HEROES MAGAZINE
ISSUE 1
MY HEROES - PAGE 8
When Jack Coleman joined the Heroes cast, he says there wasn't supposed to be anything heroic about his character Noah Bennet (a.k.a., "Horn-Rimmed Glasses"/"H.R.G."). "I think they saw it much more as a guy who would show up from time to time and deliver a little cloak and dagger. But I think what changed it was when they saw the relationship between Claire and H.R.G. and how it played, and the emotional resonance it had. I think that changed their thinking about whether or not the character should stay. It's such a great combination of duty versus love, love of the family versus the duty to the job, and the conflict that was inherent. My favorite aspect of the character is the juxtaposition of the loving father with the lethal operative."
When Jack Coleman joined the Heroes cast, he says there wasn't supposed to be anything heroic about his character Noah Bennet (a.k.a., "Horn-Rimmed Glasses"/"H.R.G."). "I think they saw it much more as a guy who would show up from time to time and deliver a little cloak and dagger. But I think what changed it was when they saw the relationship between Claire and H.R.G. and how it played, and the emotional resonance it had. I think that changed their thinking about whether or not the character should stay. It's such a great combination of duty versus love, love of the family versus the duty to the job, and the conflict that was inherent. My favorite aspect of the character is the juxtaposition of the loving father with the lethal operative."
SO WHO ARE COLEMAN'S PERSONAL HEROES?
"My heroes are probably Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy. That's a little indication into my political leanings..."
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