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If you guys have ever seen Heroes , then I am positive you have seen Kristen Bell in action. The actress who has starred in Veronica Mars, Fanboys , and the popular tv show Heroes will now be lending her voice to the highly anticipated film ' Astro Boy .' Bell gave a few hints about the character she will be playing in an interview with Sci Fi Wire at last week's Saturn Awards.

"I play Cora, who is a girl who befriends Astro when he comes down from Metro City onto the surface of Earth,"..."She runs a little kind of like Peter Pan group of kids. She's pretty tough, pretty sassy....I've seen a lot of it [the movie], actually," Bell said. "It looks amazing. To be involved in the process is really exciting, because you see the layers that they put on, and you see when they don't have the 3-D involved and then when they do, and you see when it's just penciled out. It was a really interesting process."

Bell seems pretty excited about the film, and Astro Boy fans should be, too! The film, which will hit theaters on October 23rd, will be based on the manga which was written by Osamu Tezuka . Bell, who didn't know anything about Astro Boy prior to working on the animated film, quickly became a fan.

"I didn't know Astro Boy at all, but now I'm immersed and have all the little toys and stuff,"

Based on all the images I have seen so far, it does look really sweet, and I am really looking forward to seeing this movie this fall. Were you a fan of the manga? Are you looking forward to this film?