Gloss - Kevin Smith's TV debut

Television (Excerpts) – 1989

"I get around. I know everything. Except your name." Kevin Smith made his television debut (at least in a speaking part) on this episode from the third season of Gloss, playing smirking DJ and man-about-town Damien Vermeer. Keen to rise above his working class origins, the character sets his sights on rich brat Chelsea Redfern (Lisa Chappell) within moments of meeting her. Smith left work at Christchurch's Court theatre for the role, after the decision was made to up the show's male quotient. Mikey Havoc also appears in this scene, as a member of his real-life band Push Push.

Teen viewers, who last year wrote to TVNZ in their thousands asking to see more of themselves in Gloss, will get just that in the latest series. Maxine Redfern's daughter Chelsea (Lisa Chappell) has a whole bunch of new friends to play with . . . among them are two newcomers, Craig Parker and Kevin Smith, already being touted as the show's new sex symbols.
– Writer Claire Logan in OnFilm, August 1989, page 31 (volume 6, number 4)