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 turn out. The future doesn’t seem rosy. “I think [Gretchen] knows it’s a mistake,” Zima said of Claire’s decision to stay behind with Samuel and his band of carnies. “She’s only doing it because she knows Claire can’t physically get hurt. That’s the way she rationalizes it. The best and most pure act of love is just letting someone go and letting them do what they feel they must.”

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Madeline’s not shy about revealing exactly what anyone with a crush on Hayden wants to know — was she a good kisser?

“Oh yes, of course,” Madeline revealed at Thursday night’s BAFTA/L.A. Britannia Awards in L.A. ” She’s got great lips!”

Such an intense scene must require a lot of preparation, and OK! wanted to know if the twosome put in some extra “rehearsal time.”

“No, I don’t even think you can do that,” admits Madeline. “Unless you’re already in a relationship with somebody that you’re working with, you can’t be, like, ‘Hey, let’s go practice,’ because it seems, like, creepy,” she explains. “So we didn’t do that, we just trusted that we both could do it and that we’d done it before so hopefully we could kiss.”

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She even admits that she persuaded the writers to include the lesbian tongue wrestling action. “I kinda threw it out there. The writers put you in relationships and I was like, ‘Can I just be with a girl or something? Let’s do that.’ So they took it and ran with it.”

425.heroes.Panettiere.Zima.lc.100609 Madeline Zima, the talented young actress who gets to bestow the honors on Hayden’s cheerleader’s lips, talked to the Dish Rag about wanting to have the power to fly, learning the “Heroes” lore, and the truth about her sexually and morally ambiguous character that even Claire’s father is growing suspicious of.

“I watched everything. I feel like the fans are so hardcore for that show, that unless you watch, you don’t know what you’re getting yourself into,” she admits.

Sounds like her character, Gretchen Berg, is gonna be around for a while. But Madeline’s bright red lips (was that on purpose?) are sealed on Gretchen’s secrets. If there are any.

Off-camera, she admitted she would not mind a repeat of that kiss. For now, watch the show tonight to see the girls’ first encounter of the experimental lesbian kind.

Hmmm. Do you think her character is a goodie or a baddie?

From the Los Angeles Times

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“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 remains to be seen.”

So what was it like locking lips with Claire-Bear on the episode airing tonight? Mostly business as usual…

“It’s always awkward, no matter if it’s a boy, a girl or whatever,” Zima said. “It’s just an awkward thing to kiss somebody in front of other people.”

While it took a few takes, Zima said they didn’t rehearse the scene beforehand.

“You don’t practice,” she said, laughing, “That’s like sexual harassment, I think.”

Zima said she doesn’t know if that’s the last girl-on-girl smooching we’ll be seeing between the starlets. But she’s definitely open for more. “That would be great.”

From E! Online

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A celebration of emerging talent, Genesis will bring together artists, creative thinkers, and social leaders in support of this wonderful organization. This event will allow for a new generation to come together and celebrate individuality and the arts while supporting The Art of Elysium’s programs and mission. The evening will include specialty cocktails by Death & Co., “Coffee Bar” provided by Coffee Bean, custom “Jean Bar” provided by Current Elliott, an art exhibition by Last Legion Games, and special musical performance by Fight from Above, sponsored by Rogue Pictures.

Among the guests expected to attend the event are Sophia Bush, Beth Riesgraf (Leverage), Edi Gathegi (Twilight: New Moon), Madeline Zima (Heroes), Bonnie Somerville (The Ugly Truth), Jaime Ray Newman (Eastwick) and many more.

The event will take place on October 10 at HD BUTTERCUP at 3225 Helms Avenue, LA.

Since its inception, The Art of Elysium has provided artistic workshops in the following disciplines: acting, art, comedy, fashion, music, radio, songwriting and creative writing and their results have been astounding; producing a mutual exchange of hope and appreciation between both children in need, as well as, the artists themselves.

