A new news article has been published at TrekToday: Those working on Star Trek Into Darkness were supposed to be sworn to secrecy but guest star Benedict Cumberbatch told someone that... Continue reading...
Was Khan in the film? Khan Noonien Singh? The genetically engineered superman from the episode Space Seed and the movie Wrath of Khan? Hmmm I must have missed him! JB
If there's one guy in the UK I'd have spilled the beans to - were I in Cumberbatch's place - it would indeed have been that guy.
Cumberbatch actually portrayed Hawking in a BBC TV movie, with STiD costar Alice Eve! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawking_(2004_film)