Benedict Cumberbatch talks 'Star Trek' villain role (NME)

Benedict Cumberbatch has teased more details about his role in Star Trek Into Darkness.

The British actor plays the main villain John Harrison in JJ Abrams' forthcoming sci-fi sequel. The character has previously been described as a 'one man weapon of mass destruction'.

Now, the actor has revealed more about the character. He told SFX: "As a psychological terrorist, he's someone who can plant an idea that's as vicious as a bomb and explode loyalties and expose relationships and try and turn people against one another to do his bidding."

The actor continued: "He really disrupts the unity aboard the ship, both physically and mentally. And he's a worthy adversary – there's a lot of shadowplay going on with him and Kirk and Spock, Kirk primarily, but both of those characters – he knows how to manipulate them."

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‘Sherlock’ Stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman Talk ‘Hobbit The Desolation Of Smaug’ (THE GLOBAL DISPATCH)

The “Sherlock” co-stars are together again in next year’s second chapter of the “Hobbit” trilogy and both stars offered a few words in the new Empire Magazine.

Martin Freeman, who stars in the franchise as Bilbo Baggins, was seen in one promotional photo nearly swimming in the dragon’s gold.

“I’m Scrooge McBaggins. It’s about a million pieces. It’s the biggest pile of gold I’ve ever seen! Well, obviously – I’m not used to hanging out in big piles of gold! They’re all fake, obviously, but it was a big eff-off pile of gold made it very hard to walk on.”

Benedict Cumberbatch, who stars with Freeman on the BBC hit series “Sherlock,” voices Smaug the Terrible, but doesn’t get to reunite with his co-star face-to-face for “Hobbit.”

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Empire's New Star Trek Covers Plus two brand new stills from the film 24 December 2012 | Written by Phil de Semlyen | Source: Empire Exclusive

 The new issue of Empire beams onto newstands on December 27 and as a late Christmas treat, it's more packed with Star Trek Into Darkness goodness than an Enterprise-shaped turkey. Not one but two covers on the February issue of the magazine are given over to JJ Abrams' intergalactic epic and we have a sneak peek right here.

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Benedict Cumberbatch and Alice Eve Talk STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (TREKNEWS)

Last week, at a special press screening of the first 9-minutes of STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS in London, Trek newcomers Alice Eve and Benedict Cumberbatch discussed the film and their respective characters (Carol Marcus and John Harrison) with IGN UK.

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Benedict Cumberbatch's 'Star Trek' Villain Is 'A Terrorist' 'He has extraordinary physical powers, but also mental powers,' the actor tells MTV News about his mysterious 'Star Trek' villain. (MTV)

By Josh Wigler (@RoundHoward), with reporting by Josh Horowitz (@joshuahorowitz)

At long last, Benedict Cumberbatch's "Star Trek" villain has a name: John Harrison. But that doesn't make James T. Kirk's new nemesis any less enigmatic.

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Benedict Cumberbatch reads a chapter of MOBY DICK (BIG READ)

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Benedict Cumberbatch 'Star Trek' Character Revealed As 'John Harrison'? (PHOTO) The Huffington Post | By Christopher Rosen

Benedict Cumberbatch's "Star Trek Into Darkness" character has remained a mystery to fans, but a new official still from the J.J. Abrams film has finally revealed his name. Or, perhaps, "name."

Reads the official Paramount-approved caption accompanying the photo posted below:

(Left to right) Zachary Quinto is Spock, Benedict Cumberbatch is John Harrison and Chris Pine is Kirk in STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions.

Which raises the question: Who is John Harrison?


