Backstreet bride films for movie in Cleveland

Back - Index - Submissions - - What is RSS? Date: Sep 21, 2000 Source: Cleveland, OH Plain Dealer on 9/20/00 Submitted By: Kwamz@aol.com Wednesday, September 20, 2000 By JANE SCOTT THE PLAIN DEALER She was an actress in Disney World’s "The Beauty and the Beast" stage show. Kevin Richardson was a mutant turtle in the park’s street show based on the "The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle" movie. "But we really met in the employee cafeteria," said the former Kristin Willits, who became Mrs. Kevin Richardson in July. You’ve guessed it. Kevin is a member of the world’s most successful boy band, the Backstreet Boys, the first in the group to get married. "They’re recording a new album now," Kristin said. But blond Kristin Richardson, a performing-arts college major originally from Overland, Kan., is busy, too, though you may not recognize her. "I’ll be wearing a big black wig. I play a heavy-metal band groupie in [the movie] So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll Star,’" she said. Richardson said the film is due out in February. Meantime, she was in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood Sunday shooting a trailer for an upcoming Cleveland independent film, "Soupernatural," written and being directed by Clevelander Julie Matthews and produced by Candlejump Productions. Kristin plays a reporter. She really was on the staff of her school paper but just briefly, she said. She and her husband were in Midtown, Ga., on Sept. 2 for the marriage of his cousin and fellow Backstreet Boy Brian Littrell to actress Leighanne Wallace. Others in "Soupernatural" will be dc Talk lead singer Kevin Max, actress Pamela Sue Martin of "Dynasty;" Lou Ferrigno of "The Incredible Hulk," Ronnie Schell of "Gomer Pyle" fame and Pat Priest and Butch Patrick of "The Munsters". Comment on this item. Next Item: Backstreet Boys To Get "Black And Blue" On New LP Prev Item: Backstreet Boys Prep For Video Shoot