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Back in 2006, NBC tried to cash in on the burgeoning superhero craze with Heroes, an hour-long drama series that followed the interconnected stories of people with extraordinary abilities. The show’s first season became an instant hit. It also helped launch the careers of Zachary Quinto, Milo Ventimiglia, Hayden Panettiere, and others. However, other cast members weren’t so lucky. One of the first season’s key players, Leonard Roberts, has reflected on his time on the series in a new op-ed published by Variety. Roberts appeared on Heroes as D.L. Hawkins, an escaped prisoner with the a...

After playing Forrest on  Drumline, this role in Heroes was Roberts’ first series regular role on network television. It was an opportunity for something new, and the actor noted that he “found a connection to the character that didn’t traffic in stereotypes.”  Then, the bullshit slowly began. First, his character was cut from the pilot episode. Then, he discovered that despite there being three Black regulars on the show, the writers’ room had no Black writers. Slowly, he found his character getting pushed back further and further from the show, going from being introduced in th...