Greg Hernandez craves a daily fix of celebrity news the way some
people need their daily cup of joe. He's made it his mission to show
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Catching up with Jack Coleman of "Heroes"
Jack Coleman is one of the few actors in Hollywood who know what it's like to have lightening strike twice when it comes to landing on a hit series.
The man who has played Mr. Bennet (aka Horned-Rimmed Glasses) on the NBC series "Heroes" for the past two seasons previously had a six-year run as Steven Carrington on the classic nighttime soap
"Dynasty."
I ran into Jack last weekend at the Ribbon of Hope Celebration, an awards show that honors movies and television shows that continue to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS. Even though Jack's "Dynasty" character was one of the first openly gay characters on network television, AIDS was never a part of the
show's storyline.
"You certainly had to be aware of it," Jack said. "It wasn't given a name until 1981, I started "Dynasty" in 1982. I don't know how long it was before Ronald Reagan ever mentioned it, it was not until the
very end of his presidency."
After "Dynasty" ended, Jack went on to appear as a guest star in scores of television series, was in the miniseries "Kingdom Hospital" and made several TV movies including "The Bridesmaids" which I
thought would be fun to remind him of.
He portrayed a man involved with a unhappily married woman played by Brooke Adams in the 1989 film that also starred Sela Ward and Shelly Hack, among others.
"Oh yeah! I just saw Brooke Adams at a dinner party the other night and we were reminiscing and laughing about that movie where I played her love interest. It was a good group, it was fun. One of those goofy TV movies. They used to make them. Remember when [networks] used to make TV movies?"
But now, it's hit series time again with "Heroes" and Jack, 49, is savoring it this time around even more.
"It's been great. It started off as a one-page audition for a guest star on the pilot and it's become this incredible role - the best role I've ever had. It's been kind of a magical carpet ride.
And he wants to get back on the magic carpet soon: "We've been down for about three weeks and I can't wait for this writers strike to be over and go back to work."