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The next Enterprise adventure will go where the cast and director have never gone before.

Access Hollywood’s Scott “Movie” Mantz (“Star Trek” super fan) sat down with Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and director J.J. Abrams at the preview junket for the highly anticipated sequel, “Star Trek Into Darkness.”

“It’s so much bigger than the first one and you can tell that in the first nine minutes,” Zachary, who plays Spock, said. “It doesn’t get any more subdued after that… It’s so absorbing.”

Co-star Chris Pine, who plays James T. Kirk, agreed.

“It is this nonstop speeding train of destruction,” he said of the sequel.

The film’s new villain, John Harrison – played by Benedict Cumberbatch – will be a formidable foe for Kirk and his crew.

“Benedict is a much colder, cleaner bad guy. His primary weapon is the ability to manipulate and his ability to use psychological warfare on the crew,” Chris said of the character, whom he dubbed a “terrorist.” “[Kirk is] brought to his knees and has to face his own vulnerability and his own feelings of self-doubt about whether or not he is capable of leading his crew in the battle.”

Director J.J. Abrams – who doesn’t exactly make small movies – said the “Star Trek” sequel is his biggest project yet.

“This movie is infinitely bigger than anything I’ve done before,” he explained. “The challenge was making it feel real and believable and this is a huge action adventure, but nobody cares about a spaceship flying through space unless you love the characters on the ship. We had to make sure you had grounded, believable characters.”

“Star Trek Into Darkness” blasts into theaters on May 17, 2013.

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Check out their entire interview with Chris here at MOVIEFONE.COM

What makes you tackle these super iconic characters, whether it’s Captain Kirk or Jack Ryan or Jack Frost?
I don’t know. I don’t know why it is that I’ve been cast, at least with Jack Ryan and Captain Kirk, to do things that have been done before, but I like a good challenge. And with Jack Frost it was the matter of doing voice-over, which I had never really done before in an extended form. It’s a whole different art using your voice. All you’re doing is capturing your voice and you’re not using your full — well, instrument is a funny word — but your whole body.

What made you excited to be a part of “Rise of the Guardians?”
DreamWorks has made some incredible animated films. I’d be lying if I said a lot of it didn’t have to do with Alec Baldwin. I’m a huge Alec Baldwin fan. And I love Hugh Jackman as well. It was an incredible cast. But it was really the challenge of voice-over itself. And I really liked the story. Before you begin it, you have no idea of what the animation will finally look like, and I had never dreamed it would look as cool and interesting and unique as it does.

You were one of the last actors to work with Tony Scott. Can you say anything about that experience?
I loved Tony a great deal. I can’t tell you how shocked I was when I heard what happened. He always seemed like a man who was incredibly full of life and energy and joy and love and that is always how I’ll choose to remember him.

Two more under the cut! 🙂