{"id":2362,"date":"2026-06-23T23:38:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T23:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2362"},"modified":"2026-06-23T23:38:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T23:38:05","slug":"off-campus-star-stephen-kalyn-takes-you-behind-the-scenes-of-his-calvin-klein-inspired-verizon-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2362","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Off Campus\u2019 Star Stephen Kalyn Takes You Behind-the-Scenes of His Calvin Klein-Inspired Verizon Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n<em>Off Campus<\/em> star Stephen Kalyn is starring in a new Verizon ad. <\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe brand released a one minute spot \u201cSimplicity is Sexy\u201d Tuesday morning, marking Kalyn\u2019s first major brand deal since the release of the popular college-set romance series. \u201cIt was a little nerve-wracking at first but once I get onto the groove of things, it\u2019s so much fun,\u201d Kalyn tells <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> on a recent call about the experience. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2360\">\u2018Obsession\u2019 Star Cooper Tomlinson Pulls Back the Curtain on the Cinematic Phenomenon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cDoing a commercial is so different from doing what I do naturally, so I didn\u2019t know that world as much,\u201d he says. \u201cNow, I am happy I got to do it with Verizon. It\u2019s so different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe black and white spot plays off some of the iconic Calvin Klein ads \u2014 the actor mentions a specific Aaron Taylor-Johnson ad that served as inspiration for him. Verizon also brought in director Bardia Zeinali, who directed the Calvin Klein\u2019s Deal with It campaign to bring the vision to life.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn the newly released spot, which is meant to highlight the company\u2019s newly launched Simplicity plan, a blonde Kalyn tells the camera in voiceover, \u201cIt\u2019s you. It\u2019s only you. You\u2019re the one.\u201d The sultry music of INXS\u2019 \u201dNever Tear Us Apart\u201d soundtracked Kalyn\u2019s speech about being done with the noise and the games, as he dances around and even tosses his white tank top toward the camera. <\/p>\n<p>\n\tKalyn, who saw a cut of the video before this conversation, couldn\u2019t get over how \u201ccool\u201d it was. The <em>Off Campus<\/em> actor said the director, who shot the spot on film, cranked a song of Kalyn\u2019s choice \u2014 \u201cHey Hey What Can I Do\u201d by Led Zeppelin \u2014 and let him go. \u201cYou know when you\u2019re listening to your song and you\u2019re in the privacy of your own home?\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cYou can kind of just let loose and think to yourself, \u2018Oh God, I really hope nobody would ever see me doing that in public.\u2019 That\u2019s kind of how I was feeling,\u201d Kalyn says jokingly. \u201cThere was a peak moment where I forgot everybody was there, and I was in the zone and locked in and just focused.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\n\tHe adds, \u201cThat moment, running around dancing in my leather pants, was probably my favorite part.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tHis family and friends got a kick out of seeing the actor in this new light. \u201cI showed it to Victoria, my fianc\u00e9e, and she was like, \u2018Get home right now,\u2019\u201d he says laughing. \u201cShe loved it. She thought it was great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2358\">Raven, RuPaul\u2019s Emmy-Winning Makeup Artist, to Compete on \u2018Drag Race Down Under vs The World\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tVerizon has leaned into these celebrity spots in the recent months. Earlier this year, <em>Heated Rivalry<\/em> star Connor Storrie starred in a short film spot for the company directed by Nia DaCosta. \u201cWe set out to blend nostalgia with current zeitgeist, and partnering with Stephen and Director Bardia Zeinali brought that vision to life,\u201d the company\u2019s CMO Leslie Berland in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tKalyn had his breakout role last month in the hit Prime Video series <em>Off Campus<\/em>. The 28-year-old Canadian actor plays Dean Di Laurentis in the series. He\u2019s set to lead the second season alongside his co-star and onscreen love interest Mika Abdalla, which is filming now in Vancouver.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve been very, very busy. Long, long days on set. I\u2019m there pretty much every day,\u201d he says of the progress of filming season two. But make no mistake, he\u2019s not complaining and can\u2019t stop expressing how happy he is to be there. <\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe shooting schedule, going from a supporting character in season one to a leading character in season two, has been a bit of an adjust, he says. \u201cAfter the second week, you hit a bit of a crash for a minute and you just need a quick little revival. I was speaking to Louisa [Levy] about it. She\u2019s not only a great showrunner but just a supportive person,\u201d Kalyn says. \u201cHer and I would chat and pick me back up again, if I was ever crashing out a bit or just getting a little tired.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tA little over a month out from the release of <em>Off Campus<\/em>, Kalyn is genuinely grateful for the opportunities the show has provided him. \u201cIt\u2019s such a privilege to be able to do these kind of shoots and to work on commercials and ads,\u201d he says. He jokes that he\u2019s been seeing Verizon\u2019s other ads with Storrie, Mike Meyers and Kevin Hart pop up on his feeds these days and can\u2019t quite comprehend he\u2019s also doing these. <\/p>\n<p>\n\tAs for the rest of Kalyn\u2019s year? \u201cSuccess. Success. Success,\u201d he manifests. \u201cHopefully more and more opportunities to work and to do really cool movies. I\u2019d love to jump onto another project maybe a month after wrapping [<em>Off Campus<\/em> season two], but we\u2019ll see what\u2019s in store.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2356\">Daryl Hall Reveals He Got a Kidney Transplant: \u201cI\u2019m Already Starting to Feel Better\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Off Campus\u2019 star Stephen Kalyn is dishing on his new Verizon ad and updating on how filming for season two of the Prime Video series is going.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[674,737,1919],"class_list":["post-2362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-off-campus","tag-stephen-kalyn","tag-verizon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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