First Avenger OFFICIAL: Hugo Weaving is Red Skull

[sabetoonth]

or give the jaw the join so it moves with his mouth, if they go the mask way, which i want the scarring

 

[Rage]

I like the peeled away flesh of Ultimate Red Skull (without the tattoos) I think its scarier than a mask and freakier than a disfigurement. Someone who would do that to themselves is truly scary!! Maybe the skull tried the bogus SSS and it started to disfigure him...so he pulls a Doctor Doom (but instead of hiding his face...he rips it off)

 

[sabetoonth]

ooh, i like that!

 

[TikkiEXX]

well just keep in mind theres a slight chance there wont be a mask or disfigurement. im bracing myself just in case he looks regular thruout the whole movie. but i think the chances are good we,ll see the Skull in some form or another.

 

[Deaths Head II]

I doubt he'll look regular throughout the whole movie, but if that is the case I will be severely annoyed. Red Skull is one of the easiest villains to pull off for a film. Even the 90s film was able to pull it off until they jumped to the present. The freaking 90s film.

 

[sabetoonth]

im with DHII, if hes not REALLY RS ill be annoyed, but these guys seem to be competent enough not to screw up like that

 

[Artistsean]

Red Skulls' mask could be made to look like this, the classic comic look, but still be a prosthetic mask with allows the jaw (and mouth) to move along with the person's face.

It can still be a mask looking like this: (you can see his actual teeth and eyes behind the mask.)

They could make the mask with prosthetics like this:

Maybe he can wear a mask, and get scarred at the end of the movie (or scar himself) and have a scarred mutilated face like the Ultimate version.

 

[sabetoonth]

arent those images of a mask?

 

[Artistsean]

yeah,
what I meant was they can say the Red Skull wears a detailed (maybe high tech since it protects from gas) mask,
but in reality have it be a detailed mask made of prosthetics so that the actor inside can move his mouth and we can see his eyes. So that when he moves his jaw the mask with go with it because its attached to his face. But when the Red Skull removes it (if he removes it) then it will be just like a regular mask like this:

So its sort of fudging with reality. Everyone says and knows its a mask in Cap's movie universe, but in reality its made out of prosthetics and make up.
So that its not just a floppy rubber mask.

 

[sabetoonth]

yeah if they go the mask route, thatd be cool, id even settle for a hard mask with a hinged jaw for motion there, though id prefer the scarring, or even mutilation like ult RS

 

[Webhead2006]

yea that is how i was talking about look. i would be happy if they go like that.

 

[Bug-Eyed Earl]

How about this- he's the closest thing the Nazis have to Cap; their version of the Super Soldier experiment came pretty close, but RS still falls short. He gets burned earlier in the war, and his accelerated healing doesn't exactly restore him to what he was- hence the face.

And if we're going for a German actor, I say Thomas Krestchmann- he's probably more believable in the physical stuff than Waltz, who would also be amazing.

 

[blinkuldhc]

Viggo Mortensen for Red Skull. The guy can speak like 8 languages, although none of which is German. He'd be menacing as RS, in my opinion.

If they're going the unknown route for Steve Rogers, they really need to cast some big names like Viggo.

 

[Rage]

Plus Viggo has worked with JJ before (if that helps in the casting process)

 

[Rock Sexton]

....... I'm guessing it has been mentioned before, but my choice for the Red Skull is Huge Weaving. He's a decent "name" that Johnston could help surround the eventual Captain America with. Not to mention he's so odd looking, it would fit like a glove.

http://www.**************.com/images/users/uploads/12037/hugo%20weaving.jpg

 

[Brian2887]

I don't want to know how Red Skull got deformed. I just want to see a guy with a horribly burned and scarred red visage, terrifying his enemies and his underlings alike. The how isn't important.

 

[Jerkofwonder]

....... I'm guessing it has been mentioned before, but my choice for the Red Skull is Huge Weaving. He's a decent "name" that Johnston could help surround the eventual Captain America with. Not to mention he's so odd looking, it would fit like a glove.

http://www.**************.com/images/users/uploads/12037/hugo%20weaving.jpg

Not to mention he just got finished working with JJ in The Wolfman.

 

[That-Guy]

Kretschman is still my top choice, but since they want an unknown as Cap, my guess is they'll go with a name for the Red Skull, so Viggo or Hugo do seem more likely. I don't think Waltz would want to do it... he just played a psychotic Nazi and now he's also playing a supervillain in Green Hornet. Unless he wants to be typecast for the rest of his career, he should pass on this if they even offer it to him.

 

[BrlntDsgse]

....... I'm guessing it has been mentioned before, but my choice for the Red Skull is Huge Weaving. He's a decent "name" that Johnston could help surround the eventual Captain America with. Not to mention he's so odd looking, it would fit like a glove.

http://www.**************.com/images/users/uploads/12037/hugo%20weaving.jpg

Wow, Hugo Weaving hadn't even occured to me for Red Skull but great choice there. I've even found myself burnt out on hearing fan casting suggestions for him since it seems people suggest him for EVERY "Mastermind" type villian, but this time he really fits. Oddly enough looking at that pic his face even looks a bit like the classic look of Red Skull's mask.....the frown, the wide furrowed brow, just slap some red prosthetics on and he's good to go.

 

[Artistsean]

Not to mention that Weaving has shown that he is willing to wear a mask an entire movie without taking it off once. Plus he can act without using his face, just his voice and body.
In V for Vendetta he never removed his mask

 

[Deaths Head II]

I wonder how Hugo's German accent would sound...

 

[Rock Sexton]

Not to mention that Weaving has shown that he is willing to wear a mask an entire movie without taking it off once. Plus he can act without using his face, just his voice and body.
In V for Vendetta he never removed his mask

Ya, his voice work is stellar. The dude just has a commanding tone, which is perfect for baddies. As someone pointed out above, Johnston got to get familiar with him with "Wolfman" so naturally I'd think he'd be given consideration.

 

[PyroChamber]

Here's a question, should they have the Red Skull use the Dust of Death?

 

[Webhead2006]

what is that pyro?

 

[sabetoonth]

a chemcal weapon that makes the victim's head look like skull's