Remember, the <em>verb of influence </em>are words that express influence over actions that a subject would or would not like another person to do, although he cannot enforce doing the action.
Words underlined are verb of influence examples;
I <u>want you</u> to meetup with less poplar actors first.
I believe the correct answer is C because it is the only one that sounds iffy as it contains present and past tense. Answer choices A and B sound fine. Hope this helps!