Hugo Weaving in Talks for Red Skull in Marvel's Captain America?

I knew that hugo weaving would be cast as red skull because he worked with joe johnston in the wolfman.

hmmmm interesting choice...

I say a Hell Yeah!

I can see it now...

Red Skull in a monotne voice: "Prepare to die, Mr. Rogers."

Captain America:
"Please won't you be, my neighbor?"

I can see it.

HAWK out

I'm with you on this, IG. Waltz stood out as both classy and menacing. However, at least we know Weaving can do a good fight scene.

Pretty nice.

But he reminds me more of Zemo. IDK, just me.

But Mads Mikkelsen is still the perfect RS.

Waltz was great as a slimy/charismatic/intellectual/ Nazi but that is the opposite of Red skull

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YESS!!!, only problem is that he has to work on the Hobbit and Cap, which both start filming this summer, oh well, great move by Marvel! :)

Mads is The Red Skull but Hugo is very nice.

Nice find MF!

Hugo is wicked talented, any film would benefit from Hugo being in it.

This is brilliant casting. But I would absolutely love it if they would just tell us who the hell is playing Cap already.

As others have stated, I'd rather have Mads, but Hugo is a great choice as well.

By damn...it looks like we may be getting somewhere!

Waltz would be great, but there is no way I can see him portraying another crazy Nazi killer so soon after he just became famous for doing it in Basterds.

I'd rather see Weaving as Zemo, I can absolutely see him as the sadistic Nazi scientist, and Mads would be RS. He's incredibly intimidating, bad-ass, sinister, and has the perfect voice too.

I'd be content with Weaving I suppose, but there are better choices out there for Red Skull IMO.

OH THIS IS A GOOD PICK.

Perfect !!
But Who's gonna wield the Shield ?

This is totally uninspired.

They need an actor that plays more than just a bad guy or the a$$h*le (Lord of the Rings not withstanding). Someone with range, that even though there's nothing likable or redeemable about the Red Skull, you don't hate right from the beginning. It becomes a caricature otherwise, like Bond villains. Weaving is the uber-bad guy. As soon as he comes on screen he might as well be wearing a sign around his neck that says: "I'm the a$$hole!" To me, it's a cheat. The bad guy has to EARN our hatred by his actions, not because he has Weaving's hypno-monotone voice.

They also need an actor that looks like he can kick Cap's a$$. Hugo Weaving? Yawn.

DannyRand401@ DiCaprio, Damon, Pitt for Cap? Don't include me in the "We'd...". They're casting for Cap, not his father. ;-) Who wants an old and over-used actor playing the part? Not me.

If you look at the cast of IM2 and Thor, I can hardly see where they skimped on quality actors.

Marvel stated that they would pick an unknown for Cap and surround him with more known actors. I don't have an issue with that as long as Cap can act and look the part. If he is an unknown, then $600,000 isn't a bad pay day with 9 more to come. That deal sucks if you are DiCaprio, Damon, Pitt, etc. but not if you are an unknown. I would rather see an unknown that can grow with the role and be identified as Cap over the next 10 years, instead of having someone older an more known that we have already identified in our minds with other movie roles. That's just me though.

I am perfectly fine with Weaving playing Red Skull. Apparently some of you haven't seen all the other movies he has been in. Don't judge him just off the big name blockbusters that you have seen.