The Art of Elysium holds their annual HEAVEN gala on the eve of the Golden Globes in Los Angeles, CA and is supported by corporate sponsors that have included Cartier, Vogue, Ford and Relativity Media. The 2009 gala was their biggest success to date and raised over $1,000,000 for the organization, as well as, receiving more than 197,500,000 media impressions in major publications throughout the world. Guests included Sting, Golden Globe nominee Marisa Tomei, Kirsten Dunst, Eva Mendes and Tobey Maguire among others. In addition to HEAVEN, The Art of Elysium hosted its first annual PARADIS at the Cannes Film Festival this past May sponsored again by Cartier & Relativity Media as well as Soho House and Grey Goose. The event was incredibly well attended by industry insiders as well as by Cannes jury member Robin Wright Penn and festival darling Quentin Tarantino.

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Most people remember Madeline as 6-year-old Grace Sheffield in the popular sitcom “The Nanny,” and most recently in the Showtime’s dramedy “Californication” as Mia Cross. However, she is no stranger to other genres. “I love the Matrix and anything that has to do with the powers of the mind. Also anything about comic books, everyone loves superheroes,” Madeline told us about her taste in science fiction. She proudly owns all three season of the show, “Everyone I knew told me to watch the first season of the show so I bought the DVDs. Later, I also got the second season. The third was a gift for being on the show. I’ve watched every episode. I’m a fan girl now.”

Like other experienced actresses, Madeline has a very positive attitude about auditioning for roles, “I just go in there and have a good time.” However, getting the part of Gretchen wasn’t easy. She confessed to us she was unsure at first, “I didn’t think I was going to get the job because the other girl, who went in before me, was in there for a really long time. There was only two of us up for that part.” Ultimately, to her surprise she was asked to audition for a second time and she was given the role, “The next time, I had to read with Hayden. She had a very specific view of the kind of person her character wants to be friends with. It was all taken into account.”

In addition to her new role in “Heroes,” Madeline is a regular cast member of David Duchovny’s “Californcation” where she plays an ambitious and scheming teenager. However, playing multiple characters is no simple task. Madeline has to juggle two almost opposite identities: Californication’s vixen Mia Cross, and Heroes’ off-beat roommate, Gretchen Berg. “I had one week where I did one character and then the other. It was weird twitching gears.” We asked what the seductive Mia would think of Gretchen, and she replied, “I don’t think Mia would hang out with Gretchen. Mia likes to hang out with people that are superficial and she likes to use them. Gretchen isn’t like that at all.” About the differences and similarities of her current shows, she answered, “I think they are night and day different. One is a half hour comedy and the other is an hour drama, action sci-fi show. They are both heightened sense of realities, but one has people flying and having superpowers.

Naturally, Gretchen will spend a lot of time with Claire during Volume 5. Almost all of Madeline’s scenes are with Hayden Panettiere. She told us very enthusiastically how much she loves working with Hayden, “She is so cool, she is really funny and smart. She is a complete professional. We both have been in shows since we were little kids, like months old. I admire her so much. She handles herself with so much poise for someone so young.” Fans of Madeline should also look forward for scenes with Jack Coleman (H.R.G) and Ashley Crow (Sandra Bennet).

Transitioning from a child star to an adult actress is not always easy. Madeline attested, “It was difficult. At some point I was stuck in a limbo as far as my career goes because nobody really wants to hire somebody who is off from a sitcom. There is a terrible stereotype about child actors from sitcoms.” However, her talent and maturity have helped her throughout her career. Barely twenty four years old, Madeline has added NBC’s hit show “Heroes” to a long and admirable résumé. She already feels very comfortable working on the show. She shared some insight of the “Heroes” experience with us, “Its like a family. Everyone is really nice and they all know each other really well. They crack jokes. It’s a pretty wonderful place to work. I feel lucky.”

For the finals part of the interview, we asked her about the much anticipated on-screen kiss with Hayden Panettiere that has all the fans talking in the blogosphere. “My first one was with Selma Blair in a movie that hasn’t come out yet ["Happy Together"]. She is my second kiss with a female. I’m excited to see myself. I hope it turns out well.” This scene, which will be part of one of the first three episodes, will be the first gay kiss of “Heroes.” Whether it will be a dream sequence, illusion, or other device, remains a mystery.

