This
week it was announced that actor Idris Elba has been cast in the
upcoming film Star Trek 3: The Trekening. No one is quite sure exactly what role Elba will be playing, but it's rumored he'll be a Klingon in the
film. Actor Simon Pegg, who plays Scotty in the revamped films and is
also writing the third installment, has adamantly denied these rumors.
Oy gevalt. Here we go again!
You'll
no doubt recall the whole Khan debacle that surrounded Star Trek Into
Darkness a couple of years ago. When the film's first trailer was released, fans immediately assumed that actor Benedict Cumberbatch would be playing Khan, the role originated on TV by Ricardo Montalban.
Director JJ Abrams emphatically denied that
Cumberbatch was playing Khan, assuring fans he'd be playing someone named John Harrison instead. Of course it turned out that Abrams was lying through his lying teeth,
and Cumberbatch was indeed Khan in the ersatz remake of the best of
the Star Trek films.
One can't help but wonder if Pegg is now lying as well, and Elba really is starring as a Klingon in the new movie.
But
what if for once someone involved in these films is actually telling
the truth? It's a stretch, I know, but it's slightly possible. If Elba isn't a portraying a Klingon, then who is he playing?
Obviously
there's only one answer. In a masterstroke of the color-blind, all-inclusive and diverse casting that's rampant in the film industry
today, Idris Elba will be playing Edith Keeler, Captain Kirk's love
interest in a film version of the popular episode The City On The Edge
Of Forever. It's the only possible answer.
You heard it here first!
It's even worse when viewed from the other side! Holy crap! Now it looks like the Klingons harpooned Scotty right in the top of his noggin!
