'Heroes' star explains Sylar turmoil

Zachary Quinto has discussed his views on the inner turmoil of his Heroes character Sylar.

Speaking to the Radio Times about Sylar's behaviour in the current season, Quinto said: "He is in great conflict within himself and you get to see different shades of his character, some a little less threatening than others, but that darkness and evil that he serves have a great power over him and I don't know if that power is surmountable."

He added: "We establish in the first episode of the season that he doesn't eat brains. He has a different relationship to them - which is not edible!"

Quinto, soon to be seen as Spock in J.J. Abrams's new Star Trek movie, joked: "I don't think my eyebrows factored into the decision to hire me as Sylar, but once I got the job, they played into my characterisation of this man. Spock is a pretty eyebrow-centric character in his own right, too."

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