Madeline’s most recent projects include horror film “The Collector,” whose script was originally intended to be a prequel of the famed franchise “Saw,” where she plays the character Jill. She also starts alongside with Renee Zellweger and Forest Whitaker in “My Own Love Song,” a film currently in post-production. And of course, don’t miss her first appearance on Heroes with the return of the show on September 21st at 8:00PM ET as Claire’s quirky roommate.

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That lady would be Madeline Zima, who plays Panettiere’s character Clair’s new roommate and confidant during her freshman year at college – one of many additions to the cast of the NBC series highlighted today (July 25). “Heroes” newcomers Robert Knepper, who is best known for his role as T-Bag in “Prison Break,” Dawn Olivieri and Ray Park were also on hand to introduce the first glimpses into the “Redemption” chapter of the “Heroes” story.

The theme of redemption – and, as always, vengeance – runs deep into this season, as is the return to an “ordinary” life to unordinary people who were “bagged and tagged” by the government the last season. The show’s creator Tim Kring, however, spent time explaining how audiences now will see a loophole, and another world, of other heroes with superpowers, who have been existing in tandem undetected.

“We’re creating a new wrinkle in the mythology of the show — this idea that alongside of the show you’ve been watching, there’s been this other family of people who had powers who had figured out how to live with us and alongside of us, to hide in plain sight. So we created this idea of a carnival,” Kring said. “If you can breathe fire, than what better way to sort of fit in plain sight than join a carnival and become a fire eater.”

Characters like Clair, Milo Ventimiglia’s paramedic Peter Petrelli, Adrian Pasclar senatorial Nathan Petrelli and Greg Grunberg’s detective Matt Parkman all make attempts at a normal life in season four, though at least a few undoubtedly will come face to face with the circus. One episode’s action sequences features Peter fighting Park’s super-speedy hero character, with knives and a terrified Noah Bennet (Coleman).

After a number of trials – like dying, coming back to life and killing his own father — Peter has “seen it all, he’s gotten a lot more humor about everything, he smiles a little easier,” Ventimiglia said. “But yet he’s still the guy that if somebody comes at him swinging, he’s gonna swing back harder.”

Masi Oka’s character Hiro will be starting a small business with his old friend Ando and essentially correcting the mistakes of his past as he faces his terminal illness and imminent death.

As for Clair’s re-entry into society, she talks of her new friendship with Zima’s character Gretchen, which marks the first time since the first season that Clair has been able to grow close to another character.”We have a very interesting relationship, as you just saw,” Panettiere said, alluding to the trailer’s pucker, though not revealing the exact nature of the unusual pairing.

“Zach and I will be sharing a body. It’ll be a little bit of a Jeckyll and Hyde thing,” Pasclar says.

Quinto, who distractedly attempted to make a paper airplane out of his own nametag during the panel, mentioned his filming highlights so far include shooting with an ever-crying baby and climbing out of a grave.

And when given the imaginary battle between Quinto’s Spock character from the newest “Star Trek” versus his “Heroes” creep Sylar, Quinto thinks Spock would ultimately win. “I think that honestly, in the end, Spock would take it. Only because he’s fighting ultimately for good and I like to believe that’ll always win.” Leonard Nemoy versus Zach Quinto. “Leonard would drop me in about 30 seconds.”

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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. I misplaced my ticket for reserved seating at this panel but have been kindly allowed in regardless.

3.15pm: I have however been moved from the front row towards the back of the room on account of my mistake. It’s okay, I deserve it.

3.17pm: Do feel free to add any comments below as we’re going along, by the way. No heckling please.

