2002 TV News Archives

Kristin Kreuk

March 8, 2002: Globe and Mail Talks With Kristin Kreuk

In an article titled "Almost Famous", Kristin Kreuk talked with Globe and Mail reporter Alexandra Gill about her role as Lana Lang in "Smallville". Here's an excerpt from the article...

Two years ago, Kristin Kreuk was just a regular Vancouver teen. Two TV series and a movie later, her face is everywhere. She tells ALEXANDRA GILL about her meteoric rise.

VANCOUVER -- A gorgeous young woman with long dark hair and sizzling almond eyes sits in the window of a Hastings Street coffee shop. Several businessmen walking by turn and stare.

There is, however, a distinct difference between a stolen glance of admiration and the double take of a star gazer. And this afternoon in Vancouver, nobody appears to have recognized 19-year-old Kristin Kreuk -- one of the fastest rising It girls on TV. Mind you, that's likely because most of the teenagers who watch Smallville, WB's critically acclaimed young Superman series in which Kreuk plays Lana Lang, the object of Clark Kent's unrequited affections, are still in school.

"I wouldn't say it happens a lot, but I do get recognized," says the Vancouver-born Kreuk. "People don't usually come up and talk to me, but I sometimes hear whispers. My friend's car got towed the other day. The guys at the lot recognized me and I signed some autographs. That was kind of strange. But I don't think it will ever be a major issue. I mean, I'll never be like Julia Roberts."

Never say never. Two years ago, Kreuk was a regular teenager, plucked from her Grade 12 drama class to audition for the CBC series Edgemont, which was later picked up by Fox. This time last year, she was named by Entertainment Weekly as One to Watch. Over the next few months, her freshly scrubbed face will be everywhere.

The barrage begins with tomorrow's cover of Rolling Stone magazine, on which Kreuk will appear with her co-stars from Smallville, followed by an upcoming article in People magazine. On March 17, she appears in the lead role of the Hallmark Entertainment TV movie Snow White. In May, she will be profiled in Seventeen magazine. The next month, Teen People touts her as one of the 25 hottest stars under 25. By then, the ad campaign launching Kreuk as the new face of Neutrogena soap will be plastered all across the glossy pages of fashion magazines. She also has her very own DC Comics action figure coming soon.

Read the complete article at the Globe and Mail website.



2002 Television News

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