Abrams says he was “blown away” by the BBC1 series and that its star “elevated” the quality of the Star Trek sequel
Radio Times staff
11:11 AM, 17 December 2012
If further proof was required that Benedict Cumberbatch's performance in Sherlock has been instrumental in making him an international star, JJ Abrams has revealed that watching the BBC1 detective series prompted him to consider the actor for Star Trek: Into Darkness.
"One day, [Lost co-creator] Damon Lindelof texted me and said, 'You should check out Sherlock'. And I watched Sherlock, and was completely blown away, there was this absolute undeniable feeling about it," said Abrams, speaking at the IMAX preview screening of the first nine minutes of the Star Trek sequel.
He even suggested that Cumberbatch's auditon for the role of the film's villain had been something of "a formality".
"Certainly it was important to hear the words come out of this actor's mouth, and so we got Benedict the pages and he sent an iPhone-taped audition to us, but it was almost a little bit of a formality," said Abrams.
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