Heroes star and now young Spock Zachary Quinto swung over to the offices of Entertainment Weekly to let them see his arched Vulcan eyebrows (pictured left, bigger image below), plus an accompanying article that is mostly about how long it took to put on the Vulcan ears, or as Quinto says, “‘the biggest earlobes you’ve ever seen.”

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As for Spock’s most iconic feature? For three hours each day, Quinto says he sits in the makeup room, where he’s outfitted with silicone ears and silently curses genetics: His lobes are attached, whereas original Spock Leonard Nimoy has ”the biggest earlobes you’ve ever seen. But it feels good to change it up, put on some pointy ears, and shave my eyebrows for the role.” Sure, he’d say that — the time-consuming physical transformation is easy compared with what lies ahead in 2008.