October 18th, 2007

Heroes Rumor of the Day: Elle and Claire’s Connection — SPOILERS

Every now and then you hear rumors about how one character connects to another, and in the world of Heroes, a connection means a lot and can come from anywhere. As a result, I’m going to indicate all these “Rumor of the Day” stuff with a heavy SPOILER tag, even though it’s all conjecture on our part, and could be 100% wrong — or on the other hand, 100% right. It’s up to you to decide, but this is about discussion, so if you want to find out what the current rumor about Elle and Claire is, read on…

The rumor of the day is — Elle, the new hero played by Kristen Bell, is somehow related to Claire (Hayden Panettiere). What is the relationship?

Some “evidence”:

In a conference call with reporters, Kristen Bell said this about her character’s relationship with Hayden’s Claire:

“There’s a very interesting dynamic between her and Claire, in terms of what is and what is not. There’s a deeper relationship there than people are expecting.”

In today’s Ask Ausiello column, Ausiello hinted at this:

A new Hero has a shocking connection to another character, ahem, relatively speaking. (Emphasis his.)

So who is he talking about? Perhaps Kristen Bell’s Elle?

Could Elle and Claire be sisters? Or Aunt and Niece?

(This article inspired by BBX)

Cast: Hayden Panettiere (as Claire Bennet) . Cast: Kristen Bell (as Elle)