Jensen Ackles recently spilled the tea about collaborating with Eric Dane on their upcoming show Countdown, and he was totally fanboying.
During a chat with PEOPLE that dropped on June 19, Ackles called Dane an absolute โtotal studโ and praised his commanding yet understated presence.
Both Dane and Ackles attended the premiereโs red carpet. This was Daneโs first appearance on a red carpet since revealing his ALS diagnosis in April.

โ[Eric] has such a command of scenes and the set just in his stillness and how just his quiet leadership, and itโs something that he brings from off set too,โ Ackles, 47, shared.
โI mean, he does that when the cameras arenโt rolling.โ
Ackles couldnโt stop gushing about how Daneโs leadership style left a major impression. โThereโs just a quiet leadership to [Eric] that I truly learned from. So to get to mix it up with [him] on screen, I had to bring it,โ he added.

Countdown, a fresh Prime Video crime drama, hits screens Wednesday, June 25. The series follows Ackles as LAPD detective Mark Meachum joining forces with Special Agent Nathan Blythe, played by Dane, to head up a task force after a Homeland Security officerโs murder.
The showโs mastermind, Derek Haas, was equally blown away by Dane.

โIf you spend five minutes with that guy, he is a leader. Heโs very intelligent,โ Haas told PEOPLE.
โHe also, when he walks into a room, every head turns his way. And when he speaks, you close your mouth and you listen.โ
Haas explained how Daneโs natural presence shaped the character.

โThatโs really what I was going for with Nathan Blythe โฆ when you do a television show, as opposed to a limited series or a movie, you really start to merge the actor and their own personality with the character that you wrote.โ