'Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston to Portray Next STAR TREK Villain?

Filmdivider.com reports that 'Breaking Bad' star Bryan Cranston is rumored to have "had words with the studio" about taking on the role of the next bad guy in the upcoming STAR TREK film franchise.

According to the stie, the character will be "Bryan Cranston-like" and a major new villain. In addition, they report that as a result of backlash for the lack of female characters in the previous installments, the newest film will feature three new female characters - the ex-wife of Bones, a new Federation ship captain, and the female President of the United Federation of Planets.

The third film in the latest reboot of the classic franchise will take place years after the events of 'Into Darkness' with the crew now entrenched in their five-year voyage. Filming is scheduled to get underway in April in Vancouver.

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Bryan Cranston won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for All the Way. He began his acting career in local and regional theatres, getting his start at the Granada Theater in the San Fernando Valley. He is best known for portraying Walter White in Breaking Bad from 2008 to 2013, and Hal in Malcolm in the Middle from 2000 to 2006. He won four Emmy Awards and was nominated for five more.

Bryan Cranston won the 2014 Golden Globe® and three consecutive Emmy® Awards for "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series" for his portrayal of Walter White on AMC's Breaking Bad. Cranston holds the honor of being the first actor in a cable series, and the second lead actor in the history of the Emmy® Awards to receive three consecutive wins. His performance has also earned him a fourth Emmy® nomination this year, a Television Critics Association award, three Golden Globe nominations and a Screen Actors Guild award.

On the big screen, Cranston won a second Screen Actors Guild award this year for his co-starring role in the 2012 Oscar-winning Best Picture, Argo, essaying the role of CIA operative Jack O'Donnell opposite star-director Ben Affleck.

He will next star in Jay Roach's Trumbo playing the title role of Dalton Trumbo, who was one of Hollywood's most successful screenwriters whose career came to an end when he was blacklisted in the 1940's for being a communist.

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