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This weekend it's time for FACTS Fall Edition 2024! Unfortunately, Carola won't be able to make it, but I (Liv) will be there on Saturday and I am very excited about some of the guests. I haven't missed an edition of FACTS since 2015 and we always have an amazing time in Flanders Expo. Today we have a the first of our traditional 'looking forward to the guests' article for you. There is one guest in particular I am very excited about and that is also the first guest I am going to talk about in this article. The second guest is also a great addition to the guest list. Sit back and relax and let us tell you all about these first two names.

Whoop whoop! Are you ready for our second article about the guests of Heroes Comic Con Belgium!

This weekend it is time again for Heroes Comic Con Belgium 2024 in Brussels Expo! Over the last years, Brussels Expo has been the location for the combo-event Heroes Comic Con Belgium and Heroes Made in Asia Belgium and that will also be the case for this edition. But there is more, this year GameForce Belgium will also be held at the same location. When you buy a ticket, you will be able to visit all three of the areas. If you haven't bought a ticket yet, go to the website and secure one of those last tickets. After that come back here to read our first (of two articles about the movie and TV guest who will be attending the event. In our first article we already talked about the 'bloody' part of the guest list and now we are talking about the remaining guests.

Whoop whoop! This weekend it is time again for Heroes Comic Con Belgium 2024 in Brussels Expo! Over the last years, Brussels Expo has been the location for the combo-event Heroes Comic Con Belgium and Heroes Made in Asia Belgium and that will also be the case for this edition. But there is more, this year GameForce Belgium will also be held at the same location. When you buy a ticket, you will be able to visit all three of the areas. If you haven't bought a ticket yet, go to the website and secure one of those last tickets. After that come back here to read our first (of two articles about the movie and TV guest who will be attending the event. Today we are talking about two of them. All we can say is that with this guests things are gonna get 'bloody' fun!

This weekend it is finally time for the Summer edition of Heroes Dutch Comic Con. In our previous (two) articles we already talked about most of the special movie and TV guests for this editio, but not all of them. The list goes on and our excitement gets bigger!

In a few weeks, Dutch Comic con celebrates 10 years of Heroes Universe with not two but three days of Dutch Comic Con. On Friday June 21st, the weekend will be kicked of with a preview night and you can read all about the special movie- and TV guests for this evening in our article from last week. In this second article, we are talking about some of the guests for the rest of the weekend and next week we will close off our article trilogy with an article about the remaining part of the guestlist. 

Whoop whoop, just a few more weeks before it's time for Heroes Dutch Comic Con (21-22-23 June in Utrecht). To celebrate 10 years of Heroes Universe, Dutch Comic Con adds a preview night to their program on Friday 21 June. So for this edition, we will have not two but three days of geeky goodness. For the preview night, a part of the convention will already be opened up, for the lucky people who have a ticket. The doors will open at 16:00h and the party will end at 22:00h. On this night there will also be some special guests present and some of them will only be there for that special night. Oh yeah, before we forget: we will also be there ...whoop whoop! For now: Let us tell you all about the special guests of the Preview Night of Heroes Dutch Comic Con Summer Edition 2024.

Dominic Anthony Sherwood was born on February 6, 1990 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England (U.K.). He is the youngest of 5 children of Alfred Sherwood and Mary Summons. While there isn't much information to be found about the family, it is clear that Dominic's family has always been very supportive about his acting dreams. From a young age, Dominic had a great passion for acting and the arts. During his childhood he participated in a variety of local plays and talent shows.Dominic received his secondary education at Oakwood Park Grammar School in Maidstone (51 km southeast of London).During his time on Oakwood, Dominic participated in school productions of stage plays. After graduation, he studied drama and theatre at the Maidstone Arts Centre and at Sevenoaks Drama School. He honed his craft for a few years and around the age of 18, .he packed his suitcase to go and work abroad. He spent 6 months working in Kenya to gain some more life experience and international exposure, before going back to London to pursue a career in acting. Back in London, Dominic returned to stage acting and appeared in various plays. All of his hard work paid off, when he was signed to an agency, which would open more doors to movie and TV roles.

