September 11, 2024 • 6 mins
Actress Kristin Kreuk talks new show, 'Smallville' convention and more!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Come on with Mario Lopez.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
W and Mario Lopez joining me now on Zoom from
the new series Murder in a Small Town. Actress Kristin Krook,
Welcome to the show.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
How are you? Thank you? I am well. I am
in LA for the first time and I believe a decade.
So that's a trip, is that right? So wait a minute?
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Where Where's Where's home these days?
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Home these days is Vancouver. I was in Toronto for
like ten years. Yeah, and I just moved back a
couple of years ago, right after the pandemic. And it's
lovely being back on the West coast. But yeah, I
just I've never really lived in LA but I've you know, obviously,
I've come here a lot, but it's just it's been
a long time since I've had reason to come down here. Wow.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
So you fell in love with the city. It's a
great city. I spent a lot of time there too,
in Vancouver. Yes, yeah, when you were you were shooting
the show there.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
I'm assuming we shot Murder in a small Town in
like right outside of Vancouver, there's a there's an area
called the Sunshine Coast. I don't know if you've heard
of it, but it's this gorgeous spot that's like on
the highway up to Whistler, there's you take a little
fare and you go onto this peninsula and it's gorgeous
beaches and mountains and all of these like beautiful trees
(01:07):
and eagles and whales, and you know, it's kind of
like a majestic, gorgeous landscape.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Yeah, majestic is a good word to describe it. Well,
congrats on the show. What is a Murder in a
Small Town about?
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Yeah, Murder in Small Town's a detective show. It's a
murder mystery, and every episode ish there's a new kind
of murder in this town. And it's not like a
dark and twisty show. It's more of a like challenging
and interesting murder mystery. But it feels like a home
that you're coming to, like a community that you want
to be a part of. And at the heart of
(01:41):
the show is a love story between Carl Alberg and
the character I play, Cassandra Lee, who's a librarian in
the community.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Oh, you're a librarian, so you're not one of the detectives.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
No, no detectives for me. No, I don't have to
do any of the exposition. It's amazing.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
So there's a murder a week. That's a lot for
a small town.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
Yeah, exactly, it is little town. Yes, it's a violent town,
but it's not it's funny, you know, like when you
watch a lot of shows that are that are murder
mystery shows, there is like a conceit that these things
happen and it's not like a big deal. It's not like,
what is happening in this town. It's sort of in
my mind it lives as a fantasy element something that
(02:21):
is there, but isn't you know, like what is this
onslaught of murder? It's just not really what it is.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
No, I'm a big fan of murder mysteries. And there's
a crime doc on every night at Cosa Lopez. So yes,
oh yeah, somebody's got to be getting whacked to go
to bed over here. And this is based on a
series of novels, right, Yes, were these books on your
radar at all before?
Speaker 1 (02:44):
No? No, listen. These books came out in the eighties
and they they took place in this community on the
Sunshine Coast, written by a woman named L. R. Wright,
and they were optioned I believe almost like thirty years
ago originally, and indeed Donald Sutherland was attached to play
was attached to be a part of the original movie
(03:05):
that they Hadna yeah, a fellow Canadian. Yes, And so
this is the TV show that took this long to
end up in this incarnation. So they're rereleasing the books.
I did part of an audio book, so there's a
whole bunch of stuff for people to read.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Oh that's cool.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's exciting.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Yeah. And also coming up at October, you're attending a
convention dedicated exclusively to Smallville. I got to those are fun.
I'm sure you're gonna have like a good time.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Did you shoot that in Vancouver as well? Was that
in Canada?
Speaker 1 (03:37):
We did? We shot in Vancouver. I got to live
at my parents and my dad used to drive me
to work.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Oh wow, so you're you're you're born and raiser.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Born and raised in Vancouver, left to Toronto, came back
to Vancouver.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Yeah wow, that's wild right there, that you've managed to
stay in your hometown during that.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
I know, I'm so lucky. It doesn't happen very often,
but I'm so so lucky. Yes, we have October, we
have a full convention. First time we're doing just a
smallville convention. It's in New Jersey. It'll be it'll be Mayhem.
