The making of a supervillain
Star Trek's bad guy, Eric Bana, talks about being covered in toxic makeup, crashing his coupe, working at Denny's and "pouring it all into film."
By Rebecca Louie
This month, Eric Bana ("Hulk," "Munich") boldly goes where no Aussie actor has gone before. With pointy ears, a shaved head and a tattooed face, he rocks the planet Romulus as intergalactic baddie Nero in Star Trek. Director J.J. Abrams' eagerly anticipated prequel, opening May 8, chronicles the early years of Capt. Kirk and Mr. Spock.
Bana's complicated character was created with care by writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. In an e-mail, they told us Nero "suffered a great personal tragedy that touched off his descent, not into madness per se, but into a relatable need for revenge. Couple that with a ruthless, homicidal brilliance, and you have one scary-as-hell dude."
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