Masi Oka talks NBC's HEROES

By: Karl Schneider
Date: Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Source: ComingSoon

ComingSoon.net was lucky enough to be able to sit down with Masi Oka who plays Hiro Nakamura on NBC's hit show HEROES.

"This is like a dream come true," said Masi Oka about his characters powers. "It's a two-fer first of all! Just having teleportation or chronokinesis is bitching, but to have both... that's like a two-for-one deal! I personally think that Hiro is just overpowered and he needs to be nursed a little. That's just me, but don't tell the writers that!"

WHen asked about the connections between characters, he said, "I haven't met Hayden yet. There is a connection to Ali that is being made. What's great about this series is that these connections are going to be made relatively soon. Tim came up with an amazing vision, and then you have all these wonderful writers from other shows like "Lost," "Smallville," "Everwood," "Wonder Falls" who came to our show and added on to Tim's vision. Tim didn't come from a comic book background, so these writers knew what worked and what didn't work. They've gone through the "lab rat" phase and now they're bringing all the great stuff that worked in serialized "genre" television into "Heroes." One of the things they do is they answer as many questions as they ask. Instead of stringing along and keep on teasing the audience and not answering questions, they answer the questions, but they also ask as many for the next episode. That's what keeps you constantly motivated to see the next script. Every time I get the script, I'm like, "Oh my God! That is so cool! I would never guess that!" and like "That's how it ends! What's going to happen next!?" Which is so cool, because it's exactly what a comic book would do."


He continued, "We're more fans, than just actors. That's why Tim doesn't tell us stuff, but at the same time, we don't like to hear much about what is going to happen to our character, because I love taking the journey with Hiro and discovering this with him. It's just so brilliant, and it gets better and better and better, and yet they have a vision for the entire season or three seasons, they said. That's what's phenomenal. So they're really on top of the ball. They really know how to tell a story, and our job is to bring it to life."

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If you haven't given this show a look yet ... what are you waiting for? I haven't been this excited for a new TV show since the first season of LOST. I know that doesn't sound like much, but I have never been more drawn to a TV show than I was with these first four episodes. Give it a chance, I need more people to talk about the show with as 14 million isn't nearly enough.