HEROES REBORN | The New Faces and Powers

Judith Shekoni on her character’s relationship with Zachary Levi’s character Luke and their violent movement against the Evos… “They are a vigilante couple out to seek some revenge for something that happened to one of their loved ones. They lost their son. I say she’s in one of the stages of grief, anger, and blame as well. She’s seeking retribution.”

“Tommy is just a typical teenage guy. He’s just struggling with the everyday struggles of high school. But he has this secret about him, which is obviously he has a power, that is kind of eating him away inside… He’s on the run with his mother and he makes the decision to not really tell the government. You can register as an Evo, but you get persecuted if you do so. So he decides not to do that and keep it a secret. But as time goes on, there is a progression in everyone’s characters, and I think he discovers more about his power that begins to affect… and might potentially jeopardize the situation.”

“He’s an Army vet. He’s just come out. He’s dealing with a lot of mental issues, some instability in there in his personal and professional life. “Beforehand, I had been wanting to play an army character or some kind of superhero-esque character or just troublesome character. This kinda tackles all of those things.”

“She will fulfill the role of a sidekick type because she gets mixed up in a lot of the chaos that happens. Tommy finds out he’s got this secret and she has to keep that secret, too. We have a few scenes in the beginning where we run into Luke (Zachary Levi) and Joanne (Judy Shekoni). We run into some trouble with them and that’s pretty exciting. We’re going all over the place. I think that’s exciting, because the characters are all over the world. We all mix around at certain points. That’s cool that Heroes does that.”

“I am somewhere in the Arctic. Malina is this kind of bold, ethereal, kind of mysterious new character. She had a different upbringing. Since the beginning she was told that she was destined for greatness. So she was kept hidden away from the world and has just been training, really, and trying to use her powers and be the best she can be.” “She’s not afraid. She’s told that she’s destined for a certain thing. So in order to fulfill that, she kind of has to be separate. And also, she’s in the Arctic just so she can keep her powers under control. That way she can train without anyone knowing who she is.”

“He’s a survivalist. Being a survivalist in a time of social inequalities and persecution, he sometimes does cruel things and immoral things. And he does it for his own benefit and also for his own profit…I can also say that I pretty much fight a lot…like, every day I’m on set I’m in a fight with someone. So I can say that much. I can say that this character has so many skeletons in his closet and such a crazy backstory that they’re actually going to do a novella about him prior to the start of the season. He’s a really complex, interesting guy.”