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Character name: Sylar
Appears in: TV series "Heroes"
Date(s): from 2006-
Award(s): Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 24 wins & 59 nominations
| Character back story: AKA: Gabriel Gray, Patient Zero, The Boogey Man
Known powers:
Intuative Aptitude: a talent for seeing how things work (original power);
Aquired Abilities : Telekinesis (Brian Davis) Kinetic Projection (Trevor Zietlan) Freezing (James Walker) Eidetic memory (Charlie Andrews) Liquification (Zane Taylor) Enhanced hearing (Dale Smither) Precognition (Issac Mendez) Induced Radioactivity (Ted Sprague)
He was once lead to believe he was part of the Petrelli family, but after aquiring the ability to detect lies, he (and the audience) found this to be untrue.
After being infected with the Shanti Virus (and subsequent cure), Sylar lost all his powers with the exception of Intuiative Aptitude and Telekinesis (which he was able to keep due to the empathic bond he had for his first victim) Upon receiving the cure, he aquired the following abilities:
Regeneration (Claire Bennet) Alchemic Transmutation (Bob Bishop) Psychometery (Bridget Bailey) Sound Manipulation (Jesse Murphy) Electric Manipulation (Elle Bishop) Lie Detection (Sue Landers) Thoughtography (Joe Macon) Shapeshifting (James Martin)
He was able to gain Elle Bishop's ability through empathizing with her without killing her. However, he later killed her and has resumed killing to aquire abilities. | | Inspiration for character: | | Age/Occupation: | | Personality type: | | Signature look: | | Resides: | | Character connections: | Fun facts/trivia:
* Angela Petrelli is named after Angela Lansbury. The character was inspired by Lansbury's role as Mrs. Iselin in The Manchurian Candidate (1962).
* The rotating earth featured in the series logo shows a bright spot just off the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico. That is the site of an asteroid impact widely believed to have caused the extinction of the dinosaurs, which opened the way for the rise of mammals, thus the spot could be a subtle reference to the show's theme of a new evolutionary leap.
* The characters have biblical names surprisingly often: Peter, Nathan, Gabriel, Adam, Isaac, Noah, Eden, Matt (Matthew), Micah.
* Mr. Muggle's (the dog's) real name is Lestat. | | | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | - Sylar: You have the hunger. You're like me.
Peter Petrelli: No! I will never become you.
Sylar: You already are... Brother.
- Elle Bishop: [talking about her murdered father] You killed him.
Sylar: I kill a lot of people, Elle. You're as much to blame for that as anyone... Maybe even more so. |
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Character name: Spock
Appears in: Star Trek
Date(s): May 2009
Award(s): 1 win & 8 nominations
| | Character back story: He is Ambassador Spock, who is a child on Vulcan at the time, disdained by his neighbors for his half-human nature. | | Inspiration for character: | | Age/Occupation: | | Personality type: | | Signature look: | | Resides: | | Character connections: | Fun facts/trivia:
* To prepare for his role as Captain James Kirk, Chris Pine watched classic episodes and read encyclopedias about the Star Trek universe. However, his research was rudimentary, as he wanted his performance to be original and not an imitation of William Shatner. He based his performance on Tom Cruise's Maverick and Harrison Ford's Han Solo and Indiana Jones, heroes who Pine felt possessed the archetypal hero qualities Kirk has (humour, arrogance, decisiveness).
* This movie marks the film debut of Zachary Quinto, who's best known as Sylar on the hit TV series "Heroes" (2006/II), which has included several references to "Star Trek", and featured George Takei (Sulu) in the recurring role of Kaito Nakamura.
* Urban was cast at his first audition, which was two months after his initial meeting with J.J. Abrams. He said he was happy to play a role with lots of comedy, something he had not done since The Price of Milk (2000), because he was fed-up of action-oriented roles.
* Zachary Quinto was attracted to the role of Spock as he wanted to explore the character's dual heritages and his position of being caught between both Earth and Vulcan cultures: "He is constantly exploring that notion of how to evolve in a responsible way and how to evolve in a respectful way. I think those are all things that we as a society, and certainly the world, could implement."
* To prepare for his role as Spock, Zachary Quinto grew his hair longer and dyed it, and shaved his eyebrows. He claimed that the change in appearance cemented his performance: "I just felt like a nerd. I felt like I was 12 again, you look back at those pictures and you see the bowl cut. I was sporting that look for a good 4 or 5 years. There's no question I was born to play Spock."
* To perfect the Vulcan salute, Zachary Quinto had his fingers glued together by J.J. Abrams.
* Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto, who play the odd couple Kirk and Spock, were previously acquainted with each other as they work out at the same gym.
* The first time that Zachary Quinto met Leonard Nimoy in the set, Nimoy said to the young actor: "You have no idea what you're in for."
* Winona Ryder who plays Spock's mother is only 6 years older than Zachary Quinto who plays Spock, and is 24 years younger than the actor who plays her husband.
| | | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | - Spock: [sits in the cockpit of his future self's ship] Fascinating!
- Spock: [to Kirk] Out of the chair.
- Sarek: Speak your mind, Spock.
Spock: That would be unwise.
Sarek: What is necessary is never unwise.
- Spock: Since Romulans and Vulcans share a common ancestor, it will be easier for me to understand their culture. Also, my mother was Human, which makes Earth the only home I have left.
- Spock: Once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
- Spock: [after Kirk has assumed official command of Enterprise] Captain? As you have no First Officer I respectfully submit my candidacy. I can provide character references if you wish.
Kirk: It would be an honour, First Officer. - Spock: Acting Captain's Log, Stardate 2258.42. We have had no word from Captain Pike. I therefore classified him as a hostage of the war criminal known as Nero. Nero, who has destroyed my home planet and most of its six billion inhabitants. While the essence of our culture has been saved in the elders who now reside upon this ship, I estimate that only about 10,000 Vulcans have survived. I am now a member of an endangered species.
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