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