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'Heroes' villain is 'Prison Break' ex-con
Robert Knepper is finding the bad guy business to be pretty good.
The "Prison Break" star, who played imprisoned white supremecist leader Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell, has will play the new villain in the fourth season of "Heroes," according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Knepper's character Samuel is described as a charismatic but ultimately evil Jim Jones type.
"Heroes" will begin production later this week and will return in the fall.
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He is awesome :)
GREAT! He was the best in Prison Break, creepy and evil... excellent choice.
as long as he doesnt have that fake rubber left hand, he should be good.
That is fantastic! He was the main reason I watched Prison Break after the first season. He should have been nominated for an Emmy for his T-Bag character! I have been ambivalent about watching Heroes for the past two seasons, but I will definitely watch next season to see what fresh hell Knepper will bring to the show.
I loved the layers in T-bag's character.
Just when you wanted to scrape him offa your shoe...
A very slick villain can Knoepper play!
(Gah, pardon my Yoda-isms.)
Knepper did an amazing portrayal of T-Bag as both a opportunistic pirahna and as a man with a misunderstanding of reality, but then again he had 3-4 seasons to get all that in. But in the first season of Prison Break alone, T-Bag easily became a character everyone could hate: Knepper hit on all the "villain spots" with hisses and sneers, his voice rising and falling between raving-mad bully and well-versed coward when the situation warranted.
Presuming the script is good, "Heroes" may have finally found its new villain (psycho Sylar was awesome, but now he's anti-hero Sylar) to end on a bang with.
Wow. Great casting. Awesome actor. Absolutely mesmerizing to watch on a screen. This might keep me watching Heroes!
My interest in Heroes has been waning since Season 2, but this might well bring me back. If his great performance in Prison Break is anything to go by, he will inject new life into "Heroes".
"T-bag" on Heroes? This is gonna be great.
"Heroes" hasn't been canceled yet? What a waste of a time slot that show is.