The "Meet Kristin Kreuk" contest winner

I myself obviously am a songwriter/singer/ musician and also work in film sound recording/mixing, also have tried a little bit of acting. I went to an open casting call for a commercial in Vancouver and did pretty well. I got a call back, and went the following week. I thought it was fun, but not really a big career move for me. When I was at the studio, I was paired up with this girl named Grace. It turned out to be "Shannon" from Edgemont but I didn’t know at the time.

Anyhow, I didn’t get the part and that was the end. I went for a few more auditions after that, did one and I still don’t know what it was for, it was a really small part. So, I was watching "Romeo Must die" a little while later, and saw Grace again in the opening scene. I recognized her from the audition, so I watched the whole movie and later of the screen credits got a glance at her role and full name "Grace Park". So I did some internet surfing to see what else she had worked on which led me to the Edgemont site. I’ve been living in Vancouver all my life and had no idea that the show exited. I saw Graces bio and credits but moved on to Kristin Kreuk. She was out of this world. I definitely thought she was probably an accomplished actress and probably American, until I did some follow up on her and found that she is also from Vancouver, and graduated from a high school only 20min away from my high school, and attended high school at the same time I did. That was kind of cool. Obsessed or attached........not really, just curious I guess. So I began watching Edgemont and loved it. It’s a great show, very real. After that, there were promotions and small clips of a new show Smallville airing on the WB.I had no idea Kristin was a key role. I didn’t watch it until I accidentally switched it to the channel one day. It was the second episode of season one, and I saw Kristin. I thought, "No Way" It’s her. I’ve been watching both shows ever since.

I learned a little bit more about her, her life style, all the info from the net and thought wow, what a lucky girl. I was very pleased to see someone young like us succeed from Vancouver. She obviously my favorite actor and I knew that I would probably never meet her, not in a million years. AND, if I ever do, I would write a song for her. Not a love song expressing my love (that’s scary) but a song for her to always remind her who she is and how it feels to grow up in the lime light. I would periodically log on to the Edgemont website, applied a few times to work on set, as well as Smallville (It’s shot here as well) and came across a "Meet Kristin Kreuk" contest late last year. I said yah, I’ll enter just for the heck of it, but I don’t ever win anything, ever. So I did. It just asked 8 questions on a few episodes, and I’ve watched them all so I knew the answers.

Shortly after that, a few weeks, I received an email from the unit publicist (Jude Weir) (wife of Ian Weir the Creator) informing me that I won the contest. I just about had a heart attack. I thought it was a joke. I emailed Jude back with "you’ve gotta be joking" and she replied back with "No, you really one" I still have the email in my drafts folder. I knew this was my big chance, the one actress that I would ever want to meet, I could do it now AND, I could write my song. I had one month to do this, and prepare myself. I composed the entire arrangement in less then a week and had recorded it in my studio. With inspiration, it’s comes naturally. BUT, the lyrics were very difficult. I didn’t want to offend Kristin. In the duration of the production of the song, I emailed Jude just informing her that I was going to bring a gift for Kristin. Jude didn’t like the idea and insisted I give her an explanation. When I did, she agreed and was exited. (You’re the best Jude).I didn’t finish recording the lyrics until the day before I met Kristin (Dec 7th) I also entered the song in the 11th annual Canadian songwriting competition.

I went to CBC studios that evening and Jude met all the winners at the front of the building. We went down to the basement where the Edgemont studio was and there I saw her walking into her set. What a feeling. I didn’t loose it or anything, I kept my cool, I’m sure Kristin has enough of those fanatics! We ended watching them tape and episode from season 5 with P.J Prinsloo. But nobody talked to either of them. After the shoot, everybody went to the restaurant across the street and seated ourselves in the reserved area. And there she walked in, looking as conservative as Laurel and innocent as Lana. Wow. She sat at the "Head Table" with the crew the majority of the night but did come by to each of our tables.

I began to joke with her immediately:
Kristin: Is this seat taken?
Kevin: Yah. By you, it’s about time you came by.
Kristin: Okay (laughs)
Kevin: So, are you one of the actors on Edgemont?
Kristin: Yah, I am (laughs)
Kevin: Cool! I’m Kevin

And everybody else introduced themselves. We talked about work, school and a bunch of cool things. She looks awesome in real life; Edgemont and Smallville take away a lot!!!!! Trust Me! Anyhow, when we were all taken individually to take pics with Kristin, I brought the cd over and explained it to her. She was so surprised. I gave Jude a copy as well. She was stoked and said "That’s so cool, thanks, you’re so talented". I didn’t care what she said, as long as she had my..........her song. She promised shed listen to it and then we took our picture together.(http://www.edgemont.tv/backlot/gallery_pop.asp?id=115)

She left soon after that, we’ve all been together for a few hours already. It was surreal and a great feeling. My drive home that night was funny. I felt that after all that I accomplished nothing. I don’t know why, I wasn’t expecting anything. I guess all the hype and glory was gone. After that night, Kristin was still a big star making bigger career moves, and I was still same old Kevin, trying to get by as a Vancouverite! I felt better 2 weeks later, when in the mail I received the picture of Kristin and Myself, and she wrote on it. It said "Kevin, Thanks for the song, I loved it! Love Kristin" That helped me solidifies myself, and showed me to go on.............ill never forget the ultimate experience...

Kevin Prasad
Vancouver, British Columbia
kevinprasad@hotmail.com

To Listen to the song Kevin wrote (Click here)