3.18pm: The moderator of this panel, a presenter from the TV channel G4, introduces the panelists: Tim Kring, Jack Coleman (HRG), Masi Oka (Hiro), Hayden Panettiere (Claire), Adrian Pasdar (Nathan), Zachary Quinto (Sylar), Milo Ventimiglia (Peter), as well as new cast members Robert Knepper, Dawn Olivieri, Ray Park and Madeline Zima. Huge cheers from the audience, as well as screams of “I love you.”

3.20pm: Tim Kring kicks things off by thanking the audience at Comic-Con for supporting the show. Lest we forget, it first launched here a few years ago to great response.

3.22pm: Kring sets up volume five, saying that the government are now hunting the heroes, leaving them free to go back to their normal lives. “We’re creating a new wrinkle in the mythology of the show. There is a family of people with these powers who had figured out to live alongside us and hide in plain sight. We created this idea of a carnival… They have been hiding all this time, coming in and out of our view. The carnival will now show itself.”

3.24pm: Preview clips: Claire meets a girl at college, where she is recognised for her past actions; Robert Knepper’s new baddie Samuel talking about two possible paths. Matt Parkman throwing a chair in anger at what appears to be a vision of Sylar. Samuel meeting Hiro with the line: “I think we’re going to be great friends.” Sylar leaning over and giving Angela a kiss.

3.26pm: Claire saying: “I don’t want to be pretend to be anyone but me.” Tracy recalling how she felt herself shatter in a chat with HRG. Ando finding a collapsed HRG on some steps. Nathan being kidnapped. Swoosie Kurtz back for a dinner date with Angela – but hints that she has a more sinister agenda. A lesbian kiss between Claire and a brunette. HRG in a car being filled with water.

3.28pm: And finally… Sylar emerging from the dirt.

3.30pm: Kring says that the footage we just saw all came from the first three and a half episodes. The moderator asks each of the panelists to sum up where their characters are at when the new season begins.

3.31pm: Jack Coleman: “I am in a place where we’re setting up this new company, my marriage is falling apart, so there’s sort of a newfound empathy for what it is that people with abilities have been going through. I’m a bit of an island and trying to find some solid ground.”

3.32pm: Masi Oka: “Hiro’s going through an illness, possibly a terminal illness. He gets that bad news and realises what his true destiny is. He goes back and starts a new business with Ando. It kind of goes.”

3.33pm: Hayden Panettiere: “Claire’s in college, freshman year and becomes friends with a very, very interesting girl. C’mon, we’re gonna have fun, right? Girls just wanna have fun. She catches something and accidentally finds out about me. She becomes a good friend and confidante.”

3.34pm: Adrian Pasdar: “I think midseason we start explaining the difference between Nathan and Sylar’s journeys. It gets pretty interesting.”

3.35pm: Zachary Quinto: “My character really exists in two places. One is with Adrian, then the other is inside Matt Parkman’s head. That’s a lot of fun for me.”

3.36pm: Milo Ventimiglia: “Peter’s back to being a paramedic. He;’s got a lot more humour about everything now. He smiles a lot now, but he’s still a guy where if someone comes at him swinging, he’s gonna swing back harder.”

3.37pm: Robert Knepper: “That was a great family to be a part of four years but this family is four years strong as well. They’ve all been so welcoming. Samuel seems to be the reluctant leader of this carnival. His brother has just passed away. He’s made the decision that he’s going to change [their] lives and one by one, lure these heroes in to help him execute this plan.”

3.39pm: Dawn Oliveri: “On the show Samuel and I maybe have some other kind of interesting relationship. I am naked most of the time on the show. I have tattoos and together with Samuel, we can use them to find other people and make our family better. What happens with Lydia, my character, we don’t know yet.”

3.40pm: Ray Park: “I play Edgar, one of the carnival. I play with knives. I’m sent out into the world by Samuel. A lot of the stuff I don’t want to know. I have some cool interaction with Milo coming up. We get to dance around a little bit. I also have the power of superspeed.”

3.42pm: Madeline Zima: “I play Gretchen. I am a freshman at the college Claire goes to. Right off the bat I try to be friends with her.”

3.43pm: Tim Kring on romances: “We’re easing towards a few, but none we’re going to talk about right now.”

