Leonard Roberts, who appeared on NBC s hit series Heroes from 2006 to 2007, penned an essay for Variety on Tuesday that described clashes with co-star Ali Larter on set as well as a troubling experience with systemic racism.
Roberts, known for roles in the movie Drumline and the show Buffy the Vampire Slayer, landed his first series regular role on Heroes, playing D.L. Hawkins, whose character was in an interracial marriage with Larter s Niki Sanders. In his piece for Variety, Roberts writes Larter balked when it came time to film an intimate scene with his character and the issues between them eventually led to his firing after the show s first season. He also notes the show had several Black series regulars but no Black writers in its first season.