Hugo Weaving explained why he did not reprise his role as Red Skull in Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Endgame.
Serving as the conclusion to over ten years worth of Marvel Cinematic Universe stories, Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame featured several returning favorites from past Marvel Studios films. Among the returning villains was the infamous Red Skull, who was revealed to have become the keeper of the Soul Stone on Vormir following his disappearance at the end of Captain America: The First Avenger.
While Hugo Weaving portrayed the Red Skull in the first Captain America film, the villain was instead realized through CGI and voiced by The Walking Dead star Ross Marquand for his appearances in Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame. During an interview with Time Out, Hugo Weaving explained that while he would have returned for Endgame, the terms of his original deal when he first signed on to play Red skull were not being honored:
“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.”
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Here is the official synopsis for Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Endgame:
The grave course of events set in motion by Thanos that wiped out half the universe and fractured the Avengers ranks compels the remaining Avengers to take one final stand in Marvel Studios’ grand conclusion to twenty-two films, “Avengers: Endgame.”
Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, Avengers: Endgame stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Brie Larson, Karen Gillan, Danai Gurira, Benedict Wong, Jon Favreau, Bradley Cooper, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Josh Brolin.
Avengers: Endgame is now available on Digital HD, 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD.
Source: Time Out
