According to MSNBC David Ander's character on Heroes:

Anders will play the most intriguing part, that of the ancient samurai warrior Takezo Kensei, Hiro Nakamura’s (Masi Oka) childhood hero. Hiro spent most of the first season trying to get ahold of Kensei’s sword, which he hoped would help him in his quest to save the world.

I think they have their wires crossed there, as all the other reports and rumours have had him playing the character Kane.

Either that, or they know something the rest of us haven't heard yet.

Here's another piece saying the same thing.

I read that Heroes is alreadying filming because they've got so many episodes in their season (or unwritten reason: they're trying to avoid the writers' strike) - but that probably means some real hard-core spoilers should be out and about shortly.

Anders will play the most intriguing part, that of the ancient samurai warrior Takezo Kensei

Um, I know my eyesight is shitty, but, isn't David Anders kind of white for that role?

Also, if they make him deliver all his lines in Japanese I will laugh and laugh -- I've never heard him speak in his native accent, which I gather is something ordinary like Oregonian.

I've never heard him speak in his native accent, which I gather is something ordinary like Oregonian.

I don't remember what accent he used in CSI (and wouldn't recognise Oregonian if it bit me in the ass with a reacharound map), but it was very charming.

But that all pales behind the idea of a resurgence of 'yellowface,' which I was just reading was kosher way longer than blackface ever was. I'd never thought of that.

Yeah, when you have John Wayne playing Gengis Khan, that's seriously stretching credibility for the sake of discrimination.

Say what you will, that was less offensive than Mickey Rooney in Breakfast at Tiffany's.

I don't know how Mickey slept at night after that role.

Maybe the rat poison that likely started finding its way into his Chinese take-out had a soporific effect?