Hugo Weaving as the Red Skull?
According to The Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision column, actor Hugo Weaving is the actor likely to become Captain American's villain, the Red Skull, in The First Avenger - if negotiations can be worked out.
In the Marvel comics," notes the column, "Red Skull has been Captain America’s archenemy since 1941, when he engaged in espionage and sabotage as Hitler’s right-hand man. In his final battle with the superhero, he was buried under the rubble of a bombed building but — as would occur later with Captain America — fell into a state of suspended animation. Both were revived in modern times.
"The dealmaking with Weaving is in a delicate stage that will play out in the next day or so. Agencies grouse that Marvel plays hardball in the negotiating process and also demands multi-movie commitments, though the latter usually applies to actors playing its heroes."
Weaving, of course, played Agent Smith in the Matrix trilogy and the elf ruler Elrond in The Lord of the Rings. He and First Avenger director Joe Johnston recently collaborated on The Wolfman.
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