Exclusive Interview with Heroes' Zachary Quinto!
Zachary Quinto by Mitch Haaseth/NBC
by Michael Logan
Zachary Quinto, who plays bad-guy Sylar on NBC's
Heroes (tonight at 9 pm/ET), is preparing to enter sci-fi superstardom by taking on one of the genres most iconic roles, Spock, in the new
Star Trek movie. The 30-year-old actor talked to TV Guide about his sudden rise to fame, the "new" Sylar and becoming a young Spock.
TV Guide: A year ago, you were just another jobless Hollywood actor. Now you're starring on the white-hot hit
Heroes and playing young Spock in the next
Star Trek movie. Are you sure you're not dreaming all this?
Zachary Quinto: It's all very dreamlike, though
Trek is feeling less so as it draws nearer. We're getting ready to shoot in a month, and I just had my first fitting for my Vulcan ears. It felt incredible, and in that moment there was a huge shift for me. Suddenly it was real, and I was like, "OK! Let's get this thing going!"
TV Guide: In a wild twist on
Heroes, your serial-killer character, Sylar, has lost his powers. Will this help humanize the monster?
Quinto: Not really. Sylar's plans for ultimate power have been derailed, but that doesn't give us a chance to know him better...
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