TV Guide has interviewed Madeline about her role on “Heroes” and here’s what she had to say!
With Claire at the carnival on Heroes, have we seen the last of Gretchen? — Justin
ADAM: Nope. Madeline Zima tells me she will definitely be back. But Zima was very tight-lipped about how Claire Bear’s little field trip will [...]

Hayden Panettiere, who was awarded the Style Icon honors at the Hollywood Style Awards on Sunday night, admitted on the red carpet that the kiss she recently got from co-star Madeline Zima was all her idea.
She even admits that she persuaded the writers to include the lesbian tongue wrestling action. “I kinda threw it [...]

Kissing Hayden Panettiere on Heroes didn’t come as a complete shock to Madeline Zima.
“I had an inkling,” Zima told us yesterday at Hollywood Life’s Hollywood Style Awards at the Armand Hammer Museum in L.A. “I did always play my character a little bit with some kind of secret—whether it was that or something else still [...]

Helping the invincible Claire Bennet (Hayden Panettiere) in the daily shenanigans of college life is Californication’s Madeline Zima, who joins the cast of “Heroes” as Gretchen. Zima will be part of a multi-episode arc as Claire’s friend and confident. The young and talented actress took some time of her busy schedule to talk to us [...]

You can view a video of Madeline discussing her character Gretchen for the show “Heroes” at Comic-Con by viewing the video below!

There were plenty of screaming fans during the “Heroes” panel and presentation at Comic-Con in San Diego, but there were a few gasps (and pre-teen giggles) thrown in during the season four teaser trailer as co-star Hayden Panettiere was shown locking lips with another lady.
That lady would be Madeline Zima, who plays Panettiere’s character Clair’s [...]

Digital Spy has a live blog from the “Heroes” panel at Comic-Con. You can read it below, I’ve bolded the parts that talk about Madeline and her character, Gretchen.
3.07pm: I sit in the Indigo Ballroom at the Hilton hotel next to the San Diego Convention Center, where the Heroes panel is about to take place. [...]

The Comic-Con “Heroes” panel was the place to be Saturday, so much so that “Chuck” star Zachary Levi sneaked in to enjoy the festivities from the side of the Hilton Bayfront’s Indigo Ballroom.
G4’s Blaire Butler as moderator introduced the panelists: creator Tim Kring, Jack Coleman, Masi Oka, Hayden Panettiere, Adrian Pasdar, Zachary Quinto, Milo Ventimiglia, [...]

Any truth to the rumors about Heroes’ Claire becoming a lesbian? -Norm, Escondido, Cal.
Well, Norm, according to Hayden Panettiere (Claire), the persistence of fans like you has paid off. “I think the writers are feeling a lot of pressure now to do it, because everyone’s talking about it,” she says. “And I certainly wouldn’t complain.” [...]

Madeline is going to be a part of the “Heroes” panel at the Comic-Con festival in San Diego, CA.
The details of the Heroes panel at Comic-Con have been revealed. There had been some questions at first as to whether there even would be a Heroes panel this year, but the answer is yes – and [...]