10 Actors Who Have Turned Down TV Reboots

Alongside his brilliant iteration of everyone's favourite USS Enterprise officer Spock in the rebooted Star Trek film series, Zachary Quinto is probably best known for his compelling work as the superpower stealing figure known as Sylar in Heroes.

Yet, when it became clear that the folks behind the NBC hit show were gearing up to bring the series back into existence after five years away, a conversation with show creator Tim Kring soon brought with it the realisation that Quinto was very much happy to leave Sylar in the rear-view mirror.

Though he'd go out of his way to explain how he loved the job and people he worked with during his "meaningful experience" whilst occupying the Heroes sphere, the star just "didn't want to go back" and confessed to wanting to "cultivate other outlets for (himself)."

As it goes, Quinto was probably wise to give this heroic reunion a miss in the end, with Heroes Reborn eventually underwhelming and not earning itself a second season. While the one-time big bad of the series has clearly enjoyed testing himself ever since, popping up in everything from the Invincible adult animated superhero series to a recent West End transfer of the Best of Enemies play in the years since turning down a Heroes comeback.