3.44pm: Tim Kring on the meaning of redemption: “It’s a chance for us to go back and strip away some of the story elements that make the show harder to go back to. So Claire’s in college, Peter’s a paramedic, Nathan’s a senator and Matt’s a detective again.”

3.45pm: “We find out that Hiro has this terminal illness,” says Masi. “He finds out that his powers are going out of control a bit. His redemption is going back in time and fixing the mistakes he made in the past. He kind of has a bucket list. He wants to leave a legacy before he goes away.”

3.46pm: Jack Coleman says there is a plotline involving him, a car and water that is “quite dramatic”.

3.47pm: Hayden says she has got to throw herself out of a window in one scene.

3.48pm: Adrian: “My arc has taken me away from my regular peeps. I’ve worked with Swoosie Kurtz, which has been a highlight. I’ve also had some new powers to play with, which you’ll see.”

3.49pm: Zach Quinto: “I get to work with Greg Grunberg a lot, which is really fun. Also I got to work with a baby. The baby was really good at crying and it was fun to have to relate to that in a scene. Also I got to climb up out of a grave.”

3.52pm: Milo: “I got to work with Jack Coleman, and it’s been a while. We get reunited for some chicanary. Robert Knepper and I have got to do some work, and also Ray Park – I geeked out the first time I met him, because he’s legendary.”

3.53pm: Knepper: “It looks like Samuel’s going to have scenes with all the heroes, and scenes which are bringing out all the vulnerable sides of them.”

3.55pm: Ray Park, a wonderfully-spoken British gentleman, enthuses about how much he enjoys working on the show. “I’ve always wanted to run away and join the circus, so I get to do it!”

3.56pm: Madeline says she got to do a scene with HRG. “He’s scary, because he kills a fly with one hand.”

3.57pm: Hayden is asked what she thinks Claire’s worst injury was. “I think the worst was the burn. It took five hours in makeup. Burnt to a crisp. Toasty Claire!”

3.59pm: Zach is asked who would win – Spock vs Sylar. “In the end, I think Spock would have to take it. Only because he is fighting for good, and I think ultimately that will always win.” Ahhhh, what a nice boy.

4.00pm: Jack Coleman jokes about HRG’s lack of abilities: “I have the power of impaired vision.”

4.02pm: Questions from the audience. A girl lays compliments on ZQ then goes on a very long convoluted rant about what has happened to Nathan’s soul. “If all of your sense of self and being is removed from the equation, where does that leave you?” he answers. Hmm.

4.03pm: Another question, about characters that haven’t had a fair share of attention – such as Mohinder. “We’re going to be telling less stories per episode,” says Tim. “The idea is to tell deeper stories but not as wide stories. It’s always been a juggling act with a show like this because it’s always been a large cast. We don’t have quite as much bouncing around this season as we did in the past.”

4.05pm: Zach is asked if his new production company will affect his time on Heroes. He says no. “I’ll be available.”

4.06pm: A very sweet-sounding boy propositions Hayden. “When this is adjourned, you can meet me over there,” she replies. Jack Coleman warns the boy not to try any funny business.

4.07pm: Tim Kring is asked about diversity: “We always try to be as diverse as possible. Characters obviously come and go, but it’s a continuing thing that we try to fulfil for the audience. Stay tuned and you’ll see some really cool casting in that area.”

4.09pm: Tim is asked if we’ll ever hear about the fates of Caitlin or West. He replies: “In this volume we have no plans to hear about Caitlin or West.”

4.10pm: Milo is asked if he’s going to “kick any ass” this season. “There is something interesting that he gets to experience this year. A little dance number, we’re calling it, with Ray Park.” Promptly we are treated to a clip. Edgar approaches HRG with a knife but then Peter arrives and intervenes. Edgar keeps throwing knives but Peter catches them. They then enjoy a high-speed knife fight, before Edgar takes off.

4.12pm: … and the panel is through! Stay tuned to Tube Talk for more Comic-Con coverage shortly!

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