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'Star Trek Into Darkness' Nine-Minute IMAX Prologue: Doom, Gloom, and Benedict Cumberbatch (MOVIE LINE)

FIRST LOOKS || BY: JEN YAMATO

Introducing a sneak peek at the first nine minutes of Star Trek Into Darkness in a special IMAX 3-D presentation for press Sunday night, director J.J. Abrams warned of the "doom and gloom" throughout his May 2013 sequel. "There’s a lot of intensity in this, and a little bit of gloom," he admitted, "but it’s also fun."
In true Abrams fashion, that's about all he said before he exited the theater, taking the truth about who the heck Benedict Cumberbatch is playing in Star Trek 2 with him. (The first nine minutes will debut in theaters on December 14, attached to select IMAX screenings of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Read on for details, speculation, guesstimates, and wild theorizing about what's in store in Star Trek 2 based on the tease.)

What's revealed in the first nine minutes of Star Trek Into Darkness isn't so much telling as it is intriguing, moreso for the Trek fans out there who'll get every little familiar line of dialogue and nod to the O.G. Trek series, of which there are many. But fair warning, Trekkies: Judging from this tease and the footage Paramount has already released, Abrams knows that you're reading into every little clue — and he's playing you like a violin.

Here's why: Star Trek Into Darkness opens in a prologue, in a beautifully shot, blue-tinged London, Stardate 2259.55. A couple (Noel Clarke and Nazneen Contractor) wake up and drive their hover car to visit their child in the hospital. We don't know their names, or hear them speak, but we wonder; could their last name possibly, just possibly, be Singh?

Maybe, maybe not. Their sick child is a daughter (strike that, it's not a young Khan — or is it??*), bedridden by an unspecified illness. The father is approached by a stranger whose voice we hear first: "I can save her." It's Benedict Cumberbatch, and he's the villain, which we know because the camera closes in until his face fills the IMAX screen as Michael Giacchino's score swells with tense, ominous notes.


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Star Trek Sequel Trailer: Why Zoe Saldana Made Costar Benedict Cumberbatch Blush Over It (E!)

by Marc Malkin

Star Trek fans aren't the only ones who are foaming at the mouth to see Star Trek Into Darkness, director J.J. Adams' second installment of the sci-fi franchise.

Especially after yesterday's release of the film's new 60-second trailer.

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"My [talent] agency was just wetting themselves," Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays a villain in the sequel, told me last night at the Children's Defense Fund's Beat the Odds gala at the Beverly Hills Hotel. "They were ringing me up and sending me emails. It's really exciting. I, like everyone else, feel teased. I can't wait to see the whole film now."

Costar Zoe Saldana watched the trailer on her iPad after running morning errands. "I emailed the whole gang," she said. "I was like, ‘Benedict, your voice sounds better than [late R&B singer] Barry White's. I'm sure I made him blush."

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Benedict Cumberbatch: Breaking news from Scoop It! (scooped by Tee Paulson)

Breaking news: Benedict Cumberbatch to narrate Britten's Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, live on Nov 18th.

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Benedict Cumberbatch In 'Star Trek 2': Villain Role For 'Sherlock' Star (Huff Post)

First Posted: 1/5/12 06:25 AM ET Updated: 1/5/12 07:45 AM ET

Benedict Cumberbatch is going from solving crimes in London to perpetrating them in space.

The "Sherlock" star has joined JJ Abrams' upcoming "Star Trek" sequel in a villain role, Variety reports. While it was reported late in 2011 that the second film would see classic baddie Khan do battle against the crew of the USS Enterprise, there is no indication which character Cumberbatch will play.

A supporting star in this winter's "War Horse" and "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," Cumberbatch's filmography has been growing in leaps and bounds. In a recent interview with the Radio Times, he worried that his privileged childhood -- he is the son of two British actors -- was keeping him typecast in pompous, unlikable roles; he's voicing the evil Smaug in Peter Jackson's upcoming "Hobbit" movies, and playing another villain will probably do little to disprove his notion. Still, working in massive franchises with Jackson and Abrams is probably worth the tradeoff.

Cumberbatch joins a cast that returns Chris Pine as Captain Kirk, Zachary Quinto as Spock, Zoe Saldana as Uhura and Simon Pegg as Scotty. Edgar Ramirez is reported to have auditioned for the villain role, while Benicio Del Toro was rumored to be playing Khan late last year before that was shot down.

For more, click over to Variety.


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