When the Red Skull made a surprise appearance in Avengers: Infinity War, fans were surprised to learn that the character wasn’t played by Hugo Weaving, the actor who originally played him in Captain America: The First Avenger. The actor had been replaced by Ross Marquand, who also portrayed the Red Skull in the follow up Avengers: Endgame, but why didn’t Weaving return to the role? Weaving previously said that he simply wasn’t interested in coming back as the Red Skull, but in a new interview with Time Out London, Weaving explained the real reason he didn’t return: money. “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,” Weaving said. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-top-25-marvel-villains&captions=true"] This wouldn’t be the first time an actor didn’t reprise a Marvel Cinematic Universe role because of pay. Terrance Howard didn’t return as Rhodey aka War Machine in Iron Man 2 after being denied more money for the sequel. The role was recast with Don Cheadle suiting up in the black-and-silver armor. Weaving also revealed why he isn't returning as Agent Smith in The Matrix 4. In other Marvel-related news, IGN revealed that Black Widow is getting a brand new comic book series in the lead-up to the new movie, and Patrick Stewart revealed why he declined Kevin Feige's invitation to return as Professor X for an MCU X-Men movie. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/01/20/a-history-of-keanu-reeves-in-video-games"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joshua is Senior Features Editor at IGN. If Pokemon, Green Lantern, or Game of Thrones are frequently used words in your vocabulary, you’ll want to follow him on Twitter @JoshuaYehl and IGN.
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