There Is Reason Behind Heroes Season Three

Graeme McMillan — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:20:00 PDT

Did you feel that one of the problems with the second season of NBC's Heroes was its seeming lack of reason? As opposed to, you know, its predictable plots, crappy new characters and apparent lack of interest in doing anything other than repeating the first season? Then star Milo Ventimiglia is here to tell you that you won't feel the same about the upcoming Heroes: Villains. In fact, while there may be new characters, they'll definitely have reason... and impact.

Talking to Comic Book Resources from the set of the show, Ventimiglia explained that this season's new characters will be there for a purpose, and will shake up the show:

I think there’s always a concern that when you bring in new people that you limit your time with the old people... I think that the producers have done a very good job this year of balancing that. I think they understood that when we were all separated in the second season, the fans weren’t too into that. When you bring in a new character, bring him in with a reason. Bring him in with a purpose. Don’t just pack it with a bunch of new faces that nobody knows.

Amongst those new faces? Peter Petrelli's father, Arthur:

I think every scene that we do, we’re discovering more than what we had just talked about. [Arthur’s] such a complicated character. He impacts everybody for his own need or want to be important and be the most powerful.

Does this mean that Petrelli Snr. is going to be the big bad of the third season? After seeing previously dealing with both Hiro's and Matt's Daddy Issues over the last couple of years, this doesn't make me too excited about the show's return on September 22nd.

On Set With Milo Ventimiglia, Part 1,

Heroes' New Cast Member Fills A Plot Hole

Graeme McMillan — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:00:30 PDT

We've waited two years to meet him, and when the third season of NBC's Heroes premieres next month - yes, we are that close to new episodes of all our favorite shows, thankfully - our long wait will be over. But who will Robert Forster (veteran of Karen Sisco, Justice League and the short-lived Spawn cartoon) be playing when he joins the show? Answers and a spoiler when you click that "more" button.

For everyone who's been hoping that one of the promised surprises in Heroes: Villains will be an appearance by Peter and Nathan's Papa Petrelli, then you're in luck - Forster will be playing Arthur Petrelli when he joins NBC's hit show. Does this mean that Arthur isn't as dead as he's been assumed for the last two seasons, or are we in for even more time-traveling craziness as we discover all of the secrets behind the Petrelli empire? This being Heroes, of course, it doesn't have to be an either/or scenario.

Exclusive: Robert Forster Joins 'Heroes' as (Spoiler Alert)! [Entertainment Weekly]

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There Is Reason Behind Heroes Season Three

Heroes' New Cast Member Fills A Plot Hole