ArtView February 2016 | Page 15

With Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles in a scene from the Plush episode of Supernatural given project, it requires our complete surrender to the process and the project - as was my recent experience working on the hit TV series, Supernatural. For me, 20-year-old Minnesota Tech college student Kylie Jennings was the „right character‟. I received the wonderful phone call from my agent letting me know that I had been cast to play Kylie in the episode entitled Plush, and before long I was in having my wardrobe fittings. I spent the next couple of weeks doing those top-secret actor-y things we actors do – script analysis, scene breakdowns, character development – all in preparation for my guest role on Supernatural. I ended up taking some much needed time off from my part-time jobs in order to be fully prepared for the role. Despite the tremendous amount of work I did in anticipation, it still didn‟t feel like enough when my first day on set finally arrived. I remember sitting in the Hair and Make-Up trailer while a wonderful artist worked to make me camera ready, when both Jared and Jensen walked in. I had been running my lines all morning, mentally and emotionally preparing myself for the upcoming scene, but when they walked in I had a very surreal moment… I In costume on the set of Supernatural