Posted by Dustin on 07.20.2008 at 9:12 pm

Showbiz Spy spoke with Hayden Panettiere (Claire) who confirms that she will be playing two characters next season in “Heroes.” Well, sort of.

. . . her character takes a nasty turn in future episodes.

. . . . “It (the new script) has some really, really great story lines and a couple of us get to play two different characters.

So the photos showing Claire shooting what appeared to be an evil Peter do take place in the future as many guessed. The question now is, are they playing future versions of themselves, or entirely new characters?

*Update* Sci-Fi Wire also interviewed her and it’s confirmed that it’s future versions of themselves they are playing.