Huge Kevin Smith fan, but he didn’t ask to be on the show. He didn’t watch it until afterhe did his cameo and then he loved it. He talks a lot about it in one of his books, a compilation of his blog posts he later buys the dvds and binges them, loves it and I believe gets the season 2 episodes before they air, but I could be wrong about that
Originally posted by Kevin Smith at SilentBobSpeaks.com (http://www.silentbobspeaks.com)(his online journal).
I head over to the set of the UPN series “Veronica Mars”.
Dan Etheridge (the priest in the opening scene of “Dogma”, as well as the voice of Mr. Plug) is the producer on “Veronica”, and he’s asked me to do a cameo in the second episode of the new season. Because the dude’s such an excellent friend (and because I’m a total whore who likes to see his fat self on TV), I jump at the chance to play, of all things, a convenience store employee.
I hang out with Dan a bit, meet the episode’s writer Diane, then shoot the scene with Veronica Mars herself, Kristin Bell. The whole day lasts about five hours, and I have a blast doing it.