Has Karl Urban let slip who Benedict Cumberbatch is playing in Star Trek?

From sfx.com:

At a promotional junket for Dredd, Karl Urban looks to have let slip to SFX who Benedict Cumberbatch is playing in the forthcoming Star Trek sequel. When asked what it was like having the Sherlock actor on set, Urban said…

Spoilers after the break…

“He’s awesome, he’s a great addition, and I think his Gary Mitchell is going to be exemplary.”

For the uninitiated, Gary Mitchell [below, as played by Gary Lockwood] first appeared in original series episode “Where No Man Has Gone Before” as an old academy acquaintance of Kirk who ends up transformed into a wrathful God-like antagonist after encountering the galactic barrier.

Read the full article over on sfx’s website.

Posted 10 months ago
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