His first significant role on TV came in 2010  when Dominic joined the cast of "The Cut" in the third and last season of this British Teen Drama. His role as Jack Simmons, helped him gain recognition and build a name for himself. In the years that followed, he kept on filling his resume with (minor) roles in Tv shows and movies, like:  "Sadie J" (2011, as Tom), "Not Fade Away" (2012, as Mick) and "Mayday" (2014, as Louis). His first breakthrough came in 2014, when he was cast as Christian Ozera in the vampire movie "Vampire Academy". The movie is based on the bestselling book series by Richelle Mead  ( a few years later the books would also be used as an inspiration for a TV series with the same name). At the auditions for the movie, Dominic's enthusiasm for the role impressed the casting directors and they offered him the role. Although the movie didn't do very well at the box office it did gain a group of cult followers. Dominic's performance as Christian was well received and this helped him setting a name for himself in Hollywood.

In 2015, Dominic played the role of Taylor Swift's boyfriend in her music video for the song Style. His worldwide breakthrough came when he was cast as angel-human hybrid Jace Wayland in the supernatural fantasy series "Shadowhunters", which is based on Cassandra Clare's book series "The Mortal Instruments". In the books the character of Jace had a massive fan following, so there was no lack of expectations. The show was pretty popular and it ran for 3 seasons from 2016 until 2019. Eventually Dominic played the role of cocky shadowhunter Jace in 55 episodes. Later on he mentioned that he was very proud to be a part of a show that dealt with diversity in race, sexuality and humanity. He also shared that the role was physically demanding and he got hurt on multiple occasions (knocked out teeth and a broken ankle are just a few examples). During his time on "Shadowhunters", Dominic took on other projects, like: "Billionaire Ransom" (2016, as James Herrick) and "Don't Sleep" (2017, as Zach Bradford). After "Shadowhunters" (it ended in 2019), Dominic moved on to the next fantasy series. In 2020 he takes on the role of Kurt in "Penny Dreadful: City of Angels". Unfortunately, the show was cancelled after one season. In 2021, Dominic revisited the world of music videos and he played the role of Billie Eilish's girlfriend in the music video for "Happier Than Ever".

Devon Michael Murray was born on 28 October 1988 in County Kildare, Ireland. He is the middle of 3 children of Michael and Fidelma Murray. Devon has an older brother named Conor and a younger sister named Amy. He grew up in Celbridge, in the heart of Ireland and from a young age it was clear that Devon had a natural talent for performing. When he was 7 years old, his parents enrolled him at the Billie Barry Stage School in Dublin, because they recognised his passion for performing. Devon also went to a regular school, so his training at the Billie Barry Stage School was an additional education. Within 5 weeks from his start at Billie Barry, Devon lande his first paid acting gig in a commercial for the supermarket chain Tesco. Not long after this he landed his first feature film role as Christy in "This IS My Father" (1998). In the meantime Devon kept on developing his skills and received training in singing, dancing and acting. In 1999, Devon made the transition to the National Performing Arts School. Also in 1999, he played the role of middle Malachy in the biographical drama movie "Angela's Ashes". It was also around this time that a nationwide casting call was put out in the Uk and Ireland for the audition of an upcoming movie based on the books of J.K. Rowling.

