I want to eat doubles

Jordan, who plays tech genius Winslow “Winn” Schott, Jr on the popular television series Supergirl, was the “meet and greet” celebrity for the opening day of the festival on Friday which was held at Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s.

Sunday Newsday asked Jordan how he was enjoying his first visit to this country.

He responded: “It’s great so far. I’ve only been here for about a day. Mostly seen the hotel. Started to travel around a bit but then we got a bit lost. We’ve mostly been here doing events for Decibel.” He said the festival experience has been “great.” “Everybody’s like really fun and super nice.

And everybody seems really excited which is nice energy to be around. And we’re just having fun.” Asked about the question and answer session with local fans Jordan said he had never done anything like that.

“The fact that they got to stay behind and chat for a bit was super cool.

You don’t generally get that sort of thing.” Asked if he was surprised by the fervour of the local fanbase Jordan responded, “I am always a little bit surprised by it because when you doing TV and film you really don’t get to see the response. Like you see it on Twitter and Instagram but it feels distant. It doesn’t feel like real. It’s just words on a screen. But then to meet people in person from a country that’s not even close to where you are, it’s kind of cool to see how far the reach goes. That you have fans across the oceans. It’s very exciting. All over the world and the Caribbean as well.” Asked what was one of the best things being on the show Jordan said, “Getting to be a part of the superhero universe has always been something very exciting for me. I was a big nerd growing up and I always loved superheroes and getting the opportunity to be part of the story getting told is really fun and it is kind of an opportunity you get often.

So it’s a lot of fun.” He continued: “And we have a great cast. We have a lot of fun on set.

We’re very tight knit. We all film up in Vancouver (Canada) and none of us are from there so we have to stick together.” Growing up his favourite superhero was Batman.

“I liked the idea of a normal guy that could be a superhero if he just worked hard enough and had enough money.

As I kid I didn’t really think about that aspect.

Like he has cool gadgets and doesn’t have any superpowers, maybe I could be Batman.” Asked about local food he plans to try Jordan said, “I keep getting hounded about trying doubles. So I gotta do it.

I tried a little shark nugget but we didn’t have the bake though. We just had the shark. So I will have to go find the bake and shark. So we’re getting there slowly but surely.” He continued: “We’re going to go explore the beaches and maybe go kayaking and snorkelling. Maybe do some hikes to the waterfalls.

Go zip-lining and do some cool island-y things. So we’re excited about that. And we’re going to some club tonight (Friday night) so we’re trying to get the whole scope of things in like our three or four days we are here.” Asked about the temperature in Trinidad, Jordan said he is from Texas where it “gets really hot” so the local climate was “pretty normal for me.” Jordan was also peppered with questions from fans including his advice to aspiring actors.

He advised that “you have to find the things that make you stand out” and when reading for a part take risks and do whatever sets you apart from the rest.

“Hopefully you have the talent to back it up.” US actor Will Smith made a surprise appearance at the festival on Friday during a conference with students. One of the festival directors Simon Baptiste, told Sunday Newsday the conference was oversubscribed and they had more than 800 students in the inner auditorium and another 100 outside.

“In that sense it has been our most successful years in terms of the conference.” He said the festival has hosted a lot of executives and major players in the industries of music, fashion and dance locally, regionally and internationally. He noted there is a variety of attractions for the festival this year including a performance by Kes the Band, a dance competition, bmobile Zombie Island, a zip-line ride, an escape room and a cosplay competition.

“So it’s kind of like a mini theme park.” The event is in its fourth year and Baptiste reported it has grown from 1,000 people in the first year to an estimated 10,000 people.

He thanked his team and title sponsor Republic Bank and partner sponsor bmobile.

Yesterday, the celebrity meet and greet was WWE star Nikki Bella and today, the final day, is The Hunger Games actress Willow Shields