"Heroes'" Sylar is Misunderstood?

By: Karl Schneider
Date: Monday, January 29, 2007
Source: SciFi.com

In a recent interview with Sci Fi Wire, Zachary Quinto, who plays the serial killer Sylar on NBC's Heroes, said that his character was misunderstood.

"I think he's somebody that sort of got overtaken by a desire that he didn't expect to overtake him as powerfully as it does," Quinto said. "And it starts from a place of really just wanting to be valued and desired, and it evolved into something that is really insatiable. And that's sort of what carries him: It's this insatiable hunger. I think he enjoys it to a certain degree. I think he certainly is aware of what he's capable of. But I don't think that it's something that he is sort of going after for the sake of going after it."

Talking about the plot in upcoming episodes:

"I had all these sort of expectations or preconceptions about where they would take it and how it would move forward," he said. "And every script I get, it's like a whole other 360 [or] 180 turn on a dime. So it's really going to go to places that I don't think people have any idea or any sort of expectation."

You can read more over here at Sci Fi Wire.


KJ's Take: I can't recommend this show highly enough, and I can't wait to plop myself in front of the TV tonight at 9ET.  As for the article, I think all serial killers have some good in them.  Unless you are on real close terms with the Devil, it's pretty hard to find someone who is just pure evil.  That said, and despite the characters complexity, I still think he is fairly high up on the rotten scale.


Which brings me to a discussion of the show itself ... I know Sylar was originally on the list, but couldn't discover his own power until he started murdering people.  Does that make his superpower the uncanny ability to mimic things?  How does him opening someone up and looking at them allow him to absorb their ability?  Maybe his power is the power of instant evolution?  I always wonder what exactly his power entails.  Oh and what are the odds that Linderman has or is trying to obtain a power?  Seems pretty obvious he is running the show at the Paper Factory.