Actor Hugo Weaving, best known as Agent Smith in "The Matrix" is in negotiations to play Captain America's archnemesis The Red Skull in Marvel's "The First Avenger: Captain America." The title role is still to be cast.
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03-12-2010, 12:31 AM #1Mild-Mannered Reporter
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CBR: The Red Skull for Hugo Weaving?
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03-12-2010, 12:34 AM #2My team
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he has the possibility of being FANTASTIC
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03-12-2010, 01:05 AM #3Mad as a Hatter
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Hugo Weaving is not a bad choice for the role in captain america imo. Really excited to see how he will look as Red Skull in the movie.
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03-12-2010, 01:11 AM #4New Member
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One of the most under rated Australian Actors.
Tho' it'll be hard seeing him as Red Skull. I keep seen this
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03-12-2010, 01:46 AM #5Elder Member
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Yeah like thats the only thing he has done.
The movie will be extremly interesting to me if he gets the role.
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03-12-2010, 02:00 AM #6Blue in the Face
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I was hoping for Til Schweiger, but Weaving would be amazing. I still think his role in V For Vendetta should have earned him an Oscar. I'd rather see a German actor, but you can do a lot worse than Weaving. He'd be solid.
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03-12-2010, 03:01 AM #7Firefly, still flying!
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He would be GREAT!!
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03-12-2010, 04:29 AM #8Cry Freedom Cry!
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Sounds good so far. I've long respected Weaving as an actor, so this has the chance to be quite good. Hopefully he can do a decent German accent.
However, I will say that ever since I saw Inglourious Basterds I've been thinking Christoph Waltz would make a great Red Skull.
Oh, well. Wouldn't want the guy to be typecast (like Stephen Lang).
Anyways, didn't have any particular actor or look in mind (as the actor will be in makeup), so I'm happy! I just hope they get the look right.Someone once told me that time was a predator that stalked us all our lives. I rather believe that time is a companion who goes with us on the journey and reminds us to cherish every moment, because it'll never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we've lived. After all, we're only mortal. - Jean-Luc Picard
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03-12-2010, 04:42 AM #9Veteran Member
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Yes. Yes. A thousand times yes. Though I think Waltz might actually be even better as Zemo, if he were actually going to show up in the movie. Actually...forget Skull or Heinrich...save Waltz for a sequel and cast him as Helmut Zemo.
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But yeah...potential typecasting. Still, I'd love to see it happen.
Weaving is a more-than-decent choice for the Skull as well, if it pans out. He can really pull off that whole "unimaginable rage and hatred simmering underneath the surface" thing the Skull should have going on.
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03-12-2010, 04:48 AM #10Junior Member
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I'm sure he'd have no trouble doing a German accent. Having worked for Johnston on Wolfman he'll get the role if they come together on the money.
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03-12-2010, 05:26 AM #11Cry Freedom Cry!
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Exactly. Now I know many people may hate the Transformers films (personally I enjoyed the first but hated the second), but Weaving was terrific as Megatron. You could feel the characters through his voice, which is exactly what is needed in a voice-only part like that. Originally Posted by Jmacq1
So while the Red Skull's face will at least be partially obscured (we won't know how much until they release an image, as I'm not sure how much prosthetics they'd use, or they might even go GC like with Davy Jones), so at least we know we have an actor who can emote entirely through his voice.
Someone once told me that time was a predator that stalked us all our lives. I rather believe that time is a companion who goes with us on the journey and reminds us to cherish every moment, because it'll never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we've lived. After all, we're only mortal. - Jean-Luc Picard
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03-12-2010, 06:03 AM #12Faiza Fanboy
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After all the horrible casting choices for Captain America, I'm amazed by how good a choice Hugo Weaving would be for the Red Skull. Hated him in V For Vendetta, Lord Of The Rings and I guess his Matrix performance looks a little shaky given the attitude towards the films these days but I think he's a very good choice for the character.
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03-12-2010, 06:30 AM #13New Member
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Where on gods green earth did you find those scans? Those are just makeup factory masks right? If skull looked like that I would be TOTALLY PUMPED with that look
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03-12-2010, 06:45 AM #14Cry Freedom Cry!
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They're good, right? I felt exactly the same way the first time I saw them. If the actual make-up looks anything like that, at least we know Skull will be awesome. Originally Posted by dogmonsta
I was linked to them from a member over at ComicBookMovie.com.
The sculpture/mask was done by a guy over at DeviantArt who runs a prop & effects shop. Here's the link: crawford-the-imp.deviantart.com/Someone once told me that time was a predator that stalked us all our lives. I rather believe that time is a companion who goes with us on the journey and reminds us to cherish every moment, because it'll never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we've lived. After all, we're only mortal. - Jean-Luc Picard
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