Ken Lally
UPDATE: Thanks to all out readers who submitted their questions via twitter, comments and emails. Read the interview here.
Next On Heroes will be conducting an interview with talented actor Ken Lally, who portrayed the level-5 escapee “the German.” Ken’s mysterious character was a criminal with the ability to manipulate magnetic energy. He appeared in the first two episodes of Season 3: “The Butterfly effect” and “One of Us, One of Them” but left the viewers with a lot of questions about his past and his relationship to Ali Larter’s characters: Niki, Tracy and Barbara. Try to be creative and submit your best questions! This is a great chance to feed all your curiosity.
Ken got his B.A. in theater from upstate New York’s St. Lawrence University, and also attended New York City’s National Shakespeare Conservatory. His love of Shakespeare took him as far as London, where he studied at Shakespeare’s Globe, and The University of Westminster on High Holborn. He was in dozens of plays in London, NYC and LA, but by 24, his love for acting took him to film. Since then, he has been in several films and TV shows for both stunts and acting. One of Ken’s favorite roles was on General Hospital, where he played “Greg”, a mob accountant for the show’s resident gangster. Ken got into stunts by accident. Some of his other credits include Big Love, Alias, Star Trek: Enterprise, The Pirates of the Caribbean, and The Seventh Man.
His lifelong passion for martial arts and fighting took him to Benny the Jet Urquidez’s kickboxing gym in North Hollywood, where he trained and fought under Sensei Benny’s watchful eye for nearly nine years, all the while performing martial arts stunts, falls, and other gags for the legendary, five-time world kickboxing champion. He is also an avid fencer and fences once a week with a local sword master. Ken spends his days off teaching stunt-fighting for film, or “acting for action” at the New York Film Academy’s campus on the Warner Brother’s lot in L.A. He trains boxing and kickboxing every day and gets together once a week to put on the gloves and spar with the other members of Benny the Jet’s stunt team.
Submit your questions via Twitter @NextOnHeroes or leave a comment here. We will pick the best questions and include them on our interview. Don’t miss this opportunity. Thread closes on Friday June 12th. Hurry!
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Ken Lally here, Hope to get some fun questions! Thanks for sending them in.
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What advice would you give to a young artist?
Why did Heroes version of Magneto die in 2 episodes? Come on probably one of the best abilities had die at the hands of the weakest one…HMMM i smell your fear good one Knox
There was apparantly a nazi cloning experiment storyline planned for the character, Tracy/Niki/Barbara and Dr. Zimmermann, but it was scrapped, possibly when Jeph Loeb and Jesse Alexander were fired. Which makes it really sound like everyone in the writing room is constantly working against each other, storyline VS storyline. And that explains a LOT about Season 3.
Nevertheless, I’m glad this particular storyline was scrapped. So sick that there cannot be a “German” without him having a nazi connection. Stupid Hollywood perpetuating stereotypes.
But anyway, Ken, how much do you identify with your German side, or how much does it mean to you, or do you think it’s some how influenced you how your parents met and who they were?
how was your experience with Heroes? did you know from the beginning that your character was going to die so soon?
Please, send my question. What do you know about the origins of your character? Do you also posses synthetic abilities? Were you “created” by Dr. Zimmerman?
Hey Ken,
I think your character, and your power were both awesome. Is there anything you wish your character could have done during it’s too-short run on Heroes? [Besides more appearances, obviously].
Thanks!
Frank @ HeroesARG.com
Is Ken coming back to Heroes? maybe a flashback? Is the German older or younger than Tracy, Niki and Barbara?