Star Trek: Abrams' Beatboxing Talent Revealed

Benedict Cumberbatch has revealed how director JJ Abrams kept his Star Trek cast entertained with his beatboxing skills during filming.

The actor joined Simon Pegg, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Abrams and other stars of Star Trek Into Darkness at the premiere in London's Leicester Square.

The Sherlock star, who plays villain John Harrison in the new sequel, sang his director's praises.

He told Sky's Lucy Cotter: "He's great - he's a very fully-roundedly human being ... He's a director, a musician, a wit. He can beatbox, he can stand up to the mic and be as sharp as any comic."

Simon Pegg revealed that the cast enjoyed a wild night out during filming.

He said: "We had one mad night out in San Francisco - me and Zach and Chris and Benedict - that will forever remain a secret but it was a lot of fun.

"But I wasn't the instigator. Can I just say, they're all as bad as each other. I don't even drink! Those guys, they were on their own mission!"

The film is the sequel to Abrams' 2009 big screen adaptation of the hit sci-fi series.

Saldana said she was relieved Alice Eve had joined the cast as a stowaway scientist on the Starship Enterprise, as she welcomed the female company.

She said: "Whenever the boys ignore you, you can always just call Alice. And then we'd chick out, like for two seconds be like 'Oh my God, I love your nails'."

She said of her male co-stars: "They're pretty cool nerds but they're all such geeks."