Archive for December 12th, 2012
A talk with Being Human‘s Sam Witwer – vampires, Sith Lords, and asking to be killed off
by Doc on Dec.12, 2012, under Television
I had the fortune of talking with Being Human‘s Sam Witwer, who plays the vampire Aidan, ahead of Being Human‘s Season 3 premiere next month on January 14th on Syfy. We talked about Being Human, Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, and how he originally turned down the audition for Being Human because it was for the role of a vampire…
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Star Trek: Into Darkness: Cumberbatch is…John Harrison?
by Doc on Dec.12, 2012, under Movies
I don’t see too many buying it, but the announced name of Benedict Cumberbatch’s mysterious villain role on the upcoming Star Trek: Into Darkness is apparently John Harrison…quite an anticlimactic name, don’t you think? Benedict Cumberbatch even mentions the name in an interview with MTV (via BBC America…MTV’s site has become nearly unbearable with the ads), and discusses the character and how his motivation is personal.
Is this really the character’s name? We’ll see…but the description still makes me think that Gary Mitchell is out for revenge for being buried alive on a planet outside our galaxy…