During a conversation with Australias news.com.au, Abrams discussed the difficulty in ensuring that his work on Star Ware: The Force Awakens remains opaque from the public - something extremely difficult to do in this day and age. According to Abrams,
After fielding some red herring rumors that may have been self-leaked by those involved with the movie, it didnt take the collective internet blogosphere long to figure out that Cumberbatchs character was actually the iconic Trek villain Khan Noonien Singh. The revelation, which would ultimately prove correct, was still met with denials from both cast and creative that doubled down claims that were blatantly false, all the way up to the date of the films release. Yet, it was all in the name of keeping the most critical secret of the film.
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