First Avenger OFFICIAL: Hugo Weaving is Red Skull

[sabetoonth]

aye i was just putting forth an idea incase they go the maks route

 

[spawnling]

i think that at first skull wear a mask to inspire loyalty and fear in the german and allied soldiers, but in a fight with cap it gets busted and the men see hes just a man. and after relizing he would never really be a symbol like cap he injects morphen in his face then cuts off the skin. and when he is asked why he did it he looks at the soldier and after the soldier flinches skull answers "thats why". that would be sick to see

 

[sabetoonth]

that actually would be a damned good scene or couple of scenes

 

[Triad]

Yeah, I like that too.

 

[Webhead2006]

i kinda do like the idea go with a mask first. Then that one idea folks mentioned a few times. If they decide to have red skull be mutated by a bad version of the SSS and that causes him to be scared.

 

[dark_knight08]

Red Skull should be played by Mads Mikkelsen

 

[Triad]

There are many actors out there that I feel would do well with the role, but I have to agree that Mikkelson is by far my top choice!

 

[Webhead2006]

i would be down with him.

 

[Yellow Cyclone]

 

[sabetoonth]

i think that at first skull wear a mask to inspire loyalty and fear in the german and allied soldiers, but in a fight with cap it gets busted and the men see hes just a man. and after relizing he would never really be a symbol like cap he injects morphen in his face then cuts off the skin. and when he is asked why he did it he looks at the soldier and after the soldier flinches skull answers "thats why". that would be sick to see

i jsut thought, wouldnt it hurt like a ***** whent he morphene wears off?

 

[Young Superman]

Mads Mikkelsen for The Red Skull

 

[MadVillainy]

Michael Sheen for Red Skull?

I think he could do some good work with that

 

[Brian Braddock]

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.

I'd go with that - they could even go one further and link RS's skeletal defomation to that of Blonsky's skeletal deformation in TIH, be it a bad strain of SSS, lack of Vita Rays etc

 

[Ace of Knaves]

Tom Hardy for Red Skull!

 

[Young Superman]

Tom Hardy for Red Skull!

nice pick

 

[Rich Santoro]

I'd go with that - they could even go one further and link RS's skeletal defomation to that of Blonsky's skeletal deformation in TIH, be it a bad strain of SSS, lack of Vita Rays etc

I second that...

 

[rogue trooper]

I've been thinking of Viggo Mortensen for the role too, as he has already worked with director Joe Johnston on "Hidalgo", and he has displayed very convincing villainy in films like "The Young Americans", "The Prophecy", and "Leatherface:Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3".

 

[Webhead2006]

i cant wait to see who marvel nabs for the role. i hope its a great pick.

 

[Mac_Hine]

Just officially confirmed on Geek Time on Howard 101, Red Skull will be in and be the main villain in the movie. No surprises here I guess.

 

[Rage]

THanks for the heads up. No big surprise...but nice to know "confirmed" none the less.

 

[Mac_Hine]

Yeah, Joe Johnston confirmed it but like I said, no big woop.

 

[Artistsean]

I can see a movie where the bad guy is Baron Zemo, but he is working for Red Skull. No matter who the bad guy is, I can see Red Skull having a huge hand in it and running things even if he is behind the scenes most of the time.


What about how Red Skull survives from WWII? I know that Cap gets frozen. In the comics Skull is put into suspended animation for a while by experimental gas he accidentally inhales during a fight.
Do you think they should go that rout?
But what if they went with Red Skull being more of a name passed down. What if Red Skull is simply the highest trained Nazi, who scares even Hitler. But when he dies the mask and the name are passed to another monstrous terrorist?

In the first (original) movie he physically changed
looking like this:

In the original comics he looked like this:

I think he should look like this, wearing an oversized mask:

 

[Iceman]

Has everyone seen this already: http://www.superherohype.com/news/captainamericanews.php?id=9051

Red Skull Confirmed as Captain America Villain

 

[MadVillainy]

dream choice: Viggo Mortensen
more realistic: Madds Mikkelsen

 

[TheComicbookKid]

Still wonder how a talking skull is going to work.