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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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