More on Season 4’s The Carnival, Latest Addition Dawn Olivieri

July 9th, 2009

We’ve heard a lot about Heroes Season 4’s latest bad guys, The Carnival, but we don’t really know a whole lot about them besides the fact that they will be giving the new version of The Company, led by Angela and HRG, a run for their money when it comes to finding people with abilities. The show apparently has very big things planned for them, if their scheduled appearances at the ‘09 Comic Con are any indication. Word is, new castmembers Robert Knepper, Ray Park, and Dawn Olivieri will be representing the sinister sounding Carnival at the big shindig later this month along with producer Tim Kring. So what do we know about them?

We already know that Robert Knepper (formerly of Prison Break and the movies “Hitman” and “Transporter 3″) will be bringing his trademark villainous smile to the role of the Carnival’s leader, Samuel; we also know that Ray Park (”Star Wars: The Phantom Menace”, “G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra) will play a deadly member of said organization. Now we can add actress Dawn Olivieri (Stargate: Atlantis) to Season 4’s cast as another member of The Carnival. She will be playing the role of Lydia, described as the “beautiful, charming, soul of the Sullivan Brothers Carnival”.

More about the Sullivan Brothers Carnival and Lydia from IGN, who got it from writer/producer Adam Armus himself:

“Lydia is the beautiful, charming, soul of the Sullivan Brothers Carnival. This carnival is a roving band of people blessed with special abilities. They are powerful, but they hide in the shadows, performing on the outskirts of towns and cities. But all of that is about to change.

Lydia has been part of this carnival for a number of years. She is the exotic tattoo lady, but she is also a powerful empath of sorts. She has the ability to ’sense’ the images on her body and provide valuable information about them. This ability is of great value to Samuel (Robert Knepper), the leader of the carnival. He uses Lydia’s ability to locate other ’specials’ in the world and uses the information she provides to woo them to his side.

Lydia is compassionate towards Samuel. She understands the grief that has fueled his ambition. But will she support his ultimate destructive goals? Will she be loyal or does Lydia have her own agenda?”

Actually, the description above doesn’t really make the Carnival sound all that menacing. Then again, they did hire Robert Knepper for the role of Samuel, so that’s kind of a clue that Samuel may have more in store for people with abilities than just joining his circus…

Cast/Crew Updates . Heroes Season 4 Spoilers/News

Tarot1

I'm wondering what her tattoos will look like and if she has to have special ink or if ordinary ink works. I'd been curious when they mentioned a "tattoo girl" whether the tattoos would be decoration or a plot point.

HeroesFans

I can't wait to see the carnival and how her tatoos work. Hope they release more promo pics soon. I wonder if the sneak peak at comic con will show anything to do with the carnival.

Hoan

Wait, holy cow, DARTH MAUL is going to be part of the carnival? HAHAHA! Rockin. Does the presence of a known stunt actor mean we may have some actual fight scenes on our hands?

Sezza

"Sense the images on her body"?!! What the hell kind of power is that? I don't know what that means?

Tarot1

So you're OK with folks flying, using TK, using telepathy, bending time and space, mimicking others' powers, or going invisible but this freaks you out? You have to look at it in terms of what all the other specials have been shown to be capable of.

haitian_sensation

i don't think sezza is freaked out i just don't think they understand what the power does exactly cause the description is weak

Sezza

That is exactly what my problem is, how do you 'sense' an image? What does that even mean? Would she have drawn it deliberately TO sense it or did she draw it on herself like Isaac in a trance and then sensed something after waking? I don't understand what it means?

ronon

To answer this question would be like trying to explain sight to a blind man who was born blind, or sound to a deaf woman who was born deaf. You can explain it. The only way to understand a sense is to experience it yourself. And by sense I mean sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell, balance, etc.

Sezza

I never meant how do they sense (as in feel) I meant what the hell by the images part. Were they images she'd drawn on herself etc? Having seen a snippet of the trailer it appears images will simply appear on her body and she'll be like Isaac except her body will be her canvas and she won't have to actually draw anything (it'll just appear), seemingly.
They could have put the whole process more easily, for example "Images appear on her body that tell her of others/the future/the past" etc., rather than she senses images on her body which was way too vague a description and made little sense to anyone who hasn't seen the process.

Sezza

Correction, gossip from comic con says 'Samuel' will draw the tattoos on her

Chris

To be fair, the earliest press releases said The Carnival was not like the company in the sense that they treated specials with a deep fascination. It sounds like a band of outcasts and I can see how they are a slightly more organic people. I hope they all have new, interesting powers and not repetetive ones we've seen a lot of.

Lydia sounds like a mix between Molly and Peter. Maybe her body produces a chemical similar to ink, which she can manipulate into images on her body similar to Tattoos?

Tarot1

That's an interesting theory about the tattoo ink. I hope they show us how it works, one way or the other.

salimh

when is season 4 coming out???

jsco1

Heroes season 4 premieres September 21 at 8pm EST with a two hour episode. The following week, it will resume it's regular time slot 9pm EST. These are the titles of the the first four episodes of season 4:

4.01 "Orientation"

4.02 "Jump, Push, Fall"

4.03 "Acceptance"

4.04 "Ink"

The Heroes panel at ComicCon09 is THIS SATURDAY, July 25. So, watch for more clips, videos, and info about the show.

HRGMAN

so she woos guys.
woo me.

i'm telekinetic :]

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