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Two months ago<\/a>, it was rumoured that Russell Crowe had been approached about playing the bad guy in the new Star Trek<\/a><\/i> movie<\/a>. Now comes word, via Variety<\/a><\/i> magazine, that Eric Bana<\/a> has signed for the part \u2014 a character named Nero. \u201cPlot details and even character descriptions . . . are being kept under wraps,\u201d reports the trade paper, but if there is one thing we can say about this villain, it is that he apparently needed to be an Aussie.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"