HEROES REBORN: Zachary Levi and Judi Shekoni on the Collins’ Twisted Relationship

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In addition to all the new people with powers HEROES REBORN introduced in its first few hours, the show also added two very powerful humans —  Luke and Joanne Collins —  who have made it their mission to take out “evos,” following the death of their son in a terrorist attack. (Allegedly, powered people were responsible for the attack.)

“I do feel like this year [since their son’s death], the only thing that’s keeping them together is this common enemy they have…and avenging their son,” Zachary Levi (Luke) said. “I think…losing our son impacted us both in really deep and powerful ways, but also different ways. As a husband who is trying to show love to his wife, I think he has found that this is maybe the best way to show her love, which is strange…the couple that kills together, stays together.”

“They had a good marriage earlier,” Judi Shekoni (Joanne) acknowledged. “They have history, having had a child, and having lost their only child together, that connection. I think there’s the commonality of pain…I think there’s that going on. And I think neither of us are in a position to really know ourselves what’s going on.”

Though cracks in their partnership were just starting to make themselves apparent in the first couple episodes, that will continue to grow as they go further down this path.

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