Greg Grunberg, one of the stars of NBC's upcoming superhero drama Heroes, told SCI FI Wire that he thinks the show will speak to the anxieties people feel in this unsettled time in history. "The world is insane right now," Grunberg said in an interview between takes on the show's set in Hollywood, Calif., last week. "It really is. You can't count on anything. And so we all want to know that there's something we can count on and [that] there's stability somewhere and we're in control in some way. ... For me, what it does is [say,] 'Finally there's some people we know we can count on—if they come together, if they can control these powers.'"
Heroes tells the story of several people in different parts of the world who suddenly discover that they have superhuman abilities. Grunberg (Alias) plays Matt Parkman, a Los Angeles beat cop who finds that he can read people's thoughts. That ability allows him to help investigate crimes—and also, incidentally, may help his troubled marriage.
"We're about to shoot a scene today where I use my ability to satisfy my wife, [Janice, played by Lisa Lackey,] which is going to be very interesting," Grunberg said with a smile. "That's the scene we're shooting at the end of the day. And I'm like, 'OK.' My wife read it, and she was like, 'What?!?' I said, 'Come on! If I knew everything that turned you on and everything, it would be incredible!' So that's one thing that we're doing, and it's going go be crazy."
Grunberg added that he wouldn't mind having Parkman's mind-reading ability himself. "Are you kidding me?" he said with a laugh. "Let me tell you this: 95 percent of the time, I don't want to be inside my wife's head. I just don't want to know what's going on in there. But, yeah, 5 percent of the time, sure." Heroes premieres Sept. 25 and will air Mondays at 9 p.m. ET/PT. NBC is owned by NBC Universal, which also owns SCIFI.COM.
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08-29-2006, 03:10 PM
Heroes Speaks To Anxiety 
