Miss Universe Hoping for `Heroes' Role

[Hilander72]

Just when you thought that there's no more room for another Hero. ::)

 

Less than a month after being crowned Miss Universe, Riyo Mori is hoping to land another job - a role on the NBC sci-fi series "Heroes."

 

"As soon as I won Miss Universe I had this big chance," Mori said in an interview Monday. "I've never acted before. I went to the casting audition and read a script in English and Japanese, and they said it was really good. So I hope I can be in the show."

 

Mori said the role of Yaeko would be a love interest for one of the main characters on "Heroes."

 

The 20-year-old dancer won the 2007 Miss Universe contest in Mexico City last month. The only other time Japan has won the pageant was in 1959, when Akiko Kojima became the first Miss Universe from Asia.

 

"I think I have a samurai soul," she said. "I'm very patient, and I can serve others."

 

Source: AP

 

Couple of pics:

 

I did mention something like this in this thread, besides the her being bad/evil, but that might still be true. :D

[Tenebrae]

Ah, reading in Japanese suggests that she'd be playing a role in Feudal Japan. A love interest for Hiro, perhaps.

 

Personally, I'd have have seen Fuko auditioning for the role.