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Hugo Weaving reveals why he didn’t reprise Red Skull role in Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame

January 22, 2020 by Liam Waddington

While Hugo Weaving perfectly portrayed the villainous Red Skull in Captain America: The First Avenger, he didn’t reprise his role when the character reappeared as a guide to the Soul Stone in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.

Now, in an interview with TimeOut, Weaving explained why he was initially open to returning to the role of Red Skull but ultimately decided against it due to contract negotiations with Marvel.

“Oh, yeah. I loved playing that character Red Skull – it was a lot of fun. We were all obliged to sign up for three pictures: I was thinking [Red Skull] probably wouldn’t come back in Captain America but he may well come back as a villain in The Avengers. By then, they’d pushed back on the contracts that we agreed on and so the money they offered me for The Avengers was much less than I got for the very first one, and this was for two films. And the promise when we first signed the contracts was that the money would grow each time. They said: ‘It’s just a voice job, it’s not a big deal’. I actually found negotiating with them through my agent impossible. And I didn’t really wanna do it that much. But I would have done it.”

SEE ALSO: Hugo Weaving confirms Agent Smith’s absence from The Matrix 4

With Weaving failing to reach an agreement, Marvel turned instead to The Walking Dead actor Ross Marquand to replace Weaving for Red Skull’s appearances as the Stonekeeper.

Would you have liked to have seen Hugo Weaving reprise his role as Red Skull in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame? Let us know in the comments below or tweet us @flickeringmyth…

Avengers: Endgame stars Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Evans (Captain America), Mark Ruffalo (Hulk), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), Josh Brolin (Thanos), Brie Larson (Captain Marvel), Paul Rudd (Scott Lang), Don Cheadle (War Machine), Karen Gillan (Nebula), Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther), Tom Holland (Spider-Man), Sebastian Stan (Winter Soldier), Anthony Mackie (Falcon), Elizabeth Olsen (Scarlet Witch), Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange), Danai Gurira (Okoye), Benedict Wong (Wong), Chris Pratt (Star-Lord), Zoe Saldana (Gamora), Dave Bautista (Drax), Bradley Cooper (Rocket), Vin Diesel (Groot), Karen Gillan (Nebula), Pom Klementieff (Mantis), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Gwyneth Paltrow (Pepper Potts), Evangeline Lilly (The Wasp), Letitia Wright (Shuri) and Tessa Thompson (Valkyrie).

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Filed Under: Liam Waddington, Movies, News Tagged With: avengers: endgame, Avengers: Infinity War, Hugo Weaving, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Red Skull

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