When Heroes wrapped up its first season in May, Hiro Nakamura’s time travel powers left him trapped in Japan in the year 1671, and Nathan Petrelli was floating somewhere in orbit, holding his brother who had just exploded.

There’s a lot to be explained when the second season of Heroes begins in a few months, but two of the main actors – Masi Oka (Hiro) and Adrian Pasdar (Nathan) – offered a glimpse into the future when they were in Toronto to help launch Global’s fall schedule on Wednesday.

“I feel good about the direction it’s heading in,” said Pasdar. “I think it’s across the boards surprising for each character and for each audience member, whoever their favourite character is. It takes a wildly different arc then you might think. Season Two is going to be a big surprise.”

For fans of Hiro’s pal Ando (played by James Kyson Lee) who was transported back to Tokyo in the season finale, don’t worry, Oka said. Ando will return.

“Hiro made a promise that he’ll be back. Hiro is beginning his journey in the second season and he’ll be by himself for a while but I’m sure we’ll see [Ando] in some context so I wouldn’t count it out,” Oka revealed.

As for the mysterious Heroes: Origins simultaneous spin-off show, the cast hasn’t been told much.

“Heroes: Origins, from what I understand, is actually going to be in between hiatuses or after the show,” Oka said. “They’re going to introduce a couple characters, and whatever works, they’re going to bring it back to the flagship. I think it’s a vote of confidence from NBC for the Heroes brand and I don’t see it as an over saturation.”

With Heroes being one of the few shows that survived last season’s introduction of new programming, and certainly one of the most popular, it’s not unreasonable to assume that the cast gets mobbed at every turn. Not so, explained Pasdar.

“Masi and I were in New York a few weeks ago and we had the opportunity to go to Times Square and I had a little video camera and it was 8 o’clock on Saturday night and I said, ‘Masi you have to go to the middle of Times Square and do the Yata scene,’” Pasdar said.

“So we go there in the middle of Times Square; we couldn’t have been more invisible. I was walking around him taking a picture, he’s spinning around and he does the Yata, and nobody puts it together. And this fellow walks up to him and says, ‘can you take a picture of me?’ So Masi takes the picture. He was completely oblivious.”


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