Adam Armus reveals more details about Lydia and The Carnival

Executive producer Adam Armus talked exclusively to Eric Goldman from IGN this weekend about Dawn Olivieri’s character Lydia. Dawn is the latest addition to the cast of Heroes for the upcoming Season 4. He confirmed that Lydia was no other than “Tatto Girl” from earlier casting calls.

Adam elaborates, “Lydia is the beautiful, charming, soul of the Sullivan Brothers Carnival. This carnival is a roving band of people blessed with special abilities. They are powerful, but they hide in the shadows, performing on the outskirts of towns and cities. But all of that is about to change. Lydia has been part of this carnival for a number of years. She is the exotic tattoo lady, but she is also a powerful empath of sorts. She has the ability to ’sense’ the images on her body and provide valuable information about them. This ability is of great value to Samuel (Robert Knepper), the leader of the carnival. He uses Lydia’s ability to locate other ’specials’ in the world and uses the information she provides to woo them to his side. Lydia is compassionate towards Samuel. She understands the grief that has fueled his ambition. But will she support his ultimate destructive goals? Will she be loyal or does Lydia have her own agenda?”

Robert Knepper (Prison Break) and Ray Park (Star Wars) will join Dawn Olivieri as a Carnival Barker and a mysterious Knife Thrower respectively. Other character yet to be cast part of the Sullivan Brothers Carnival are “Prudence” a young 10-year-old odd looking girl, and Ernie and old man “on his last leg.”

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