According to the L.A. Times‘ Show Tracker, Brea Grant, who plays the super-speedster Daphne in the new season of Heroes, prepared for her role by reading a long box–worth of Flash comics.
A little ball of Texas fun, Brea Grant said that it was “kind of daunting” joining the “Heroes’ cast but prepared herself for her super-speed role well, being the “nerd” that she is.
“I read a bunch of Flash comics, and now I have about this many (spreads her arms about three feet apart). I tried to watch the Flash TV series, but it was really bad.”
She also discusses the possible uses of super-speed in ordinary life:
“If I had it [super speed] in real life … it’d be amazing. My room would always be clean. I’d never run out of cereal…”
It’s worth noting that in the season opener, she appears wearing red. Yes: she shows up as a scarlet speedster.
Bah The Flash TV series gets a bum rap. The show had it’s good and bad episodes just like any other. Hell the first the episodes of heroes were so bad I almost didn’t watch the rest.
I agree with you. I watched the entire season and enjoyed it. It wasn’t perfect but it wasn’t horrible. I’ve come to enjoy Heroes and will watch the new season but if she fails to save the day within seconds of her arrival, she won’t have a leg to stand on.
From what I’ve read, saving the day is going to be the last thing on her mind.