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Benedict Cumberbatch Reveals Details About his Villain Character in Star Trek Into Darkness - MINOR SPOILERS

By GustavoLeao / 05:25, 13 December 2012 / Star Trek: Nemesis

In an interview with MTV News, Benedict Cumberbatch shed some light on his villainous character, officially named John Harrison, in "Star Trek Into Darkness", by describing him as "a terrorist, he operates as a terrorist".

Cumberbatch said, "He has extraordinary physical powers, but also mental powers. He can sow an idea, which is as powerful as gunshots or close hand combat, which he's masterful in. He tears into the fabric of both the world and the Enterprise family, and he leaves behind him a trail of devastation. It's quite exciting to watch."

Cumberbatch says that John Harrison is not "a cookie-cutter villain", but one thing "holds true" to traditional villains --- "this time it's personal".

"Giving away the full motivation would ruin it", Cumberbatch said, "but it's personal. It's also political, I think. He's somebody who, at some point in the film, you should feel a certain amount of empathy towards his cause, if not his means ...there's no two-dimensional obstacle he presents purely and simply by the fact that he is opposing our hero".

Cumberbatch ends by saying, "He has an interesting relationship with Kirk, and with Spock in a way ...he very much plays them off against each other. There's an element of shadow of him and Kirk".

A link to the original video interview can be found here, at MTV News.

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By: GustavoLeao (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 10:47:00 on Dec 13, 2012 | (1)

You know, I am totally against the use of a villain as a "terrorist" in a Star Trek movie.

If he is an alien, like the Cardassians, I have no problem with that, but if he is human and a member of Starfleet, a person who can command a starship, it just wrong.

I know, this is not Roddenberry Trek or even Berman Trek, but Abrams need to be careful. I will wait ffor more info, but I am pessimistic if this guy really destroy London and so forth.

Maybe its really time for me to retire as TrekWeb editor.

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