Heroes Season Three begins with Volume Three, Villains. It suggests both that bad guys will take the forefront, and that traditionally good guys might become less honorable. We've seen hints of Peter Petrelli getting more cynical in possible futures, so that's always out there in the ethos. Milo Ventimiglia was all smiles this summer, previewing the new season, but that could just be acting.
Crave Online: I understand there's a very dramatic moment at the beginning of the season involving you and Claire. What can you say about that?
Milo Ventimiglia: I think that a lot of people are going to be shocked, not only between the opening moments of the season, but in every single scene with every single character that comes through. I think that people are really going to be excited, surprised, fascinated. I flip through the scripts just as fast I can and I'm blown away by what I see. I'm really excited to see the holy sh*t moments, excuse the language.
Crave Online: How does the volume of Villains relate to Peter's character?
Milo Ventimiglia: You've got to think about humanity in that we all have a dark side and we all have a light side. It's just understanding those things that trigger us to fall into the shadow or kind of walk in the light. Understandably I think, as earnest natured and as good hearted as Peter is and as well intentioned, exploring that darker side of him is inevitable. I think you're going to get some people who have walked a very shadowed past possibly walking on the good side.
Crave Online: Did the break with the writer's strike give you guys time to sit back and think about what direction you wanted to take the show in?
Milo Ventimiglia: It did. I think it helped our creative team, our team of writer's immensely, giving them a chance regroup, recollect ourselves, I don't want to say re-imagine, but maybe reinvigorate the stories and the characters that everyone in the first season fell in love with. The actors, we just kind of took it easy. We were on standby. We were waiting. I know that everyone bounced around and took vacations and took part in some charities and did some movies and what now and when we came back there, when we reconvened there wasn't one person who didn't have a smile on their face readying to come back. That was nice, very, very nice.
Crave Online: Who do you share most of the episodes with so far?
Milo Ventimiglia: Peter and Nathan are always a staple. They're connected. I think keeping those two characters, keeping the brother Petrelli apart for very long is a detriment to something that's great between those two characters. I've spent a lot of time with Adrian happily.
Crave Online: This is the second time that Nathan has almost died and come back.
Milo Ventimiglia: Almost? Sorry. There are a lot of shocked faces and silence.
Crave Online: Do you guys ever worry that if that happens too much there's no real danger?
Milo Ventimiglia: The credibility of dying and whatnot? I know that at the beginning of this year Tim [Kring] said to me, and I don't know what he said to everyone else, but he said, "If you die this year you're dead." So those of us that do have that ability, myself and Claire, the two of them are the two that really can't, or there could be more.
Crave Online: How many stunts have you gotten to do?
Milo Ventimiglia: A lot, man. I've done a lot of stunt work so far. I've been beat up. I've been bruised, but I'm walking and standing and maybe moving a little slower today, but I'm doing a lot of stunt work.
Crave Online: Is the visual effectslevel higher this year?
Milo Ventimiglia: I think it's not an exorbitant amount, but it's within reach. It's not going to overtake the stories. It's not going to become one of those FX shows where all you're really waiting for is to see someone fly or shoot electricity out of their hands or heal, or anything like that. It's not going to take away from or take over from what the stories are. But from what I have seen, even in the smallest detail it's really, really cool and not all of it has to be do with abilities. Some of the FX will just be in the character's relations.
Crave Online: There've been a lot of opinions on your hair from season to season.
Milo Ventimiglia: And just for the record, it's starting to fall forward a little bit.
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