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Adrian gave this interview before the finale - it was the phone-conference call article that I previously posted - but there is more information in this version. Some very very interesting stuff about the worth of the show to NBC. . .

'Heroes' face Armageddon

By RITA SHERROW World Television Editor
5/19/2007
Star Adrian Pasdar refuses to divulge season finale spoilers

Adrian Pasdar is flying high in "Heroes."

</span>His character, Nathan Petrelli, was elected to Congress by a landslide. His wife's paralysis was miraculously healed. And, he now knows his baby daughter didn't die in a fire. She's grown into a virtually indestructible teenage Texas cheerleader.

Yeah, that cheerleader. The one as in "Save the cheerleader, save the world." You know, just your everyday ordinary guy -- oh, and he can fly.

NBC's popular sci-fi series, "Heroes" wraps its first season Monday, and Pasdar's Nathan is front and center in the episode titled "It's Time to Save the World."

But, the actor is not about to spill any finale beans.

"I have a big part in the final decision-making in the last few moments of the finale, in which all those questions that were posited in the pilot are answered almost to a 'T,' " he explained without giving away anything. "It's a beautifully structured finale."

His Nathan is a "conglomerate" of political figures, said the 42-year-old actor in a recent teleconference.

"I've taken the best and the worst of politicians that have come across me in my personal life and also people that I don't know. We haven't defined whether Nathan is Republican or Democrat. I'm sure an argument can be made for the former in many, many ways.

"But I haven't based this guy on anybody in particular. (He's) just a nice mix of the worst and best I've seen. The most morally liquid characters that I have run across, I have based this guy on."

Political party affiliation guessing aside, Nathan is decidedly astride the hero vs. anti-hero fence. Just when fans of the show think he might be tempted to go over to the dark side, he seems to redeem himself.

Pasdar likes the ambiguity.

"Just when you've had your suspicions confirmed one way or the other, he does something that presents the opposite. If he does something that's good, he then does something that's not so good. That's the beauty, I think, of the writers' creation . . . that they've made somebody that can lean on both sides of the fence and still serve his ultimate goal."

For the season-ender, the "Heroes" have gathered in Kirby Plaza -- each with his own mission to save the world before Isaac's (Santiago Cabrera) prediction of a nuclear bombing in New York City comes true.

Will Pasdar's character survive the "explosive" season finale?

"I think I'll be there," said Pasdar. "Like I said earlier, I signed onto do 'Heroes' and I wound up being on 'Survivor.' I'd like to stick around, but, if and when it's time for me to go, I will and I'll be just happy to be part of a terrific season on TV."

And there's no telling who will survive. The body count of heroes and adversaries climbed on last week's episode. Two were shot. One had his brains scrambled. Another lost the top of his head. And, two more were pointing guns at their respective targets as the episode ended.

While the show has not reached the ratings heights of last fall, it's still a solid and financially successful series, Pasdar said.

"If you look at this show, we're doing $100 million worth of business every time the show is on the air," explained the actor, who is married to the Dixie Chicks' Natalie Maines and is the father of two children.

"If you were to gauge it against, say, an opening night for a movie, that many people are watching our show every (Monday) night. . . . On Monday nights we own the demographics (those all-important 18-49 age group that advertisers love)."

Monday's finale will combine the ending of one storyline and the beginning of another -- a cliffhanger of sorts.

"It does posit a brand new place that season two will pick up with, but I can't talk about where . . . It shows you a good two or three minutes or so of where that is going to pick up. And I don't think anybody is going to guess where. It's a very, very interesting place."

In coming episodes, viewers may learn more about the Petrelli family --brothers Nathan and Peter, their mother Angela and Nathan's daughter, Claire the cheerleader -- Pasdar hinted.

"Some very interesting decisions" will come up and be answered in the second half of the beginning of next season, he said.

The Petrelli family dynamic also will be revealed, he added.

"I can't get much more specific," said the actor, who previously starred in the TV series "Profit" and "Mysterious Ways."

". . . You're going to have some more insight into how that all came to pass. But, again, it is a family -- we are at the center of the Petrelli dynasty. And, it's either going to start to unravel like a cheap sweater or it's going to be put back together very carefully by some talented people from the outside."

In the fall, NBC will return "Heroes" to its 8 p.m. Mondays timeslot with, more or less, a straight through run of 24 episodes (excluding the holiday weeks). The ratings also convinced the network to spin off a second six-episode series titled "Heroes Origins."

Plans are for the new show to include stand-alone episodes, with each introducing a new "Hero" and his or her back story. Viewers will then get to vote online for the character they think should be added to the main series in following season.

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