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Heroes Wiki recently did an interview with James Kyson Lee, who portrays Ando in Heroes. James spoke about the fans, Comic Con, what it’s like playing a ‘human’ character, what season 2 has in store for his character and more. I’ve pulled a few of the best bits for ya.

Yeah, it’s very cool…even if your character has no superpowers.

[laughs] Well, you know, that’s the fun part, actually! During Season One, I used to get asked the question all the time, “When is Andogetting powers?” And I used to daydream about different possibilities. Like what if Ando got something unique and random, like I turn villains into small toys? Like, “Here comes Sylar!” BAM! He’s a dreidel. Then I spin him around for 15 seconds and he surrenders. Or BOOM! “You’re a yo yo!” and I bounce you around. I don’t know. I think in the supernatural world, we do need a character that a mortal and somewhat relatable. I think that is Ando. He does sort of represent the human race in this supernatural world, if you will. And there’s something fun about that. Ando’s a fun character to play because he’s able to take the audience with him on the journey. So I really enjoy that.

How do you relate to your character then?

[laughs] You know, it’s funny. Someone from the Comic-Con asked what we bring from our real life. I guess my answer was I bring my enthusiasm for women. I don’t know. [both laugh] But Ando’s a character that went through quite a bit of character growth in Season One, starting out as sort of a reluctant participant, coming out to a foreign world, and really becoming a believer. I think towards the later [part] of the season, he really kind of swapped roles with Hiroat times and started spearheading. There were times when Hiro was really down and Ando sort of became the encourager and the inspiration so that Hiro could do this. It got to the point where he went out to go face Sylar by himself because he thought Hiro wasn’t going to do it. [laughs] You know, it’s been a really fun transformation. I try to bring different aspects of myself to it, of course, incorporating all the imagination of our writers. But we’ll see. I think it’s going to be very interesting and we’ll see how things progress.

How do you want Ando to grow in the next season?

I’d love to learn more about his background and his family. Also, it seems like Hiro and Ando have known each other since they were younger than maybe some people have realized. They could have been coworkers at work, but Hiro does mention the fact that Kenseiis a childhood hero that they both grew up reading about. Of course, we have the comedic elements in the show, which I think just adds a different layer to the show entirely. And Ando and Hiro have this really great dynamic relationship. I’d love to be part of more action, you know? Naturally, I’m an athletic guy and I love being active. So I’d love to see Ando incorporated in more of that and just maybe kind of go out there and fight. You know, when we had the future episode, Hiro got to do a lot of the battle stuff. I think it’d be fun to see Ando get in the mix on some of the action stuff.

It’s quite a cool interview, check out the rest of it here.