If you watched the most recent trailer for The Tomorrow People, you will have noted the very interesting role that Mark Pellegrino (Being Human, Lost, Supernatural) will be playing in the new CW series. Of course he’s looking pretty villainous, a role at which he excels with subtlety and quiet menace. Here’s that trailer again as a reminder:

Trailer: The Tomorrow People – Extended Preview

Gotta love that twist at the end. But in this new featurette, Pellegrino makes the case for his character as hero:

Featurette: The Tomorrow People – Mark Pellegrino Interview

Hmm. Well, maybe, but I’m pretty sure he’s still a villain. We shall see, or at least begin to draw our own conclusions, in a little over a month…

The Tomorrow People, starring Robbie Amell, Luke Mitchell, Peyton List, Aaron Yoo, and Mark Pellegrino , premieres Wednesday, October 9 at 9/8c on The CW.