First Avenger OFFICIAL: Hugo Weaving is Red Skull

[Rock Sexton]

i hope thi rumor is false. seriously, anyone who "starred" in those matrix movies should never ever "act" in a movie again. and weaving was even worse than keanu and that-guy-who-played-the-female-lead.

 

[B]

Hugo Weaving would be an inspired casting for Red Skull me thinks.

I approve of this notion.

 

[Carlo Comicus]

Weaving is perfect for this scene:

 

[Stripesy Strip]

Fantastic turn of events.

Why are they so good at picking villains and so bad at picking heroes?

 

[Stripesy Strip]

so now cap actor has to act against SLJ/Norton/RDJ/SJ/Cheadle/Renner(Possibly)/Weaving/

LOL

What that means is that they have to pick a great actor whatever the age. Just say he aged slowly instead of stop aging.

 

[Octoberist]

i hope thi rumor is false. seriously, anyone who "starred" in those matrix movies should never ever "act" in a movie again. and weaving was even worse than keanu and that-guy-who-played-the-female-lead.

I don't know how you came up with that but okay. must be an Austrian thing. i kid, i kid.

 

[Webhead2006]

read the news a few hrs ago about hugo weaving in talks for the red skull. He is a great actor, and plays villains very well. Sure he is a bit typecast. But i dont mind that. If he is confirmed for red skull this will be a good casting move for the film. He has alot of star power with his name.

 

[Webhead2006]

read the news a few hrs ago about hugo weaving in talks for the red skull. He is a great actor, and plays villains very well. Sure he is a bit typecast. But i dont mind that. If he is confirmed for red skull this will be a good casting move for the film. He has alot of star power with his name.

 

[LostSon88]

Yeah, but its boring. Hes a typecast. I wish they'd go outside the box.

Go outside the box? They considered doing that when they tested Krasinski for Cap and people did nothing but whine. Now that they consider someone practically perfect for a role what do we do? WHINE OF COURSE!



I've said it before and i'll say it again:

We fanboys are a fickle bunch...no matter what they do, we'll still find a way to b**ch. Its our lot in life.

 

[Darkness Falls]

agreed

 

[Darkness Falls]

i can't believe people are complaining about hugo weaving playing the red skull

he's a great actor with alot of range and imo is a great choice

 

[TheFuture]

I think you're taking the piss Aluchak. As for Weaving, Marvel can give themselves a pat on the back if they manage to pull it off.

 

[LostSon88]

Its because he's too perfect. In fact he's so perfect for the role that he's boring.

Its too predictable...DUH!!!

 

[ultimatefan]

Weaving may be an obvious choice, but he´s great obvious choice.

 

[Brian Braddock]

I friggin' love Weaving. Obviously, he was great as Agent Smith etc but it's for more recent performances that I think he's simply a fantastic character actor. An actor who, when you hear has been cast, you just know he's going to be exciting and a joy to watch in the role.

He made the character of 'V' work through his body language and aural dexterity [when Purefroy couldnt], and he was the best thing in the Wolfman.

I definately look forward to seeing what he does with Red Skull.

 

[R_Hythlodeus]

Its because he's too perfect. In fact he's so perfect for the role that he's boring.

Its too predictable...DUH!!!

No, it's because he is a really, really, really, REALLY bad actor! I've seen better perfomances by billy zane than weaving.
It's a castng decision that, if true, would make me very angry...then sad....then probably a bit horny...then angry again.

 

[craigdbfan]

So how long have you been doing this comedy act?

 

[R_Hythlodeus]

So how long have you been doing this comedy act?

I've seen Weaving in the LOTR trilogy and while I liked the first movie and aspects of the second one, Weavings performance as Elrond was one of the bad things (besides Liv Tyler) of this trilogy.
I don't know why I saw ALL three Matrix movies (because I absolutley hated the first one) but Weavings wooden acting as Smith was worse than whatever Keanu Reaves did in this flicks.
I sat through V for Vendetta and while I loved the Graphic Novel, the only good things in the movie were the perfomances by Portman and Fry. Weaving did nothing in VfV that made me appreciate his "acting abilities" just a little bit.
Transformers, I don't know, I saw the first hour of the movie and then left the theater, because that film was one of the worst pieces of faeces I've ever seen.
All in all, I'm sorry, but I don't think that Weaving is an actor I'll ever enjoy watching.

Billy Zane on the other hand did I Woke Up Early The Day I Died, which was hilarious.

So, yes, I've seen better performances by Zane than by Weaving

 

[Dr. Sid Jawtug]

I've seen Weaving in the LOTR trilogy and while I liked the first movie and aspects of the second one, Weavings performance as Elrond was one of the bad things (besides Liv Tyler) of this trilogy.
I don't know why I saw ALL three Matrix movies (because I absolutley hated the first one) but Weavings wooden acting as Smith was worse than whatever Keanu Reaves did in this flicks.
I sat through V for Vendetta and while I loved the Graphic Novel, the only good things in the movie were the perfomances by Portman and Fry. Weaving did nothing in VfV that made me appreciate his "acting abilities" just a little bit.
Transformers, I don't know, I saw the first hour of the movie and then left the theater, because that film was one of the worst pieces of faeces I've ever seen.
All in all, I'm sorry, but I don't think that Weaving is an actor I'll ever enjoy watching.

Billy Zane on the other hand did I Woke Up Early The Day I Died, which was hilarious.

So, yes, I've seen better performances by Zane than by Weaving

So you're saying Billy Zane is better than Hugo?
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[R_Hythlodeus]

So you're saying Billy Zane is better than Hugo?
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No I said I've seen one performance by Zane that I enjoyed way more than anything I've seen by Weaving. Zane is an awful actor. But so is Weaving. He just has a fanbase that obviously likes his style of whatever-he-is-doing-but-I-wouldn't-call-it acting and got better roles in mainstream blockbuster movies, which is why his fanbase grew and he got more roles in blockbuster movies. As I stated above, there is not one of his performances in any of this movies that I enjoyed. Maybe he is talented, but he surely knows to hide that.

 

[afan]

First piece of good news on this film.

 

[Keyser Soze]

This news sucks! How dare they cast an actor who's perfect for the role and great at playing villains! That's too obvious! They should have cast Chris Rock as Red Skull, that would have been more edgy and exciting - I wouldn't have seen THAT coming.

 

[Keyser Soze]

But seriously.... is someone actually saying Hugo Weaving is a bad actor? Wow. I thought Hugo Weaving was one of those guys that EVERYONE likes. Even people who hated The Matrix or its sequels tend to acknowledge how great Weaving was as Agent Smith. But oh well, can't please all of the people all of the time, or however the saying goes...

 

[R_Hythlodeus]

Wow. I thought Hugo Weaving was one of those guys that EVERYONE likes.

idk, I made calls and wrote text message to a couple of friends who are all comic book and/or movie freaks after I read this rumour. nobody responded positive, so I know I'm not alone. the BEST reactions were like "uh..could have been better, but...well.. I don't care"
actually I'm surprised that weaving get's that much support @ the hype!

 

[roach]

I dunno I dont really have an issue if he gets the job just wish they would have cast an actual German in the role. Now we have to deal with someone faking an accent. Too bad Christoph Waltz is taken