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Heroes actor Jack Coleman thinks he became a regular character on the show because of the relationship he has with fellow actress Hayden Panettiere.

Coleman, who plays the mysterious Noah Bennett in the show, pictured with Kristen Bell, is the dad of Hayden’s character Claire.

He said: “He was never conceived as a series regular, I was just a small part in the pilot.

“But all I knew was that he was this shadowy figure… I thought, ‘oh there’s promise in that’.

“It was a great thrill to go from a tiny part to a series regular.”

Speaking about Panettiere, he told This Morning: “She’s been doing this since she was an embryo – have you seen her resume? It’s like twice mine.

“She invests in whomever she’s working with. She has chemistry with just about everybody – I think that has a lot to do with my longevity on the show because she really plugged into me and we really developed a relationship.

“The writer said, ‘oh this is working, let’s make more of it’.”