Shinzon /

Shinzon, played by Tom Hardy, is the antagonist in the film Star Trek Nemesis. Michael Shanks, James Marsters, and Jude Law auditioned for the role. Shinzon is a clone of Captain Jean-Luc Picard created by the Romulan with the intent of replacing Picard and bringing about the downfall of the United Federation of Planets. This plan, however, was abandoned, and Shinzon was exiled to the planet Remus. Despite his human heritage, he more strongly identifies with the Reman, and led Reman soldiers during the Dominion War. At the beginning of Nemesis, Shinzon leads a coup d'ￃﾩtat of the Romulan Senate, becoming praetor. Picard and the USS ''Enterprise''-E travel to Romulus to meet Shinzon and investigate his peace overture; Shinzon reveals his identity and origins to Picard. However, the peace overture is a ruse and part of a plan to lure Picard to Romulus; the cloning process that created Shinzon is killing him, and he requires an infusion of Picard's DNA to stay alive. Simultaneously, Shinzon plans to use a thalaron radiation weapon aboard his ship, the Scimitar, to destroy all life on Earth. Picard escapes from Shinzon, but the Scimitar attacks and severely damages the