Page 15 - Real Style February 2018

You maY recoGnize 35-year-old canadian actress kristin kreuk from tV shows like Smallville and Beauty and the Beast, where she played lana for eight years. however, it’s clear that the Vancouver-born star has de nitely grown up from her earlier days on the small screen. this season, fans of the homegrown beauty can see kreuk play corporate lawyer Joanna hanley in the new cBc drama Burden of Truth. kreuk stars opposite fellow canadian actor Peter mooney, who plays small town lawyer Billy crawford.
real style spoke with the co-stars at cBc’s Winter 2018 Press day in toronto recently, where kreuk and mooney spilled on their on-screen ex- periences. as Joanna, kreuk plays a small town transplant who leaves the Prairies and moves to toronto to pursue her career. meanwhile, mooney stars as a former high school classmate of kreuk’s character, who continues to live and practice in their hometown of millwood. When a group of young girls in town suddenly fall mysteriously ill, Joanna and Billy nd themselves in the middle of a strange new case.
aside from their new roles, kreuk and mooney also chatted about their experiences in canadian television over the past decades. as a seasoned actor who has also been on the screen for years, Winnipeg-born mooney is known for his roles in Rookie Blue and Republic of Doyle. “every time, i get a little less bad,” he tells us with a laugh, when we ask him about his growth as an actor. meanwhile, the equally humble kreuk looks back to her edgling years in the industry wistfully. “i started working when i was 17 years old, which was nearly 20 years ago. i started with no sense of what i was doing!” she says.
to learn more, check out our video interview with the two canadian stars. Fans can tune into Burden of Truth on Wednesday nights at 8 p.m. est.
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