Sunday, March 16, 2008

Holdin' Out For a Hero (or two)

Speaking of favorites, along with "Buffy," one of my other favorite shows is "Heroes," and two of its cast members were also at the convention! Jimmy Jean-Louis (aka The Haitian) and Noah Gray-Cabey (aka Micah) manned the autograph and photo stands and did a Q&A double-act on Sunday. Noah was cute, if perhaps a bit too rehearsed/practiced in his answers. Came off a bit too precocious/mature for a tween-ager, but we found out he's was a music prodigy at 2 years old, so that might explain it. He was cast on the show after agents spotted him doing the talk show circuit about his super-powered piano playing!

Jimmy came to the show after modeling stints and some time playing professional football (soccer). He is, in a word, GORGEOUS! He is also very charming and gregarious and quite the showman. At the close of the Q&A the emcee asked to wrap things up with "Glad Hands." Well, at first I thought this was some kind of weird Manchester-speak for "applause," but it turns out it stood for "jazz hands" or "spirit fingers," as Jimmy led Noah in a soft-shoe routine off off the stage. Those Heroes sure are multi-talented!