Another Star Trek Alum Joins Heroes
My TV Guide magazine just arrived in the mailbox and I was happy to learn that Heroes has recruited another Star Trek star. We’ve already got Sulu (George Takei) on board as Hiro’s father and now Uhura will be joining the cast.
Nichelle Nichols will have a recurring role as Nana, “a New Orleans doyenne whose daughter died during Hurricane Katrina.”
“Nana is tough and undaunted and — like the blues — she just keeps rising to the occasion,” Nichols says. The character, who is in dire financial straits, has moved back into her once-flooded home, where she cares for her two grandchildren. One of them, new hero Monica (The Nine’s Dana Davis), is an avenging angel intent on bringing justice to the corruption-plagued Big Easy. Nana is also a great-aunt to Micah, the junior hero played by series regular Noah Gray-Cabey. “Micah is sent to New Orleans to live with the family,” Nichols says. “It’s a quite marvelous, magical story, with wonderful things emerging.” Does Nana have a superpower? “Well, that remains to be seen, now doesn’t it?” coos Nichols.
The actress confirmed her much-rumored Heroes gig at a recent Trek convention in Las Vegas, where she reports that “the entire room went insane. I felt like I was Oprah giving out cars!”
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September 30th, 2007 at 8:52 am
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