"Heroes": A talk with high-flyin' Adrian Pasdar

Last year, I walked into the press room for “Heroes” and was able to interview a majority of the show's actors in a semicircle. This year, I’ll be lucky if I’m able to get a glimpse of the back of Hayden Panettiere’s head. Luckily, I found the flying man alone.

Adrian Pasdar, who’s also promoting a new movie he’s in entitled “Home Movie,” is not like his "Heroes" character, the ascending (politically and altitude-wise since he can fly) Sen. Nathan Petrelli.

"I don't really seek the spotlight as you can see," Adrian said, pointing over to the Comic-Con media rush that was surrounding costars Zachary Quinto and Ali Larter. Adrian sat at a table, almost anonymously separate from the other cast members, but he willingly spoke about his character's ambiguous motivations.

"He [Petrelli] exhibits a morally liquid change," Adrian says. "He hasn't fallen on the side of good or bad. He's never really been bad, though maybe wrong at times."

For Adrian the actor, times have changed a bit since last year's convention.

"Last year, we were looking to talk to anybody who wanted to talk to us. This year, the degree of secrecy is a lot higher in what we can say."

So what can he say about this season?

"No matter who your favorite character is, the things that are going to happen in this season will be exciting to the point of being numbing for fans," he says. "This season is not about defining them by their own behavior ... there's a lot more at stake."

Photo: Associated Press

-- Jevon Phillips