First Avenger OFFICIAL: Hugo Weaving is Red Skull

[The Overlord]

Who should play the Red Skull? Also should the Skull wear a mask or just be deformed?

 

[Aztec]

I think deformed is always better. The Nazis were trying to make a "superman" and instead they burned the skin off of his face. Works for me.

 

[marcvader]

Mads Mikkelson has been my choice since day 1. I prefer the face missing skin like in Hellraiser. German super soldier testing gone wrong anyone?

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

I've always liked this for live action:

 

[jab1118]

Viggo Mortenson is my number 1 choice great actor can definently do an accent just watch eastern promises. Also im for him being diformed it would look cooler and it saves any cheesy explanation for why he wears a mask. Plus looking at the way Viggo looks these days he wont need alot of make up and he can be ripped enough where he wont look silly going toe to toe with Cap

 

[captainrogers]

Maybe he could BOTH wear a mask AND be deformed. At some point in the movie he could take off the symbolic death's head mask (maybe something remeniscent of Crossbone's mask, just in red)and shock the good Captain with what the attempt at creating the perfect Aryan has done to THIS man (should they decide to go in the direction of the Red Skull being a product of an early or catastrophic Super Soldier Experiment.)

Using a mask like Crossbone's could potentially set up Brock Rumlow as a villain (at least in terms of identifiable imagery to the general public) for a sequel, should it be set in modern times.

Whatever they go with, I hope it looks good and menacing.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

If you ask me, I think him being deformed could defenitely work. I mean (A) it would look VERY creepy and (B) it would be very effective. Don't get me wrong though, the Red Skull's mask kicks butt, but I'm not sure if people will take it too serious. Though, if done right, they could.

 

[WillardNation]

I'd definitely be down with Viggo for Red Skull.

 

[[A]]

I like that. and whoever gets the part, don't even have to wear make up.. just paint some dots in his face

 

[kedrell]

I agree with doing the Red Skull up Two Face style(CGI). But great things can be done with make-up as well. If they decided to go that way, I wouldn't complain.

 

[mrsparkle]

The ladies choice.

 

[kedrell]

That's just freaky! Yikes!

 

[Aztec]

Correct me if I'm wrong but it was originally a mask in the comics and now he's deformed?

Either way, I'd definitely prefer the nazi supersoldier experiment gone wrong scenario.

 

[GNR]

They should make the Red Skull along the same lines as a super soldier instead of a raving lunatic who always gets his ass kicked when coming within a foot of Cap.

 

[WillardNation]

Correct me if I'm wrong but it was originally a mask in the comics and now he's deformed?

Either way, I'd definitely prefer the nazi supersoldier experiment gone wrong scenario.

I don't know if it's been a mask the entire time but I know it started out as one and it is now because the Skull is just trapped inside another dude's body with him so whenever he needs to be the Red Skull instead of the other dude, he puts the mask on.

 

[LastSunrise1981]

They should make the Red Skull along the same lines as a super soldier instead of a raving lunatic who always gets his ass kicked when coming within a foot of Cap.

That I do agree with. He should be a combination of both though in all honesty. He should be a raving lunatic/genius Nazi who is also capable of standing toe to toe with Cap as well.

 

[Shockdingo]

I've always liked this for live action:

That looks fantastic, I quite like that look for the ol' despicable bastard.

I also like CaptainRogers' idea of having both.

 

[Reptile]

I actually liked his origin from the live action movie, than just the guy with a mask.
seemed more like the hero/villain thing, equal in power, but completely different personalities.

 

[The Question]

I'm actually for the mask, and against the idea of him being a super soldier. I think that the Red Skull should simply be a high empowered, highly skilled, and highly feared agent of the SS, who's duties usually revolve around intelligence gathering and assassinations. I think he should, in his killing of people, have a slight flair for theatrics, and thus wears a red skull wooden opera mask, because he wants to spread this image of himself so that people are afraid when the the threat of him being sent in is given. I don't want him to be a super soldier because I think that part of the rivalry between Cap and the Skull stems from the fact that the Red Skull prides himself on being the best, on being this powerful person in control of his life and being better than the poor thieving street trash he used to be, and hates Cap because Cap will always be just a little bit better, due to his being a super soldier.

 

[WillardNation]

^^^that sounds great to me

 

[Artistsean]

It seems like the Red Skull has been cut out of some stuff lately,
can't really think of them all, but off the top of my head he was cut from the Ultimates (right?)

 

[Chewy]

We definitely need deformed Red Skull.

 

[Eddie Dean]

Thomas Kretschmann for The Red Skull

 

[The Question]

We definitely need deformed Red Skull.

Why?

 

[Chewy]

Personal Preference

Perhaps I should have typed "I'd definitely prefer deformed Red Skull"?