Masi Oka Talks Season 2 (Kinda) Spoilers

I’m somewhat surprised that very few Heroes Season 2 spoilers have leaked out, what with the show already in production on its third episode and all. Here are some bits that may be of interest, although I don’t think it really says anything too spoilerfic. The article comes to us from Sci Fi Wire, who interviewed Masi Oka (Hiro) at the Television Critics Association press tour and got him to reveal some Heroes episode details. Again, I don’t think these are THAT big of spoilers, but don’t continue if you don’t want to know.

From the article:

“Season two is going to begin with two parallel timelines going on,” Oka said in an interview at the Television Critics Association press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif., on July 17. “One starting four months after the explosion and another—mainly Hiro’s storyline—starting 400 years in the past. And we’ll see how they kind of affect each other.”

At the end of the hit show’s first season, Oka’s character found himself transported back in time to 16th-century Japan. According to Oka, Hiro will spend at least eight episodes there before returning to the present. There, he will encounter some of the characters from the stories of his childhood, including the legendary samurai Takezo Kensei, who will be played by David Anders (Sark from ABC’s Alias). The show is currently finishing the third episode of the upcoming season.

“There’s a princess,” Oka said. “Princess Iako, played by [Japanese pop star] Eriko Tamura, who’s going to be in that world, as well as David Anders, who plays Takezo Kensei. That was Hiro’s childhood hero that he’s always heard about these stories. But David Anders, last time we checked, he was Caucasian. So there’s a mystery there.”

Some things to note: Eriko Tamura WILL play the Princess, and David Anders WILL play Kensei as originally reported weeks ago.