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"Benedict Cumberbatch has discussed the experience of filming Star Trek 2. The Sherlock star praised the franchise&amp;#039;s director JJ Abrams, explaining that his investment in the story makes for more rich and sympathetic characters.   &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s a wonderful human being to be around, JJ [Abrams] - on every level, as a dad, as a friend, as a director, as a musician,&amp;quot; Cumberbatch told The Huffington Post. &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s a polymath, he&amp;#039;s a really talented human being.  &amp;quot;And he has time for everyone and it&amp;#039;s all done with a really genuine interest in the story. So for all the bangs for your buck that you&amp;#039;re gonna get with the film - which there are going to be aplenty - you have an investment. &amp;quot;You care about what&amp;#039;s happening to these characters, so it was really exciting.&amp;quot; Cumberbatch&amp;#039;s villainous role is yet to be revealed, although a report earlier this year suggested that he will play original series character Gary Mitchell, who attended Starfleet Academy with James Kirk (Chris Pine). The sequel&amp;#039;s title was recently reported to be Star Trek into Darkness, although this is yet to be confirmed.  Watch Karl Urban discussing the sequel with Digital Spy below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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