Just how much of a ST TOS fan are you?
Khan was suspected to be Sikh, from the northern region of India. As a person from a former British colony it makes a bit of sense for him to have a British accent, and none at all for him to have a "Latin" accent.
Note that I'm not defending this 'reboot' of ST, as I think JJ has blown it big time by changing the characters which is what I enjoyed most about ST TOS.
“Just how much of a ST TOS fan are you?
Khan was suspected to be Sikh, from the northern region of India. As a person from a former British colony it makes a bit of sense for him to have a British accent”
OK, I really need to re-write my review now that more informed fans are correcting details like this.
I thought that Khan was had a Latin accent because Ricardo Montalbán was Mexican and had a thick accent unlike anything British.
Cumberbatch the new Khan didn’t evoke this character.
Ricardo Montalbán
November 25, 1920 – January 14, 2009) was a Mexican radio, television, theatre, and film actor. He had a career spanning seven decades, ... From 1977 to 1984 he played Mr. Roarke, the host character in the television series Fantasy Island. He played Khan Noonien Singh in both the 1967 episode “Space Seed” of the original Star Trek series, and the 1982 film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.