{"id":14221,"date":"2012-01-16T14:44:35","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T22:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=14221"},"modified":"2012-01-16T14:44:36","modified_gmt":"2012-01-16T22:44:36","slug":"cumberbatch-as-villain-just-supposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2012\/01\/cumberbatch-as-villain-just-supposition\/","title":{"rendered":"Cumberbatch As Villain: Just Supposition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night at the Golden Globes, <strong>Benedict Cumberbatch<\/strong> spoke about <em>Star Trek 2<\/em> and his possible role in the <strong>J.J. Abrams<\/strong> sequel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I start next week, which is really exciting,&#8221; said Cumberbatch. Filming on <em>Star Trek 2<\/em> began last Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/2012\/01\/cumberbatch-as-villain-just-supposition\/cumberbatch0105121\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14227\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14227\" title=\"Cumberbatch0105121\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Cumberbatch01051211.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"134\" \/><\/a>Cumberbatch has been preparing for his role by asking questions of family and friends. &#8220;I started slow in that [becoming a <em>Star Trek<\/em> fan] but I mean quite genuinely, when he [Abrams] rebooted it with this last film. I got really intrigued. I have lots of friends and family&#8230;all sorts of people who&#8217;ve loved all of the series and all of the films. I&#8217;ve sort of been introduced to it through them and now I&#8217;m going back to them and asking them questions so I can get up to speed with true Trekkies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When MTV interviewer <strong>Josh Horowitz<\/strong> spoke about Cumberbatch playing a villain, Cumberbatch said &#8220;I don&#8217;t think we do know that, actually. I think that&#8217;s just supposition. 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