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"Benedict Cumberbatch has addressed reports claiming that he will appear in Star Wars Episode 7. The actor has been linked to reuniting with Star Trek Into Darkness director JJ Abrams as a villain in the next Star Wars movie.   Cumberbatch&amp;#039;s publicist swiftly denied those rumours, and now the star himself has insisted that no &amp;quot;offer&amp;quot; has been made for Star Wars Episode 7. &amp;quot;This is the simple truth. JJ and I have worked together before. I would love to work with him again,&amp;quot; he told Access Hollywood. He went on to stress: &amp;quot;No offer has been made. That is that. And that is that!&amp;quot;  Original Star Wars actors Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher are all expected to appear in Abrams&amp;#039;s sequel. Alex Pettyfer and Rachel Hurd-Wood have also reportedly had auditions for Star Wars Episode 7. The movie is expected to be released in December 2015. Gallery - &amp;#039;Star Wars&amp;#039; cast then and now:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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