Talk about casting against type.
Dan Byrd, best known for his roles as sensitive, wholesome teens on Aliens in America and Clubhouse, is about to tap into his inner Henry Evans. Sources confirm to me exclusively that Byrd has been cast on Heroes in the recurring role of David, a dark and twisted kid who tells lies easily and has a cruel streak. Word is he’ll be a possible apprentice to Sylar (Zachary Quinto).
Byrd is committed to appearing in at least three episodes during Heroes‘ forthcoming “Volume 4: Fugitives” arc.
This marks the second major piece of casting for the “Fugitives” volume. Last week, my frenemy at E! broke the news that Damages‘ Zeljko Ivanek was coming on board as the Hunter.
Looks like I may have ID’d his first quarry.
More Heroes:
Five ways to fix the show
Can’t they just stop adding new characters? It doesn’t do the show any good, at all.
Yay! I miss Aliens in America and with the actor who played Raja being reported as getting many gigs, I was hoping Justin could get some too. And he was so great on Greek this week. This sounds great- even if Heroes has a million characters.
Sweet Jeebus! Focus on the characters you already have and stop this need of adding 9,000 people!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry, little frustrated
Am I the only one who’s been dying for the release of “Aliens in America” on DVD? I missed a good chunk of episodes, and they definitely have great rewatchability. Plus, I’d love to hear cast commentaries. Where’s the petition at??
Too many characters, too many plotlines.
Enough already!
Dear Heroes producers and writers, Rethink and refocus. Get this show back on track.
Good God. You kill off Adam and now this?! My patience is really being tried.
Enough with all the characters and the shifting timelines and plots. I want to be entertained NOT confused. The show simply no longer holds my interest.
Yeah, this is a poor substitute for Adam! The writers don’t know what to do with the characters they do have; why the h*ll add more?!
No, No, and no again. Absolutely not. I abjectly refuse to countenance any new characters to this already overburned show. I’m sorry, but for every new character they introduce they should whack another one or two to balance things out–say, any holder of the idiot ball, and there’s quite a few. Please, just focus on the characters we already have, or did we learn nothing from the Blunder Twins? Seriously, we can get a petition of protest going on here? NO NEW CHARACTERS!
So, no redemption for Sylar? I knew it was b*llshit.
And the fact that he’s still alive in volume 4 is exactly why this show is sucking so much now.
I still enjoy Heroes (Kristen Bell next week!), but I agree that they don’t need any other characters, especially not this guy. He was annoying on Aliens in America and I doubt he’ll be any better here. Although he can’t be as bad as Mohinder and Maya. Kill them off already!!!
Dan Byrd rules! Heroes does not. Good to see him get some high-profile work…
I hope his character is used to kill off half the cast. there’s way to many people on that show!
Seriously? This is how Kring will “fix” season 4? Say he’ll focus on core characters and then go and add two more (so far!), making a total of 459581 characters on this show. This show does not need new characters. It needs new writers.