The latest issue of Empire Magazine calls John Harrison a "Starfleet officer turned Galactic terrorist."
“He’s sort of superhuman, pretty much unbeatable,” Benedict Cumberbatch tells Empire of his role in “Star Trek: Into Darkness.” “Brainy and brawny. He manipulates situations. He’s incarcerated when Kirk is talking to him and yet he still gets Kirk to do his work for him. He pushes him into a corner where the only route to salvation is cooperation. There is a real Hannibal Lecter quality to him.”
“He was within Starfleet and has now turned against the organization and is hell-bent on revenge,” director J.J. Abrams tells Empire. “He’s responsible for a very violent, horrific attack in London and then one in the States. He believes he and others were wronged and is focused on destruction. He’s an incredibly brilliant strategist who is aware of various truths that Kirk is not privy to.”
“He is just as intelligent and logical as Spock, but is also one very bad motherfucker,” franchise star Chris Pine adds.
I wonder if Harrison has five times Kirk's strength.
I’m beginning to think John Harrison may not be that character’s real name. Have you seen the cryotubes in that “Into Darkness” trailer?
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