I'm Michael Rosenbaum, who played Lex Luthor is a trip.
So they're always a good time for people.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Yeah, yeah, no, I'm sure it's going to be a
good time. Do you still keep in touch pretty often
with the other castmates or is it sort of like
when you went to school people you see them when
you can see him and catch up. No.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
I mean because of these this convention circuit that a
lot of us are a part of, we see each
other fairly often. But I've become quite close with Erica Durance,
who played Lois Lane on the show. We both live
in the same city, so we didn't really get to
work together on the series, but we get to see
each other now, and she's become a real like bosom friend,
(04:44):
you know. I love her to pieces. And it's because
of that time that we spent on the show, but
also this time that we spend in the convention circuit
that that we've been able to become so close. But yes,
I know them better now that I knew them back
in two thousand and five or whatever.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
It was yeah, oh wow, time was b quick.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Right, there doesn't it me?
Speaker 2 (05:03):
It surely does. Well, that's great. Everything seems to be
going great professionally. What about social life? You haven't fun
anyone special?
Speaker 1 (05:11):
Yeah, social life's fine. You know, I'm not super social.
I am a reader and spend a lot of my
time reading books. I also, I mean, I don't know
if discounts as a social life. But I got my
bachelor's degree recently, so oh good for you. But yeah,
so I went back to school and I did that.
I did it virtually and it was incredible. But yes,
(05:34):
my social life involves a lot of being in my
head and going hiking.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
I respect that, and that's admirable that you went back
to get your very cool, very impressive. Well listen, congrats
again on the show, and be sure to check out
Murder in a Small Town. It is premiering September twenty
fourth on Fox. Kristin, thanks for hanging out.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
Thanks so much, Mario, have a good day, Okay, you too,
take care. Hey bye. Wow with Mario Lopez
Come on with Mario Lopez.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
W and Mario Lopez joining me now on Zoom from
the new series Murder in a Small Town. Actress Kristin Krook,
Welcome to the show.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
How are you? Thank you? I am well. I am
in LA for the first time and I believe a decade.
So that's a trip, is that right? So wait a minute?
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Where Where's Where's home these days?
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Home these days is Vancouver. I was in Toronto for
like ten years. Yeah, and I just moved back a
couple of years ago, right after the pandemic. And it's
lovely being back on the West coast. But yeah, I
just I've never really lived in LA but I've you know, obviously,
I've come here a lot, but it's just it's been
a long time since I've had reason to come down here. Wow.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
So you fell in love with the city. It's a
great city. I spent a lot of time there too,
in Vancouver. Yes, yeah, when you were you were shooting
the show there.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
I'm assuming we shot Murder in a small Town in
like right outside of Vancouver, there's a there's an area
called the Sunshine Coast. I don't know if you've heard
of it, but it's this gorgeous spot that's like on
the highway up to Whistler, there's you take a little
fare and you go onto this peninsula and it's gorgeous
beaches and mountains and all of these like beautiful trees
(01:07):
and eagles and whales, and you know, it's kind of
like a majestic, gorgeous landscape.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Yeah, majestic is a good word to describe it. Well,
congrats on the show. What is a Murder in a
Small Town about?
