Benedict Cumberbatch, who stars in the BBC’s series Sherlock, has been signed to play the major villain in J.J. Abram’s second Star Trek film. If you have not seen Sherlock then it is suggested that you find an instant watch to see it as soon as possible because it outshined the Robert Downy Jr. films in just about every way - the most important being that it is a far better representation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s long lived master detective. It is well known that Benicio Del Toro had previously turned the role of the Star Trek 2 villian down and that Edgar Ramirez reportedly auditioned for this part as well. Because both of those actors have Hispanic backgrounds it begat the speculation that the villian would be Khan (though no one is sure if which of the two classic Khan stories - Space Seed or Wrath of Khan - would be redone in the film. Khan was famously played by the late Ricardo Montalbanin both the series episode and the movie. Weather it will be Khan or some other villian Cumberbatch is a welcome addition to the cast and it will be interesting to see where this goes.
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