The cast of NBC’s hit show Heroes will introduce a new character this fall when season three begins. Brea Grant will play Daphne, who brings her superhuman speed to the show. She joins the cast last week when they went back into production. We don’t know much about Daphne yet, but Grant has let slip the fact that Daphne’s superpower allows her to operate at three speeds and leave a supersonic wake in her path.
Grant graduated from the University of Texas before moving to Los Angeles to pursue acting. Last season, she played high school student Jean on NBC’s Friday Night Lights. The 26-year-old actress has a signature short bleach-blond dreadlocked hairdo. Heroes producers only trimmed her bangs for the role of Daphne. Regarding her funky hair style she said:
Basically, I dyed my hair for 10 years and at some point it turned into a big pouf, so I started dreading half of it and just letting it go. Every once in a while, I’ll dye it to get rid of my roots. People hate it or love it. I’m actually not that attached to it, honestly.”
The third season is titled Villains, and will pick up immediately following the events of the second season, which was cut short because of the writers strike. Viewers will learn about the fates of several characters when the show returns in September, including who shot Nathan Petrelli.
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