Was offered one of the five male leads on the debut season of
Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990). Declined because his family was urging him to attend college. Producer
Aaron Spelling was uncharacteristically flustered by this; he warned Kenworthy that "You walk out now, and you'll never work in Hollywood again!" Kenworthy took numerous theater/film-production courses at two separate universities...but even after getting his second degree, "I felt like I still didn't know anything. On the other hand, should
Quentin Tarantino call me in, I'm there".