STAR TREK BEYOND Casts Lydia Wilson In Mysterious Role

STAR TREK BEYOND Casts Lydia Wilson In Mysterious Role

Relative newcomer Lydia Wilson (About Time, Never let Me Go, Ripper Street) has joined the cast of Justin Lin's Star Trek Beyond. Will she be a friend to Kirk, Spock and the crew of the Enterprise; or perhaps she'll side with Idris Elba's villainous character instead?

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By MarkCassidy - Aug 18, 2015 12:08 PM EST
Filed Under: Star Trek
Source: Variety

Star Trek Beyond has beamed up another new recruit in the form of Lydia Wilson, but in keeping with pretty much every other casting announcement for this movie so far, we have no details about the character she'll be playing whatsoever.

Wilson will probably be best known for playing Domhnall Gleeson’s sister in the Richard Curtis romantic comedy About Time, but she also popped up in the haunting sci-fi drama, Never let Me Go. Whoever she's playing she joins returning cast members Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana and Anton Yelchin; along with other new faces Joe Taslim, Sofia Boutella, and Idris Elba - who we do know will play a villain, at least.

This installment in the rebooted Trek franchise will be directed by Justin Lin from a script by Simon Pegg and Doug Jung, and is set to hit theters July 8, 2016.
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DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 8/18/2015, 1:39 PM
I'm still waiting to hear something about Sofia Boutella's role in this, I'm starting to think it's going to be a really small part now
CinemaJackXCI
CinemaJackXCI - 8/18/2015, 1:52 PM
McGee
McGee - 8/18/2015, 1:58 PM
Hmmm....Yeoman Rand!
McGee
McGee - 8/18/2015, 2:03 PM
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 8/18/2015, 2:05 PM
Is Alice Eve coming back? She was the best thing about the 2nd movie.
McGee
McGee - 8/18/2015, 2:06 PM
I always thought Juno Temple could play Janice Rand.
MercwithMouth
MercwithMouth - 8/18/2015, 2:06 PM
Very much looking forward to this one. Loved the first two.
YeezusWept
YeezusWept - 8/18/2015, 2:12 PM
She cute.
MercwithMouth
MercwithMouth - 8/18/2015, 2:12 PM
@blackandyellow

For you buddy:
pesmerga44
pesmerga44 - 8/18/2015, 2:15 PM
Well we do know whoever she is playing we all know she will be doing one thing.







It seems the Star Trek reboot must have all the women with speaking lines wear nothing but underwear for at least one scene.
BlackStar25
BlackStar25 - 8/18/2015, 2:15 PM
@Jollem
LMFAO!
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 8/18/2015, 2:22 PM
@mercwithmouth

That's what I'm talking about ...
MercwithMouth
MercwithMouth - 8/18/2015, 2:38 PM
@Mego

Luckily, everything that has ever had a Star Trek logo on it up until Abrams' reboot was awful. So to hell with those fans.
McGee
McGee - 8/18/2015, 3:02 PM
^^^ BAN HIM!!!¡! ^^^ >:(
DukeAcureds
DukeAcureds - 8/19/2015, 1:08 AM
Maybe McGee's right. Maybe she's playing Janice Rand.

I'll bet that, if you were to add up every character's screen times in The Original Series, Janice Rand might even have more screen time than Uhura, Sulu or Chekov. But she always seems to be overlooked.
And she does exit in the rebooted universe, too, as in seen in the IDW comic.
FOOM
FOOM - 8/19/2015, 4:48 AM
Time to re-set the timeline for this franchise.
FOOM
FOOM - 8/19/2015, 4:50 AM
You tell 'em @McGee. I'm right behind you.
NELLOGISTICS
NELLOGISTICS - 8/19/2015, 9:28 AM
Alice Eve has to come back or there's already a gaping plot-hole, considering the fact she's part of the Five Year Mission crew.
ComicBookGuy1
ComicBookGuy1 - 8/19/2015, 12:55 PM
@Mego They didn't do anything to expand the Fanbase? I've talked to a lot of people who said they were never a Star Trek fan until they seen JJ Abrams's movies and judging by these numbers, I would say they did quite well.

Star Trek 2009 Critics – 95% Audience – 91% Box office $385.7 million

Star Trek: Into Darkness Critics 87% Audience - 90% Box office $467.4 million
McGee
McGee - 8/19/2015, 4:37 PM
@FOOM
FOOM
FOOM - 8/20/2015, 10:48 AM
@McGee

How'd you know??
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