Don't expect Benedict Cumberbatch to reveal the identity of John Harrison before the film premiere's on May 17th but the actor is being frank about his experience during filming. "[Stark Trek] was wonderful, really terrific, really good fun."
The actor goes on a bit more about the fact that it was his admiration for J.J. Abrams that initially drew him to the project but he's slowly becoming more and more immersed in Star Trek fan culture. "When I watched the first of J.J.'s reinvention of the franchise, I got a really strong, joyous kick out of watching all these characters come together for the first time. The fact that it was an origination job is something that made me think, 'Well, I most have made some sort of investment with the story and these characters in the past - I'm doing all these things that are fan boy fodder and I never, ever had that amazing, tribal and really wonderful thing of really knowing everything about something or being obsessed about watching something. {I've never had] the knowledge of every elvic rune in Lord of the Rings and I'm sort of getting to learn very fast about what all that is [on Star Trek], I'm playing catch up is what I'm trying to say. But at the same time, I thought [the first Star Trek] was such a good film full-stop that I knew that if I got the opportunity and when the job arose, I knew I'd love to work with JJ. I just think he's a fantastic director and that proved absolutely correct, he was charming, brilliant and imaginative and just endlessly energetic and creative and a wonderful human being to be around, really funny. I came to this because I like J.J. not because I was a dye-in-the-wool fan but I'm slowly becoming one. It's a great thing to be apart of, it really is.
Always nice to see an actor embracing the fandom, he's going to get his own army soon a la Tom Hiddleston if he keeps this up. Star Trek Into Darkness hits U.S. theaters on May 17th in IMAX and 3D.
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Running Time: In post-production
Release Date: May 17 2013 (USA)
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (probable)
Starring: Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, Benedict Cumberbatch, Zachary Quinto John Cho, Peter Weller, Karl Urban and Chris Pine
Directed by: JJ Abrams
Written by: Alex Kurtzman (screenplay), Damon Lindelof (screenplay),Roberto Orci (screenplay), Gene Roddenberry (tv series "Star Trek")
In Summer 2013, pioneering director J.J. Abrams will deliver an explosive action thriller that takes Star Trek Into Darkness. When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis.
With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.
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