Hugo Weaving Talks About Playing Red Skull and If He'll Be Back AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR
I loved watching Hugo Weaving play the Red Skull in Captain America: The First Avenger. He was perfect for the part, and it'd be a shame if Marvel never brought the villain back into the MCU. In a recent interview with Yahoo, Weaving talked about playing the role and why he had so much fun taking it on:
"I thought it would be a lot of fun to play a classic über-Nazi, someone who thought Hitler was a pussy! [Laughs] 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."
The fate of Red Skull in the MCU remains somewhat open. The last time we saw him he grabbed the Cosmic Cube and disappeared in a flash of energy. I don't believe that he died. I believe that Red Skull still is around and that he could eventually reemerge. I have no idea when, where, or how, but it's a possibility. When asked if Red Skull could show up in Avengers: Infinity War, Weaving said:
"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."
The Cosmic Cube is a component of Thanos' Infinity Gauntlet, so he will need it to help obliterate half the life of the universe. You can read more about that here in some recently rumored plot details. It'd be pretty cool if Red Skull were to be included in the story somehow. Directors Joe and Anthony Russo have said that they are considering everything, so it definitely could happen.
Would you like to see Red Skull return to the MCU? Below you'll find a clip showing what happened to Red Skull at the end of Captain America: The First Avenger.