set designer. Everybody had to carry a huge load. Truthfully the friendship, the bond getting through this as a team whatever happens from here happens, it was an incredible growing experience for all of us. It really pushed us physically and mentally right to the edge of how much did you love this project. I’d do it again in a heartbeat.
CZ: If you could ask the Ghost Facers fans a question what would it be?
AJ: Would Harry look good with a beard?
TRAVIS:  What brings you into that GF world and what takes you out of it? What do you like best? Like least? Would Ed look good clean shaven?
CZ: Can you tell me a little bit about what is next for our favorite Ghost Facers? Is the web series going to be an on going story line or something completely different every time?
AJ: Travis and I have our shirt off in every scene. Shirtless in every scene. Every scene pull ups and I’m doing jumping jacks and pull ups and you’re (to Travis) doing a lot of push ups and sit ups like Rocky style. We touched at comic con the first time I was there that the Ghost Facers are into GMA (Ghost Marshall Arts) so there is some GMA in there. I think they are in for a treat/ It’s got heart, suspense it has all the right elements, we think.  I think definitely watch in a dark room with the music loud, you’ll be scared. If you were to play start to finish it would be 30 minutes of television. For us Kripke it is like your dad saying “good game son I’m proud of you.” It’s the weight of what it did. We get more nervous sending anything to Kripke even before the series when we were just writing and shooting on our own, anything we wrote we’d send to Kripke he is such a great leader. He has such a way of building confidence in his people, even the criticism he gets its a great leaping board to dig deeper into the story. It’s been a great pleasure working with him.
TRAVIS: We told our agent “we’re going shirtless” I’m pretty sure we do a lot of pull ups. I’m doing a lot of squats and lunges and working on my hamstring. We just do a lot of light saber battles and I think there is a kung-fu fighter. I think it’s one story but it is serialized so there is a number of different episodes, but it isn’t a different ghost every segment. There is one story we tell over the course of these different episodes. Essentially it is a 30 minute show. Not to pat ourselves on the back but everyone from Kripke on down have said what they seen has really captured the essence of the GF episodes. Kripke said he was proud of this piece in his SPN universe. Having said that if you’re a fan of SPN I think it says a lot that Kripke has said this is a part of the SPN world. This is something we have wanted to do since the first 30 seconds of being on set.
CZ: You did some writing and directing for the series? How was that for you?
AJ: There are four of us, it was split up into different episodes. When we got onto set we divided up how, we were all wearing different hats. Sometimes Travis and I would be in the scene so we couldn’t direct, there weren’t any specific episodes that somebody directed but if someone was more heavy in one scene then Travis would get behind the camera and be aware of what is going on and then vice versa which I’ve said a bunch of times before which was kind of a cool experience as actors it kind of you don’t really got up to fellow actors and give them directions, its just not what you do but, it was really a humbling experience. You had to be open to this is where it is coming from. It was a really open and creative space which was a lot of fun but you had to go in with that mind set you couldn’t be too tunnel vision. Different scenes, like special effects, Todd stepped up and took over. Everybody fell into their place, it definitely did have hiccup day, there wasn’t any sort of ill will. It was “how do we make this work in the best way possible” in a limited amount of time we have.
TRAVIS: The other side of that, things couldn’t be too, we had to be all conscious of too many cooks in the kitchen. We were just blessed of everyone just being on the same page creatively. During the writing process we all recognized what the good ideas were and what the bad ideas were, we didn’t disagree or go back and forth about how things should be put together. So when we got on set there wasn’t a lot of “oh do this, oh don’t do that that’s crazy” If someone said something the likelihood is someone would say oh yeah that’s right do that.