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Yeah, Murder in Small Town's a detective show. It's a
murder mystery, and every episode ish there's a new kind
of murder in this town. And it's not like a
dark and twisty show. It's more of a like challenging
and interesting murder mystery. But it feels like a home
that you're coming to, like a community that you want
to be a part of. And at the heart of
(01:41):
the show is a love story between Carl Alberg and
the character I play, Cassandra Lee, who's a librarian in
the community.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Oh, you're a librarian, so you're not one of the detectives.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
No, no detectives for me. No, I don't have to
do any of the exposition. It's amazing.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
So there's a murder a week. That's a lot for
a small town.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
Yeah, exactly, it is little town. Yes, it's a violent town,
but it's not it's funny, you know, like when you
watch a lot of shows that are that are murder
mystery shows, there is like a conceit that these things
happen and it's not like a big deal. It's not like,
what is happening in this town. It's sort of in
my mind it lives as a fantasy element something that
(02:21):
is there, but isn't you know, like what is this
onslaught of murder? It's just not really what it is.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
No, I'm a big fan of murder mysteries. And there's
a crime doc on every night at Cosa Lopez. So yes,
oh yeah, somebody's got to be getting whacked to go
to bed over here. And this is based on a
series of novels, right, Yes, were these books on your
radar at all before?
Speaker 1 (02:44):
No? No, listen. These books came out in the eighties
and they they took place in this community on the
Sunshine Coast, written by a woman named L. R. Wright,
and they were optioned I believe almost like thirty years
ago originally, and indeed Donald Sutherland was attached to play
was attached to be a part of the original movie
(03:05):
that they Hadna yeah, a fellow Canadian. Yes, And so
this is the TV show that took this long to
end up in this incarnation. So they're rereleasing the books.
I did part of an audio book, so there's a
whole bunch of stuff for people to read.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Oh that's cool.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's exciting.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Yeah. And also coming up at October, you're attending a
convention dedicated exclusively to Smallville. I got to those are fun.
I'm sure you're gonna have like a good time.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Did you shoot that in Vancouver as well? Was that
in Canada?
Speaker 1 (03:37):
We did? We shot in Vancouver. I got to live
at my parents and my dad used to drive me
to work.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Oh wow, so you're you're you're born and raiser.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Born and raised in Vancouver, left to Toronto, came back
to Vancouver.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Yeah wow, that's wild right there, that you've managed to
stay in your hometown during that.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
I know, I'm so lucky. It doesn't happen very often,
but I'm so so lucky. Yes, we have October, we
have a full convention. First time we're doing just a
smallville convention. It's in New Jersey. It'll be it'll be Mayhem.
I'm Michael Rosenbaum, who played Lex Luthor is a trip.
So they're always a good time for people.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Yeah, yeah, no, I'm sure it's going to be a
good time. Do you still keep in touch pretty often
with the other castmates or is it sort of like
when you went to school people you see them when
you can see him and catch up. No.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
I mean because of these this convention circuit that a
lot of us are a part of, we see each
other fairly often. But I've become quite close with Erica Durance,
who played Lois Lane on the show. We both live
in the same city, so we didn't really get to
work together on the series, but we get to see
each other now, and she's become a real like bosom friend,
(04:44):
you know. I love her to pieces. And it's because
of that time that we spent on the show, but
also this time that we spend in the convention circuit
that that we've been able to become so close. But yes,
I know them better now that I knew them back
in two thousand and five or whatever.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
It was yeah, oh wow, time was b quick.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Right, there doesn't it me?
Speaker 2 (05:03):
It surely does. Well, that's great. Everything seems to be
going great professionally. What about social life? You haven't fun
anyone special?
Speaker 1 (05:11):
Yeah, social life's fine. You know, I'm not super social.
I am a reader and spend a lot of my
time reading books. I also, I mean, I don't know
if discounts as a social life. But I got my
bachelor's degree recently, so oh good for you. But yeah,
so I went back to school and I did that.
I did it virtually and it was incredible. But yes,
(05:34):
my social life involves a lot of being in my
head and going hiking.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
I respect that, and that's admirable that you went back
to get your very cool, very impressive. Well listen, congrats
again on the show, and be sure to check out
Murder in a Small Town. It is premiering September twenty
fourth on Fox. Kristin, thanks for hanging out.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
Thanks so much, Mario, have a good day, Okay, you too,
take care. Hey bye. Wow with Mario Lopez
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