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Official Heroes Magazine: Special Messages From Cast

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

Heroes MagazineIn case you haven’t grabbed your copy yet, you’re missing out! To celebrate the launch Titan Magazines have asked some of the stars to send you, the readers some special messages:

Hi, this is Tim Kring, executive producer/creator of Heroes. We’re going to
try to give you the exclusive on a few things along the way and hope that
you enjoy everything you’re reading about Heroes.
Tim Kring

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Well, I know that we¹re in good hands, first and foremost, and we¹re just
so excited that people have responded to the show. The more that we can get
out to you to keep you intrigued and excited by us, the more we’ll do.
Ali Larter

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I’m absolutely flattered that there¹s a magazine. I’m a little bit shocked
and speechless, but it¹s incredibly flattering. I hope that I’m able to
provide you guys with some really great stories and maybe even a little
inside information.
Sendhil Ramamurthy

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*Hello readers! It is going to be a crazy adventure. Hopefully, this will be
many, many volumes in the making. I¹m so glad that we actually have a
magazine, I¹m so proud of this show and there are so many things behind the
scenes, and in the mythology, and the storytelling that people don¹t know, I
think it¹s going to be exciting. And obviously, there are going to be great
stories, and I will be doing as much as I possibly can. Send your questions!
I’m here for you!
Greg Grunberg

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*Thank you very much ­ you guys are good to us! I’m excited that the fans
have something to read from Heroes, they¹ve been very supportive of us and
wonderful to us. We hope that they enjoy the second season and continue to
stick by us and just have fun with us. Go along for the ride!
Hayden Panettiere

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For more information please visit www.titanmagazines.co.uk/heroes

Thanks to Oliver for the headsup!

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‘Fangirl’ Bell & Kring Interview

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

Kristen Bell has been speaking some more about her upcoming role in Heroes. She reveals that although she’s only scheduled for 13 episodes, both herself and the producers are open about making her a more permanent fixture:

“This has been a great relationship so far. And there was no hesitancy with entering as far as becoming a main part of the show, just … from both ends it was like, ‘Let’s feel each other out and see how you fit into the show and if you’re happy,’” Bell says. “… So, you know, I’ll be one of the ones that keeps my fingers crossed that I won’t get killed.”

Heroes creator Tim Kring also chipped in, adding that Kristen’s ‘Elle’ will serve as a cautionary tale for the rest of our Heroes:

The one thing that we will say is that … this character is tied to this company that we have talked about for the last year on the show that Claire’s father was involved with. And so one of the ideas was that this character … is actually raised within the Company. It’s in some ways a cautionary tale of what would happen to any of our characters had they lived with their powers their whole life the way Elle has.

Asked whether we’ll be meeting all of the ‘elders’ in the photo, Kring says it’s more than likely that we will:

We will be seeing the people in the photo. I think all of them will be [played by the same people], which I just have to tell you, the photo has got a life of its own. Logistically it was so difficult to actually come up with this photograph that’s used now and refers to things that are shot well in the future here; it was very difficult to get that all lined up. But yes, the photo is as accurate as we can make it.

And back to Kristen, she admits to being somewhat of a Fangirl, which will no doubt please all those Fanboys out there:

I’m sort of coming into my own as a fangirl and seeking things out — like the New Beverly [Cinema] in Los Angeles had a double feature the other night of Tron and the Last Starfighter. So I was like, I kind of need to see that at least just once in my life because that seemed like an awesome double feature, you know?

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Nichols is ‘Nana’, Pressure at the Top & Ali Larter Interview

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

A spokesperson for NBC has confirmed that former Startrek icon, Nichelle Nichols, will play ‘Nana’ – the New Orleans-based grandmother of fellow newbie, Monica (played by Dana Davis). We first brought you the news of Nichelle Nichols arrival yesterday.

Nichelle

Tim Kring and friends have also be talking about the pressure that the show is under to exceed expectations in Season 2.

“It’s pressure to keep it going,” Kring says. “This particular show has become a show defined by its ability to defy your expectations. People want that experience of watching the show and not knowing where it’s going to take them.”

I agree with that – Heroes is the type of show that has those impact moments each episode. It’s going to be interesting to see whether they can keep it as fresh and exciting.

Heroes DVD

Ben Silverman, NBC Co-Chairman, has also been speaking about extending the Heroes brand and reaching new viewers. One of the way they hope to achieve this is through the release of the Season 1 DVD (which goes on sale from August 28th – You can buy it through Heroes-Hype ;)).

The goal: gain viewers who haven’t watched and please fans with extra content.

“There’s like 50 extended and deleted scenes,” says Masi Oka, who plays Hiro. “You get to see the behind-the-scenes things, the making of, Tim Kring’s commentary on the 72-minute pilot that we premiered at Comic-Con.” (NBC aired a shorter version.)

I think just about everyone is looking forward to the DVD – personally I can’t wait for Kring’s commentary! Read more here.

Ali Larter

Craveonlinehave an excellent interview with Ali Larter, who plays Nikki/Jessica. One of the things she reveals is that Season 2 will see the merging of her two alter-egos

They’re coming into one character. It’s only Nikki and I think the writers are so smart on this show that they really looked at what worked and what didn’t. To be able to focus on the one character is I think going to be the best move.
 

It will be interesting to see how they do this. Personally I loved how Ali switched between the 2 characters – perhaps they’ll still do this but using a slightly ‘tighter’, more contained formula?

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Heroes Rides Crest of a Wave

Monday, August 13th, 2007

Tim KringHeroes creator Tim Kring and actor Masi Oka(Hiro Nakamura) have vowed that season 2 of Heroes will continue to deliver the suprises that it was famed for in it’s debut season. Kring feels that the show can continue to ride the wave of acclaim that it has garnished saying: 

“It’s not pressure to top it, it’s pressure to keep it going. A show like this or this particular show has been defined by its ability to defy your expectations. People want to watch it because they don’t know where it is going to take them. We have extraordinary staff and cast,” said Kring. “We are on a big roll right now.”

Kring also reveals how the character of Hiro nearly never made the show:

“When I read the first draft of the script, the character (Hiro) didn’t actually exist. There were a preponderance of characters that felt these powers were an affliction. The character was created to lighten up the initial script,”

I for one am glad that Hiro made the show. He’s given the show that light and shade that is like the cherry on the icing of a big fat cake. Seriously though, he’s been a great character and it’s strange how sometimes the most important characters are stumbled upon. It was similar to Jack in Lost, where his character was supposed to die in the Pilot – 3 seasons later and he’s still there providing the much needed ying to Jack and Ben’s yang. I wonder whether the character of Kensei will also prove to be an unplanned (if I can say that) success..

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