As previously reported, Brea Grant is coming aboard the cast of Heroes in the villainous role of Joy.
Now, we’ve received word that Bruce Boxleitner has snagged a recurring role that was originally going to be modeled after John McCain. We’re guessing this is the character that - originally, at least - was to be known as Senator Robert Malden.
Bruce Boxleitner has appeared in the shows Cold Case and Crossing Jordan.
While new Heroes may be coming aboard the show next season, we’re always curious about the state of past characters.
Thanks to a recent Jack Coleman interview with TV Guide, we now have an idea of where various Heroes will begin the new season. To wit:
As previously reported, a new character named Joy will join Heroes next season. She’ll be known as “The Speedster,” likely due to how fast this new villain will run.
Well, that’s nice and all - but the actress that plays her wasn’t fast enough to avoid detection by our staff!
Brea Grant - who portrayed Landry’s girlfriend for a couple of episodes of Friday Night Lights last year - is coming on board to play Joy. Here’s a photo of the young actress:
Thanks to everyone that sent in an entry for last week’s Heroes Caption Contest. The feature is becoming more and more popular every week.
Who won? Check it out now.
Ready to top last week’s number of responses, readers? Then take a look at the photo below. It’s a scene from season two. What is Mrs. Bennet thinking? What about Bob?
To submit a caption, click on the headline above (Heroes Caption Contest XXVI), scroll down and have fun. You may enter as many times as you’d like and your responses will go live instantly.
We’ll announce the winner next week. Good luck!
In previous Heroes spoilers, we posted the fact that a new character named Joy was coming to the show in season three.
Now, Kristin from E! has come out with more information on this Joy:
Look for a new villain named Joy. Her power is superspeed—she’s lightning-fast, like the Flash. Hiro meets her in a museum. He asks her if she has powers and if she is trying to steal some art.
She convinces him she’s on the up-and-up…and then makes off with a bunch of paintings. She’s described as a nymph-like character with the speed of a cheetah on, er, speed.
We’d like to thank all readers for contributing to this week’s Heroes Caption Contest. It’s the only feature of its kind on the Net.
The winner for this edition is “Manni.” Check out his entry - underneath the photo - right now, as you also scroll down to read everyone else’s submissions.
Thanks again for playing and remember to come back every week for a new photo/contest!
Mohinder: Pop them out all you want, dear. But you’ll always be a B-cup.
TV Guide recently chatted with Heroes Executive Producer and Director, Allan Arkush. The man behind the scenes for the show talked about the upcoming third season, set to premiere on September 15.
Villains will take center stage in the upcoming chapter, aptly titled “Villains.”
“It will be really clear who these villains are,” said Arkush. “These are not necessarily characters you’ve met already. Obviously, there’s going to be a lot of Sylar.”
Will there be a mix of heroes and villains, though?
“One of the things that strikes me as so interesting about the [episode "Company Man"] was when H.R.G. says, ‘I’m very comfortable in the morally grey area,’” says Arkush. “Think about that. Just like when Nathan and Linderman were going to destroy New York for reasons they thought were correct. And who on the show seems to be able to make very hard decisions and has grown as a character? One of those people is Angela (Petrelli).”
Overall, Arkush promises, “one of the things that we’re going to explore is the very nature of these powers — where they come from, who has them, what the different aspects are of how they each got their powers and how it affects them.
That’s going to be a major storyline this year — the actual genetic essence of the power.”
Hayden Panettiere has updated her MySpace blog. In it, she talks about her next movie, along with the upcoming return of Heroes…
“Hey everyone! I’m in Vancouver right now filming a movie for Fox called, I Love You Beth Cooper. I’m having a blast filming and everyone is so nice. Chris Columbus is a wonderful director and one of my favorites so far. It’s very cool because I get to work with a lot of young people in this film and because it’s a comedy we get to be goofy all the time!
I’m very excited to get back to Heroes in May and see all my cast mates. I also just received the script for episode one and let me tell you, it’s great! Heroes is back to the action and adventure that went on in the first season and even the first episode is packed with cliff hangers and lots of cool stuff!
Hope all is well, thanks for checking out the site!
Adrian Pasdar and Milo Ventimiglia were recently spotted out in London after dinner together at Nobu. It’s nice to see the pretend brothers getting along in real life, isn’t it?
Ventimiglia also recently told People that he’s psyched about the upcoming movie Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
“May 22, I will be there,” the Heroes star simply said.
As always, thanks to everyone that submitted an entry into this week’s Heroes Caption Content. West finally served a purpose on the show: he made us laugh via your captions!
The winning submission was sent in by “Bryce 6.1″ It’s pretty much a sure bet that invoking Akon lyrics will result in victory. Keep that in mind, readers.
Check out the winner right now, below the photo. Then, scroll down and read the rest of the entries. Thanks again for playing!
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