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Nikki Finke is reporting that Adrian Pasdar, who plays Nathan Petrelli, has been let go from Heroes.
While some people, like my eternally naysaying friend The Notorious RJP (Welcome back, by the way, Robert!) are insisting that this is a terrible move and yet another example of Heroes heading downhill fast, I look at this as a good thing for the show, if not for Pasdar.
I never really liked Nathan, he was always one of the most annoying yet boring characters on the show. Turning him into an even bigger douche last year didn’t help his case at all and the only really interesting thing that could be done with the character has already been done when Sylar killed him and then was forced to take over his personality. With Sylar’s own consciousness reasserting itself in his body, everyone should have known that “Nathan’s” days were numbered.
What makes this very interesting to me is that I was just reading about an interview that Greg Grunberg, who plays Matt Parkman, did where he stated that the upcoming death of a main character was not one of the Petrelli brothers. Thus it looks like we’ll be seeing two major characters leave this season.
Edit: The title of this post originally had a question mark because there was a slight possibility that Nikki Finke was wrong, but I’ve just read an article by Kristin Dos Santos on E!’s website not only confirming that Nathan is gone but that his death is the one that has been rumored all along. This indicates that either Greg Grunberg was either throwing up a smokescreen or that there’s another death that hasn’t been leaked yet.
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Just to clarify, I mentioned that the show is loosing a great actor. The character Nathan Petrelli has been broke again & again by the writing crew of HEROES. The worst being that Sylar was coverted to be Nathan was just a bad idea to begin with — not that gave the Nathan / Sylar bit ANY time what so ever. I mean Nathan was on for like what, 2 seconds trying to make amends and then he was “killed off” and Sylar returns in the flesh outside being stuck in Matt’s head.
So for the show, I think Nathan had more strength than many they have (like the deaf hospital admin mutant) which if written well could have been one of the pillars of the show given his connections.
- The Notorious RJP
Oh and Thanks. Glad to be back for however long I am.
Ok, this is going to make me sound anal, but it’s a pet peeve of mine – there’s one “o” in “losing”.
I really can’t argue for or against you on that, because I don’t think Nathan was ever a compelling character. If he’d been compelling from the beginning (or really any point since), I may be bothered by his departure.
As it is, though, all I can manage is a “So? He was already dead.” It may not be able to save Heroes, but this is still the best move they could have made in regards to Nathan at this point.