8 Comic Book Movie Characters Who Need To Be Recast
4. Hugo Weaving - Red Skull (Captain America)
Hugo Weaving has been refreshingly honest about his involvement with the Transformers series and Captain America; he wanted the cold hard cash. They meant nothing to him on a personal level, and in the case of Transformers he didn’t even know what the hell they were about.
It speaks to his talent that he still did a great job with both franchises, but if the Red Skull is coming back it should go to somebody who actually gives a f*ck. Maybe there’s a possibility he’s really hiCding in plain sight somewhere in the MCU, and someone like General Ross will dramatically rip his face off to reveal he’s was Red Skull the whole time.
If not, there’s no shortage of great actors who could step up. Pierce Brosnan, Gary Oldman or Ed Harris would rock it, and Christoph Waltz knows a thing or two about playing memorable villains.