Gary Mitchell Might Be Star Trek 2 Villain After All
Mon, July 9, 2012 
Karl Urban knows the art of the mystery-box all too well having lived that ideology during the production of J.J. Abrams' Star Trek in addition to Dredd and Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Could the Kiwi genre fave-turned-DeForest Kelley impersonator really slip such a big secret?
Speaking to SFX, Urban (potentially) let the cat out of the bag on what villain Benedict Cumberbatch will be shit-stirring aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise for Star Trek 2 next May:
"He's awesome, he's a great addition, and I think his Gary Mitchell is going to be exemplary."
In the second pilot Where No Man Has Gone Before, Mitchell is an old pal of Captain Kirk's given god-like powers and subsequently loses his mind. It doesn't end well.
Encouraging choice if true, harkening back to the original series and paving a new direction for an old character we haven't heard from since 1966. Certainly gives Chris Pine's Kirk a character-arc since his Hero's Journey is complete; having graduated to the iconic yellow-uniform in Trek's closing moments.
He was also on the short-list of baddies Badass Digest leaked back in 2010. On the other hand, co-screenwriter/producer Roberto Orci recently listed Mitchell as one of five characters not to appear as per JoBlo. Someone is blowing smoke and Abrams has learned the ways of Christopher Nolan sending out fake "spoilers" to throw us off.
Reader Comments (2)
This would be good news to me if true. I can see Cumberbatch as Mitchell more than I can as Khan and I think this would make for a more interesting story.
If they are redoing, 'Where No Man Has Gone Before,' not a fan of this idea.
If Cumberbatch is playing Mitchell and they are doing something different with the character that could be interesting.
But I hope this does not involve another alternate reality storyline. They got away with it for the reboot and now they need to stay away from it big time.
And for a long time.