This weekend, Milo Ventimiglia made an appearance at the inaugural Wizard World Comic Con Las Vegas. Ventimiglia, known best for his role as Peter Petrelli on Heroes, has recently appeared on Gotham and will soon be the star of a mysterious new drama, The Whispers.
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ComicBook.com got a chance to talk with Ventimiglia about his recent work during an exclusive interview at Wizard World.
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First of all, we’re here in Las Vegas for Wizard World, how’s that treating you so far?
You know, my sinuses are dry, my throat is dry! Vegas is alright, you expect it when you come here.
You’ve been on Gotham lately, how is it getting into that villain role? I hear you have a lot of fun playing villains.
Playing villains is fun. The guy on Gotham, Jason Lennon, he’s no exception. He’s dark and he’s sick but he’s also earnest. He really does want to just find love. That’s a fun thing to try and tap into with a guy that’s so evil, you know? So bad. I think for me it’s just making him a human being that has a different way of living.
Any chance you will come back for season 2 of Gotham?
It’s always a possibility, but before that, I have a show called The Whispers coming out June 1.
What can we expect from that?
You can expect a very different me. Big beard, covered in tattoos, long hair, speaking Arabic… Doesn’t really know who he is. It’s a bit of a mystery, the show. It’s an unseen, unknown force – an enemy – basically, talking to our children and communicating with our children. I think where adults may brush it off as an imaginary friend, it’s actually deeper than that and we’re fighting an unknown, very, very powerful force.
So, you’ve played heroes, you’ve played villains… Would you ever want to do a Marvel or DC movie as either a hero or villain?
It would be a blast to do Marvel or DC. Everything from the comic book world is just such a rich universe. I grew up reading comic books so it’s kind of exciting to see the popularization of them, nowadays. Everyone is into Avengers movies, Batman movies, all that. They’re good stories, they’ve always been good stories. There’s any million of characters that would be fun to play in that world.
If the first bout of the new Heroes Reborn goes well, is there any chance you would want to return in the future?
No. You know, that show kind of ended for me a bunch of years ago. I wish those guys all the best. I’m very excited of them.
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Since a Heroes return is out of the question, is there a Marvel or DC character you would like to see Ventimiglia play?
Ventimiglia’s The Whispers premieres June 1, 2015 on ABC.
