Heroes News

When HEROES returns for a second season on September 24, Ali Larter, who plays the dual-personality Jessica/Niki on the series said to expect her character to channel another popular kickass female hero in the coming second season. "I've heard a little bit," Larter said during a recent interview. "A little La Femme Nikita. ... I'm happy about most things they give me on the show." Larter referred to the hit 1990s spy series starring Peta Wilson and the Luc Besson movie on which it was based, centering on a woman who is trained and deployed as a top-secret government assassin against her will. Larter added: "We are shooting the third [episode] right now, and they're amazing. They're introducing new characters. ... You know, the writers on our show are so creative, and they've just are unleashed. ... So it's great. People are going to be really into it." At the end of the first season, Larter's character changed as her two sides—the empathetic Niki and the superstrong alter ego, Jessica—melded into a single person. "I really am enjoying [playing one character]," Larter said. "We went down a lot of different roads last year, and it was really creative for me, that I got to do those scenes where I was in jail, and some of the stuff with my son and playing Jessica, some of the stunt stuff. I mean, I feel like I actually jumped genres at times within the season last year." HEROES will air in its regular timeslot, Mondays at 9 p.m. ET/PT.