It looks like the trend of heroes finding love with other heroes will be continuing on NBC’s Heroes. Cultural Learnings reported on the casting call for various roles on the drama series some time ago, but now one of those roles has been cast: Nick D’Agosto, who will be seen in the Sundance hit Rocket Science, will play the role of Claire’s beau next season in a recurring role. This follows the casting of Dania Ramirez (The Sopranos) as a series regular, who was recently cast in the role of a sexy latina (Yes, that’s the casting description).
Now, the Hollywood Reporter promises that his superpower will be, and I quote, “a very cool superpower”. It also confirms that his character name with be West, which is kind of unfortunate.
For the record, I don’t really know what that means, but it really makes me wonder how they are going to structure the show’s second season considering that they’re casting a hero as Claire’s boyfriend. We have no idea what Claire will even be doing this season. Will she be on the run? Will she be off attending college? Or back in high school? Or will she be somewhere else doing something else?
These casting initiatives are interesting, but it only makes me more concerned about the direction the show is heading. They need to be very careful in organizing the show’s second season, and adding new superheroes needs to be done in a careful fashion to avoid upsetting the show’s balance. At the very least, this “Supercest” seems to be a general theme, so they’re not moving too far away…but I guess I can’t help but question where this series goes from here.
We’ll find out in September, or perhaps later depending on now NBC organizes the series, when Heroes’ 2nd season premieres.
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