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Interview with cast and crew - Radio Times, April 2008 |
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Adam Smith chats to creator Tim Kring and stars Masi Oka and Adrian Pasdar as the second series of Heroes begins in the UK.
Tim Kring on…the show's appeal
"I really do believe that the show has tapped into the zeitgeist of how we all feel living in a troubled world. The storytelling is archetypal, almost mythological. These tales of good versus evil, of the ordinary being chosen for extraordinary adventure, push deep buttons in all of us."
…series two
"If season one was about ordinary people learning to deal with being extraordinary, then season two has several of our now extraordinary characters trying to be ordinary. We're introducing a couple of great new characters and storylines. One I really like is based on the journey that so many people take as they attempt to enter the US illegally. It's a classic immigrant story with a Heroes twist. The other storyline I'm happy with involves a post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans. A city that needs hope gets a hero in what can only be described as an extremely unlikely package."
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Masi Oka on…Hiro
"Some fans see something of themselves in Hiro. It's living out a fantasy. And he brings this great energy and, most of all, fun and laughs to the show."
…fame
"I really am quite a private person. I used to enjoy going to restaurants alone and being by
myself, watching people. Now people tend to stare, or sit down right in front of me. But it's rewarding when a kid comes up to me and recognises me. That's fun."
…the Japanese dialogue
"Occasionally, I change little things, just to make them more colloquial, or perhaps more how I think Hiro would phrase it. But otherwise it's an actor's job to serve the script, so I leave it alone."
…season two
"Season two is going to begin with two parallel timelines, one starting four months after the explosion and the other - mainly Hiro's storyline - starting 400 years in the past. And we'll see how they affect each other."
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Adrian Pasdar on…the show's appeal
"I think these things are cyclical. And timing is a huge part of it. There was a fan-base waiting for just this kind of show. Fifteen or 20 years ago, the demographic who'd watch a show about superheroes was younger. I think the interest kindled back then has truly caught fire now as those
people are in their 20s and 30s. And that feeling of 'what would it be like to fly?' that you have when you're five or six never really leaves."
…fame
"It's so abstract and difficult to get a handle on how successful it's become when we're in the middle of it, working, trying to do the best job we can. There was one moment we got a real taste of what it was like to be the Beatles. But it's so temporary. You always know there's going to be another new hit show and a new bunch of people in the limelight. The real benefit is that it gives you the ability to choose work down the line."
…season two
"Perhaps people felt that season two was a little less focused than season one. And we're certainly taking advantage, coming back, of having had time off to regroup. But I think when people look back at this show in its entirety years from now, it'll all make perfect sense. I think it was courageous and noble to take another angle and not just to repeat the ideas of season one."
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