This fabulous interview is brought to you by our guest-writer Pamela Auditore
"Being a
young writer in the entertainment industry is like being a kid at
thanksgiving dinner. You're asked to provide entertainment but you
have to sit at the kids table until you prove that you're mature
enough and good enough to sit with the adults... Also there's pie!"
--Jim Martin
"Heroes" writer /podcaster
With "Heroes"
returning to G4 on Tuesdays, 8/7C Starting Sept. 25 (four Episodes in a row), I thought fans would
appreciate a peak inside the process of making this ground breaking
show from inside the Writers Room.
Among "Heroes"
achievements, was launching relatively unknown and young actors like
Milo
Vengtimillia,
Santiago Cabrera, Tawny Cypress, Hayden Pentierre, Masi Oaka, Leonard
Roberts, Noah
Gray-Cabey,
Zachary Quinto, Sendhil Rhamaurthy, Ali Larter, Dana Davis, Dania
Ramirez as well as
allowing
veterans like Adrian Pasdar, Christine Rose and Jack Coleman to
shine.
Allowing up and
coming talent to shine also held true behind the camera, affording
Oliver Grigsby his
big break.
Going from gopher, to PA to writer's assistant, to Writer on
"Heroes", you would think is the
usual route in
Hollywood. Sadly, often it is not. Luckily, for Oliver, his talent
was recognized and he was given the opportunity to write 12 of
"Heroes" online Graphic Novels then was given his shot at
writing two episodes in Season 3 "Shades of Grey" and
Pass/Fail" in Season 4 "Additionally, he wrote "Slow
Burn"-- a side story to the main action of Season 4 featured
between commercial breaks and on the web which featured more of the
Carnival story line as well as a plug for the show's sponsor, Sprint.
Continuing on
his Hollywood journey, Oliver was recently a Script Coordinator on
USA Network's on
"In Plain
Sight."
