The Red Skull Revealed

Although Johann Schmidt, the Nazi weapons developer also known as “The Red Skull,” was glimpsed in the Captain America: The First Avenger trailer , no close-up full frontal shots of the Nazi villain have been released until today.

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Entertainment Weekly has now posted a shot of Hugo Weaving in full Red Skull drag along with a short interview with Captain America: The First Avenger director Joe Johnston. Johnston talks about what he likes about Captain America—“he’s not a superhero in the true sense of the word. He becomes a superhero, but doesn’t really have any super powers.

He’s just the best possible human specimen. Imagine the fastest, strongest Olympian athlete. Add 30 percent. That’s Steve Rogers…I’ve had other offers for movies like this and usually turned them down. To me there’s something less interesting about a guy who can fly, and throw tanks around and stuff like that. The reason I wanted to do this one is he (Steve Rogers) is so relatable. I can relate to him”

Tommy Lee Jones in Captain America

Hayley Atwell revealed in an interview on Comicbookmovie.com that Tommy Lee Jones will appear in the Captain America movie. Jones’ role was not revealed.

The title role is being played by Chris Evans; Hugo Weaving will play the Red Skull.

Hugo Weaving to Portray The Red Skull

Marvel Studios has announced that veteran character actor Hugo Weaving will play the key role of The Red Skull in The First Avenger: Captain America, which begins production next month in London. Introduced in Captain America #1 in 1941, the original Red Skull was George John Maxon, an American industrialist turned Nazi saboteur, but the character in the movie has been identified by Marvel Studios as Johann Schmidt, who was actually the second Red Skull in the comic continuity. Schmidt, a German orphan who survived a harsh upbringing, was working as a bellhop in a Berlin hotel when he was chosen by Hitler for special training that the Fuhrer supervised himself.

Weaving joins a cast that so far includes Chris Evans and Hayley Atwell. Weaving is perhaps best known for his work in the Matrix Trilogy (Agent Smith), V for Vendetta (V), and Lord of the Rings (Elrond). Weaving has also provided the voice of Decepticon leader Megatron in Michael Bay’s two live-action Transformers movies.