I've taken too long to post these:
Another Veronica Mars Alum for Heroes
June 10, 2008 - Someone at Heroes likes Veronica Mars, not that we can blame them. TV Guide is reporting that Francis Capra will be playing a new role in Heroes' third season this fall. Capra, who played Weevil on Veronica, will appear as "Jesse" on the NBC series.The next volume of Heroes is called "Villains" and it looks like Capra will be part of the ranks of those bad guy title characters. TV Guide says he is indeed playing an "evil" character; one who will cross paths with Peter Petrelli.
We back up TV Guide's hope that Capra's new role will lead to an on screen reunion with Veronica Mars herself, Kristen Bell, whose participation in Season 3 of Heroes is rumored though not yet completely confirmed.
Heroes S3 to air simultaneously in the UK
Beware of Spoilers if you click the link
great news for Heroes’ UK fans! BBC is to air season 3 in Autumn, slashing then the 7 months delay. More about this, and a big spoiler after the jump:“People want to participate globally - and, in part, that’s why this autumn, when NBC launches Heroes series three in the States, it will be aired simultaneously by the BBC in the UK,” said Bennett, speaking about changes in TV and media at the Banff Television Festival.
Casting scoop! Claire’s mom is back
Ausiello: Casting scoop! Sources confirm to me exclusively that Jessalyn Gilsig is reprising her role as Claire’s white-trash mom for five episodes next season.
William Katt: The Hero Guest-Stars on 'Heroes'
William Katt, who played the lead role in the '80s television show Greatest American Hero, is the latest classic sci-fi TV actor to make an appearance on the NBC show Heroes.
"I just filmed it last week," Katt says of his appearance on Heroes. "I play a really, really wonderful, seedy, smarmy-mouthed reporter that goes after Ali Larter. It was a lot of fun."Although Larter's character, Niki Sanders, was apparently trapped in a house that exploded at the end of last season, not only is she back on the set, but Katt said he worked almost exclusively with her. "She hogged me. She wanted me all to herself," he jokes.
The actor, whose role as Ralph Hinkley on Greatest American Hero lasted three years, joins other stars of cult sci-fi classics who have appeared on Heroes, including Joanna Cassidy from Blade Runner and Star Trek actors George Takei and Nichelle Nichols.
A fan of Heroes since he first saw the pilot, Katt said he got the job because of a friendship with director Greg Beeman. "He's a wonderful director. He's been on the show for awhile after being up in Canada doing Smallville. Now he directs on Heroes quite a bit," Katt says. "I did a show with him a number of years ago when we worked together on a two-hour movie of the week for NBC called Problem Child 3."
Katt compares the comedic Greatest American Hero to the dramatic Heroes. "It's more Hitchcockian. It's a more dark and seedy look at the world of superheroes. It's offering to television viewers what some of the better comic books do," Katt says. "Tim Kring is just an extraordinary writer. And I think there's no end to his creativity. He's kind of mad, in an insane way. And that always makes it interesting. There are a lot of twists yet to come."
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"Heroes" Star Brea Grant’s Need For Speed
Interesting Interview with "Daphne" (Brea Grant):
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For every light there is a dark, for every Spider-Man a Green Goblin, for every Superman a Lex Luthor, and for Hiro Nakamura there is Daphne. Played by actress Brea Grant, the latest character will be gifted with the ability of super speed, one of the last remaining super hero archetypes that hadn’t been touched on by Tim Kring’s hit series, “Heroes.” Returning September 22, the show enters its third season entitled “Villains,” and CBR News tries to catch one of the villains herself to find out more about her fleet footed character........
