'Heroes' star delighted by internet army

Heroes star Zachary Quinto has discovered an evil internet army made up of fans of his character Sylar.

The actor was delighted to find the online appreciation group, which was created to "protect" the show's villain from viewer's complaints.

He said: "There's a group that calls itself the Sarmy - or Sylar's Army - that's dedicated to the support of my character. Their slogan is 'Every villain needs a legion of evil supporters'. But what's funny is they do great charity work. It's never bad to have an army."

Quinto recently signed up to play the young Spock in the forthcoming Star Trek movie.