adywan said:
I think that it's Gary Mitchell, At first i was thinking more along the lines of Charlie Evans, but i think Mitchell would make a better villain because he was Kirks best friend. Plus Benedict is a little too old to play a 17 year old boy.
As much as this makes sense, apparently
1. They've done Gary Mitchell in the Trek09 comics
2. They've said that the comics based on Trek09 are actually canon.
So probably not.