Devon's agent informed him about these audition for "Harry Potter" and his parents were very supportive and helped him prepare for it. After a grand total of 4 audition rounds, Devon was cast as Seamus Finnigan in "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" (and the following movies). Eventually, Devon played the role of Seamus in all 8 movies of the franchise from 2001 until 2011. The first movie hit the cinemas in 2001, when Devon was 11 or 12 years old and the during the last one he was 22/23 years old. You could say that Devon (and the other young actors)  grew up on the set of the movies. Because of the 10 year span, the cast and crew spent a lot of time together and eventually developed a bond that felt like family. They celebrated birthdays, holidays and a lot of other special occasions together. Devon said that working with the older actors (Maggie SMith, Alan Rickman and Michael Gambon) was a valuable learning experience. Because of Seamus' magical mishaps (read blowing himself up), Devon spent a lot of time with the special effects team, to make sure that all of it happened in a safe manner. Devon once  mentioned a particular tricky scene where he accidentally put his eyebrows on fire. With the immense popularity of the movies came the necessity to quickly adapt to the sudden fame that came with it. While on set the young actors (including Devon) had to do their best to fit their schoolwork into their filming schedules. To help them with that, they had access to a team of tutors. In 2011, the last movie hit the cinemas and a few years later Devon opened up about the fact that he had been struggling with depressions for over 10 years.

He talked about being alone in his hotelroom on his 16th birthday in London. Although he was in a fantastic suite, surrounded by presents, he wasn't happy at all. He missed his home in Ireland and his family and friends. From this moment on Devon started suffering from periods of depression. During the filming of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", Devon was diagnosed with Bell's Palsy. This is a condition that temporarily paralysed one side of his face. Although it didn't leave any permanent physical marks it did destroy Devon's confidence. He closed himself off from the outside world and didn't even speak to friends. He  didn't leave the house, because he was scared that people saw how he looked. During this particular difficult time in his life he started taking care of the horses, he initially bought to sell. Caring for them, when he was at his lowest point in life, gave him so much satisfaction that he found it difficult to part with them. He was in the stables for whole days, seeking distraction for what he was thinking and feeling. When his former agent, sued him for breaking an agreement about commision charges Devon was pushed even further into his depression. Later on he confessed that he struggled with suicidal thoughts and he got pretty close to acting on them. At the last moment he cam to his senses and texted his parents saying he needed help and he told them everything. Opening up about his feelings was liberating and he received a lot of support from his family and friends. Devon says he is in a good place now, but he continuous to speak up for the importance of mental health awareness,

John Noble was born on August 20, 1948 in Port Pirie, Australia. There isn't much to be found about his family or early childhood other than that he grew up in a small town. He says he was completely unaware of the facts that becoming an actor, until he was well into his teenage years. He had always thought that all actors were American or English and that he had to move to Los Angeles to become one. He went to boarding school and was going to get into law school, although he did not like it very much. For some reason he picked drama as an elective and his teacher saw something they liked. Apparently John had a talent for acting and was asked to perform in community theatre. He finally found something he was good in and he loved it. He found a voice coach and moved to Adelaide. Later on he said he was lucky to be in the right place at the right time, because the theatre business was really getting started in Australia at that time. In Adelaide there was a lot of work to be found in nonprofessional theatre. He did a lot of small plays in small theatres and still considers this as some of the best work he ever did.He did a lot of professional stagework throughout the 70s and 80s. From 1977 until 1989, he was artistic director for The Stage Company. His work in the theatre world earned him a lot of recognition in worldwide.

In 1988, when John was 40 years old he made his screen debut in the film "The Dreaming". He played the role of Dr. Richards in this Australian horror movie, directed by Mario Andreacchio. In the years that followed he took on more screen roles, like:  Geoff Fraser in "Call Me Mr. Brown" (1990), General Booth in "The Nostradamus Kid" (1993) and some minor roles in TV shows. From 1997 until 2000, he moved to theatre education and became the head of Drama at Brent Street School of Arts in Sydney. From 1998 until 2004 he had a recurring roleas Dr. John Madsen in 

the medical drama series "All Saints".  John takes on more and more screen roles and his worldwide breakthrough comes with the role as Denethor in "Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers" (2002) and "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" (2003). The call about the audition for the "Lord of the Rings" movies came from his agent back in 1999. He went to the audition in Sydney and read for the parts of Saruman and Denethor. At first he heard nothing and when he saw that Christopher Lee got the role of Saruman, he thought it was a done deal. But John got a callback for Denethor and about a year later he stood on the set.