Adrian Pasdar: Out of Character

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: So, what's this about a kids' TV series?
ADRIAN PASDAR: It's the story of a pig and an English bulldog who become friends. It's based on a true story that we had at our ranch in Texas. We inherited a pig when we bought the ranch, and we had a bulldog that we owned, and putting the two together was like oil and water. But they became friends, and we decided to make a children's show about the Amazing Adventures of Stella and Ralph.

And then there's this little show called Heroes. There's been a lot of criticism of this season, and creator Tim Kring even gave EW a bit of a mea culpa.
We all have great faith in the writing team that puts together Heroes. 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. What's challenging is: It's not stupid TV, it's not a reality program. It actually is complex. There's many layers to Heroes. Tim's not averse to risk-taking, as he has proven in the episodes of season 2. I think it turns a corner; the last three or four episodes have really gotten back to the core of what the show is about.

You cast one of your friends from Heroes, Leonard Roberts (who played D. L. Hawkins), in Atlanta. Did you know his musical talents?
Leonard and I ride bikes together a lot. Saturday, Sunday mornings, we used to do these 50, 60 mile rides, which gives you a lot of time to talk. I told him about the story I had, and how I thought he'd be perfect for this character, and did he sing? And of course, like any actor, he said, ''Of course I sing!'' I was like, ''Well, we'll see.'' He had to jump through the hoops. I didn't give him any favoritism.

The cast of Heroes seems to have fun together, or at least that's what I gather from YouTube.
I have a channel on YouTube called Buckshotwon. It started off as a kind of joke, just behind-the-scenes goofs. When I got 10,000 hits it was like, wow. Then 400,000. I've got like 1.2-something million hits on there from all over the world. It's a blast, man. The only reason it's successful, bottom line, is that I have famous people in it. Greg Grunberg, Hayden Panettiere, I have access to them. My favorite one has got to be ''Grunny Goes Nuts!''. To film that took about as long as it takes to watch it. It was between takes on the lot and we started acting like kids like you do in high school in the science lab when the teachers aren't there. He just started doing this crazy stuff and I started filming it and then edited it together with this Bloodhound Gang song on top of it. It was a fun thing to do.

Has NBC told you it should be on their site?
I have been approached by various people, but the second I start working under the umbrella of GE then I've got to deal with all the legal stuff that goes with it. People would say, ''You've got to put this on the season 2 DVD.'' I can't. I'm using copyrighted music. It's just for fun, as long as it's where it is, and nobody's making money off it.

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