Milo Ventimiglia Talks About Heroes

Posted by taylor blue on October 22, 2008
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Milo Ventimiglia is right smack dab in the middle of filming the first arc of the third season of Heroes…Villians. He took some time out of his hectic schedule to talk to iFMagazine about what’s he’s up to and what’s next. Here are some highlights of the interview.

On describing Peter in three words: I guess… unwavering, heartfelt, and strong.

On where he would like to see Peter go: Towards destruction. I think it would be fun to see that ultimate demise of a character, where they’ve been so built up and they seem to be so powerful that ultimately they just crumble.

On he prepares for the role: It’s kind of old habits by this point. I’ve been doing this long enough that I understand what I need to do in preparation. Peter’s a pretty straightforward guy, not too complex. There’s not so much about him that I need to prepare mentally for.

On how the short season last year helped the show: I think it helped us. I think we were going down a path that was going to be tough for us to get out of, so I think that the break gave us an opportunity to regroup, reassess what’s going on, and then take it in the direction that we’re supposed to.

On having fun doing the show: I enjoy it all. I enjoy really cerebral, heady drama, but I also enjoy doing action hero stuff. It’s definitely fun to play around with all that.

On what else he is working on: I wrapped a couple of movies during the break. One is called ARMORED, it’s about an armor-car robbery that goes wrong, with Matt Dillon, Laurence Fishburne, and Skeet Ulrich. I have another movie called GAME coming out with Gerard Butler. I’ve got a small part in that. I play a very disturbing character named Rick Rape. He’s not quite in control of himself, kind of a cross between a black widow and a bumblebee. I don’t know how much sense that makes, but he’s an interesting fellow.

[I also] released a comic book called REST. It’s a rad comic. It’s about a guy who’s a little down on his life, who’s introduced to an experimental drug that suppresses his need to sleep. His life sort of turns around, it goes from something that is down and despondent to something that is really, really inspirational. It’s based off an idea, a script written by Michael O’Sullivan, that my company owns. The script needed some work. We pitched it to a comic company and they picked it up and we’ve run with it. It’s going to be five issues, plus a trade paperback.

I am trying to get my hands on his comic book…I can’t wait to see it.

[Images by Eduardo Arrivabene / Splash News]