A few weeks ago we reported on a story about a major death planned for Heroes. E!Online's Kristen refused to name the victim and speculation ran rampant, since we were told that it would be one of the original, core characters.
Earlier today, Greg Grunberg insisted that the Petrelli brothers would be safe. I myself had thought that Peter would be the one killed off, but Grunberg's statement seemed to disprove that.
Then Nikki Finke over at DHD said that Adrian Pasdar (Nathan Petrelli) was the person who had been fired from the show. Those of you who have been following the storyline know that Nathan died at the end of season 3, but Parkman and Mama Petrelli turned Sylar into Nathan. Sylar recently transformed back into himself and Nathan disappeared, but there was always the hope that he would return.
Well, something got lost in translation, because Kristen is now confirming the DHD post:
Adrian Pasdar's Nathan Petrelli is the major character death happening on Heroes this season, and no, he wasn't told he was getting fired, he learned about it from a script.
But what about reports from fellow Heroes castmembers that the Petrelli brothers were definitely safe?
After Heroes star Greg Grunberg recently told a radio station that Nathan and Peter weren't the Heroes death, I doubled back with my source and he confirmed, "I know Adrian is getting killed off and was pissed about it because they didn't tell him…Greg could be talking about another death but I think he's probably covering and throwing fans off."
And of course, Greg certainly doesn't want to meet the same fate!
So there you have it. Nathan is dead and I'm very depressed about this. Especially since now it seems very anti-climactic and pointless, since Nathan already died and his disappearance a few episodes ago didn't seem like it would stick. If the producers were hoping to shock us, I think they didn't do a very good job of it.
