Adrian Pasdar has been let go from NBC's Heroes, sources confirm to TVGuide.com.

Reports of a major character's death and departure from the show began circulating last month.

A studio rep for the NBC series would not confirm Pasdar's exit.

This isn't the first time Pasdar's character, Sen. Nathan Petrelli, has been killed off the series. At the end of Season 3, Nathan's throat was slit by Sylar, but Pasdar remained in the cast because the supervillain was forced to take on the guise and memories of the elder Petrelli brother.

Adrian said a lot of other things that were wonderful and funny, esp. one story about him having dinner with Senator Barack Obama and that all Obama wanted to talk about was "Heroes" because his wife and him had been watching all the DVDs on the campaign trail and Adrian was like "buzzuh?" It was hilarious.

Adrian expressed that he felt that in season two he was a resource that hadn't really been utilized. He said he felt almost hurt by the fact that he was shafted. He described a beautiful scene with him and his family in the hospital where he yells and them, tells them he hates them, and then his son helping him back into the hospital bed and being like "I love you dad". I got all AWWWWW, WHY DID THEY CUT THAT? He said it felt like it helped him understand Nathan as a character, but he was kind of 'wtf, why didn't they cut ALL MY SCENES?'

“Season 3 is going to be very interesting to see what happens and how they're able to take the lessons that we've learned, and really tell the story that they want to tell without losing an audience because the goal at the end of the day is to have as many people watch the show as you can.”

...

“It's not stupid TV, it's not a reality program it actually is complex. There's many layers to Heroes. [Creator Tim Kring is] not averse to risk-taking, as he has proven in the episodes of season 2.”

"Last year we were looking to talk to anybody who wanted to talk to us," Pasdar told WENN. "This year the degree of secrecy is a lot higher in what we can say.

"No matter who your favourite character is, the things that are going to happen in this season will be exciting to the point of being numbing for fans. This season is not about defining them by their own behaviour… there's a lot more at stake."

I?ve heard three people will die.
Nice to see you, too, Kristin.

[Laughs] Adrian, there is no time for niceties. You know I?m a big fan and take this stuff very seriously.
Yes, you do. You?re the roulette girl.

Yes, I am. So, costar to costar, who's gonna die? The promo read 'A hero will be lost.'
I know. I actually was watching it with Leonard Roberts [D.L.] on Monday night, and it came on with that tag at the end, and we both looked at each other and said, "Are you going? Who?s going? Not me." We were both calling our managers, saying, "Listen, man, I just heard somebody?s getting killed. It isn?t me, is it?"

So, even the castmembers didn?t know?
I knew, I just didn?t know it was this episode. I thought it was the next episode.

When you get each script, do you flip to the end to see if you're still alive?
No. I mean, at this point I think I am all right. I don?t think I will be going anywhere.

Good. The next ep looks awesome. What can you tell us?
There is a little bit of death and mayhem and one of the victims is a Hero, as you know. It answers the questions that were posited, I think, by the first 10 episodes, and it sets in motion what?s going to happen in the second half of season one. The dynamic between myself and my brother, Peter, gets changed quite a bit. I?m running for congress, and my brother is sitting in jail for murder, so that alters things. We also resolve some substantial issues that people have been asking about this bomb. It?s pretty powerful.

What else? Give me something juicy on what's ahead.
I will say the relationships get much tighter. Familial bonds are revealed, with somebody you probably don?t suspect...I didn?t expect it when I read the script. But furthering the issues that have been set up is really the responsibility of the second half of the season. I can?t talk too specifically about it, but it does get more intense, if that?s possible.

Are you gonna be bad?
Me, Nathan? I?m as much a spectator as you are. But I am six episodes ahead of you. I think all the people that thought I would be bad will have their suspicions confirmed at a certain point, only to be disappointed later when I do something, for a lack of a better word, heroic. I think that?s the beauty of the show. There is no one rationale or one box you can put people in.

One of my favorite scenes so far was with you and Ali?the first time you met up in the hotel room. Your chemistry was crazy hot. Any chance you'll meet up again?
Oh, we meet up again. I can?t tell you what happens, but we meet up again in a big way.

In the last episode, we saw your character six months ago and the car accident. Are we to believe that that was the first time Nathan flew and that he had no control over it?
Right. I think if he had better, advanced notice that he was able to do that, he would have certainly grabbed his wife. I think it was a surprise as much to him as it was to her. It wasn?t a planned event. It just happened. And I think learning to control your powers is something we get into at the end of season one beginning of season two.

Your wife, Natalie Maines, is she a Heroes fan?
Yeah, she is. She and her band, Dixie Chicks, were on tour in Australia, and they were downloading every episode as it became available on iTunes. This whole internet thing has become such a big boon and so helpful in creating a buzz for the show. So, we?re grateful for that.