Hugo Weaving played the Red Skull in “Captain America: The First Avenger” but he hasn’t been seen in the MCU since. Near the end of the movie Red Skull was transported into the unknown via the Tesseract, and fans have been patiently waiting for him to return.
Over the years Hugo Weaving has made it clear that he didn’t have much love for the role, and his comments have made another Red Skull appearance seem unlikely. However, the Red Skull could easily make his return to the MCU, and it would likely be a welcome return to a franchise that often gets criticized for having weak villains.
Although Weaving has expressed disdain for Marvel movies in the past, he recently spoke to Yahoo and he admitted that he did have some fun playing the Red Skull.
“It was fun to play; I enjoyed the outrageousness of the German accent that I employed and I enjoyed the extraordinary mask and costume, even though it was unbelievably hot inside it. I enjoy mask work; I enjoy trying to animate masks and reveal certain things that the mask itself might not reveal. V for Vendetta was another example of that, but there was less animation within that mask versus the Red Skull.”
In regards to whether or not we will be seeing him play the character again, Weaving said that he doesn’t know what Marvel’s plans are for the Red Skull.
“With Marvel, it’s pretty basic stuff: accept the deal and enjoy the ride. It’s not a major stretch for an actor, but on the other hand the difficulty with the Marvel universe is maintaining a link to a human dimension within such an extraordinary, technological CGI universe. In terms of me going back and doing another one, I don’t know. I’m not sure what they’re up to with the Red Skull.”
Hugo Weaving’s new movie “The Dressmaker” is in theaters now.
