Interviews Conducted by Robert J. Beck

The first day I worked with him I'm like oh no he knows exactly what I'm trying to do here and I haven't done my homework on it. I deliberately didn't want to do the homework because I wanted him to be kind of a mutt. I wanted him to be a hodge podge of different things so people would go where exactly is he from? But that’s kind of the challenge for me to keep it still in the vein of somewhere either Ireland or middle to Northern England or even Southern Scotland but not be specific and not get laughed off the screen.

And there’s something in particular you have to do for your voice because I imagine that talking in accents so frequently amount of time takes a strain on your vocal chords?

Robert: No, no, not really. No it takes a strain on my brain. And it, you know, there’s some actors that when they do a - I have a pretty good hear so I don't have to belabor it too much. Some actors I know they stay in that accent or their dialect all day long; I don't do that. I get out of it and I'm myself. And then I get into it. And everything I've ever done that I imagine my dialect coach would say to me now is hit it, hit it right on the head and then pull back from it if you know what I mean. Like just soften it up a little bit. So that’s -I would say that’s probably the only strain for me is just trying to figure out what - how much do we push it? But I figure hopefully I've got some time here to figure that out and the audience will be forgiving.

Now Ray have you had a most memorable moment so far from filming this season of Heroes?

Ray: You know, my experiences working on Heroes right now up to this day has been really, I mean, the first day walking on set just bumping into Milo and Jack Coleman, it was just overwhelming but also I was a big fan-boy, you know, because, you know, I get to watch these guys on TV and now I'm working with them. And, you know, sharing scenes with Robert. And, you know, actually it was an embarrassing moment with me I was so in awe of what was going on, you know, I completely took myself out of the scene and it was like I was watching a ginormous TV screen in front of me as Robert and I were rehearsing.

Robert: Well Ray you know what’s really sweet about you though Ray is that you - this is exactly how he is, I mean he is so friendly and so complimentary on the set that at first, you know, I don't - I never watch anything, I never watch television, I hardly see moves because I have a little kid. If you'd name a Pixar movie then I would know it. But other than that I really don't see anything. And Ray’s - forgive me if there’s other things, Ray, I don't know. But one of the most famous things you've done is that, you know, that guy you had with the red face, you know, that little character that people don't talk about very much in Star Wars. But I didn't know you played such an iconic character and you come on the set and you’re like, you know, you literally were at first like just a fan. Oh they got this really nice guy to play him, you don't carry your ego at all, you’re the most humble guy to work with. And you've got some chops, man, you've gotten - you've gotten some pretty hefty credits to your name so I just wanted to say thank you for you and your way of acting on the set too because you’re so humble. No one would ever know.

Ray: Oh thank you, Robert, you’re a pleasure to work with too.

Heroes cast members have been hearing for years but I figured, you know, you all could take a stab at it to. If you could any super power of your choosing what would you want and why?

Ray: That’s a good one because every time I get asked that I always walk away and go oh I should have said this, I should have said that. I've been asked it in the past and I think I don't know, sometimes I, you know, when I was a kid I wanted to be like Teen Wolf and be able to sort of turn my eyes red and scare people away, because it seemed like the most non, you know, physical way of doing something without, you know, putting a finger on someone. When I was a kid, you know, first seeing Teen Wolf. But as I got older and you think, oh it'd be nice to be able to read people’s minds or move objects with my mind. And so I just try and live it through TV and film, you know, and try and be like Peter Pan and try and make believe and, you know, let the kids believe that I can have those special powers.

Robert: Oh I wish I had said that, that’s like the perfect answer. I have two thoughts and, sorry, they’re just immediate thoughts; one of them is I'm sitting in my messy office; I wish I had the power to whenever I wanted to just be able to go I'm going to clean my office and it’s clean. Because that’s the last room in our house that just - it gets the least amount of attention. And damn it, I deserve it and I’m worth it; I should be able to have a clean office but it’s up to me to do it. And the second thing is is that I've - I would love to have the power to be the just eternally perfect husband so my wife would always be happy; that would take me to heaven if I could figure that one out.

What’s it like for both of you working on Heroes compared to your other work because, Ray, you've mainly done film work haven't you?

Ray: Yeah, this is the first TV show or TV action show I've ever done. And I mean mostly movies and it’s actually really exciting. The first time I actually saw Heroes was
two years ago and I bought it on DVD and everyone was
talking about it....