Benedict Cumberbatch: 'I know nothing about Star Trek world'
Published May 7 2012, 01:10 BST | By Tara Fowler
Benedict Cumberbatch has said that he knows nothing about the Star Trek world.The Sherlock star was cast as the villain in Star Trek 2 in January. In a recent interview with MTV News, he seemingly revealed that he has made no effort to learn about the canon.
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"What do they look like?" Cumberbatch asked when questioned about Klingons.
He is widely rumoured to be playing the classic Star Trek villain Khan. When questioned about this, he went on to deny knowing what the SS Botany Bay, Khan's ship, is.
"I think it's best to, like a lot of acting you do, you have to start from a knowledge base of zero in order to have every experience that you're portraying again and again and again feel like fresh," Cumberbatch explained. "So I purposefully made no attempt to learn anything about anything."
The actor revealed that he changed his physique for the unconfirmed role, saying he has gone up by "two suit sizes" as a result.
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"""When questioned about this, he went on to deny knowing what the SS Botany Bay, Khan's ship, is.""".
^^that right there? obvious he's joking....lol.
May 9th 2012 at 5:59am
Eddy Brereton Plot holes...what is this blasphemy you speak of??
May 9th 2012 at 3:33am
Weird the number of reporters/viewers around don't comprehend that he was joking here.
May 8th 2012 at 4:49am
Kathy O'Brien Fair enough. I've seen the films but I've never been a big Wars/Trek fan, and don't see much of a difference myself.
I thought Abrams's Trek did a good job at rebooting the franchise, but I know a lot of people think of it as a good 'film', but a terrible 'Star Trek' film.
May 7th 2012 at 5:36pm
Eddy Brereton In your opinion. Personally I don't like my Trek made to look like Star Wars with even larger plot holes.
May 7th 2012 at 5:33pm