John Talbot (David Warner); they were recalled onto theUSS Enterpriseand put into emergency action for the "dangerous situation" to safely retrieve the hostages.They were to rendezvous with theKonovalov, an Alpha-class attack sub captained by Captain Tupolev (Stellan Skarsgård).Framed in the foreground, Hammer stares off into blank space somewhere off-camera, and avoids the questionners as they bait him and answer all their own inquiries.Two personas or sides of his dual character emerged: the morally-upright Clark Kent wrestled himself apart, and walked away from the evil and selfish Superman, creating two separate identities.