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That's Actually Hilarious, Chris Evans, But Your Eyebrows Are Not The Reason I'm Excited For Captain America

By Joanna Robinson | Posted Under Miscellaneous | Comments (16)

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No it’s not the Evans brows that excite me. It’s these brows, the best in the business.
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Don’t get me wrong, I love Chris Evans and his bulgy, glisteny muscles. I also love Captain America’s lead actress, Haley Atwell. She’s the anti-Megan Fox. But, above all that, I love Hugo Weaving. If Andy Serkis is the chameleonic face of Hollywood, then Weaving is its voice. And what a voice. Were you worried when you saw the costume design for Captain America’s Red Skull? I was.

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But when I found out Weaving would be voicing (and acting) the role, all my fears melted away. This is Agent Smith! This is Elrond! This is V! This is Megatr-eh, forget that one, Weaving certainly has. So I’d like to take a moment and pay homage to Weaving. I think, as an actor, he gets overlooked and is written off as simply campy or cartoonish. Oddly enough, it was his role in the very campy The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert that long ago convinced me he was a strong performer, not just a cock in a frock on a rock. And while it’s certainly exaggerated, his strong work as V, using only physicality and vocal work, is staggering. So let’s take a moment, shall we, and heap some praise on ol’ Hugo. He’s earned it. Me? I’ve already bought my ticket to Captain America. Thor and The Green Lantern can go screw.

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Comments

First of all, CAPTAIN AMERICA FUCK YEAH!

Secondly, I enjoy that even Megatron has the brows.

Thirdly sorry Hugo, but Frank Welker is Megatron.

Posted by: Socrates_Johnson at July 20, 2011 4:12 PM

He is SO GOOD in Priscilla. And in this early 90's Australian movie Proof with a pre-famous Russel Crow. I would spread his voice on toast.

Posted by: Julie at July 20, 2011 4:22 PM

Haley Atwell was on Craig Ferguson last night, and I have one thing to say about her (having never seen her before):

HUBBA HUBBA! She was wearing a 50s dress that would put Christina Hendricks to shame, and she was walking like Jello on springs. Girl has two serious assets in the front and a secret weapon in the trunk. Va-va-voom!

She's curvy, is what I'm trying to say. And was wearing a dress to show it off.

Posted by: MM at July 20, 2011 4:36 PM

I love the way he says this: "I hate this place, this zoo, this prison, this reality, whatever you want to call it. I can't stand it any longer. It's the smell. If there is such a thing. I feel.. saturated by it. I can taste your stink. And every time I do I feel I have somehow been infected by it, it's repulsive."

And Mitzi was the best of all the cock/frock/rock chicks. No doubt.

Posted by: Captain Tuttle at July 20, 2011 4:38 PM

His sarcastic performance was pretty much the only enjoyable thing in Wolfman.

(besides Emily Blunt being pretty)

Posted by: fracas at July 20, 2011 4:46 PM

oh god, Julie, Proof was amazingly uncomfortable. i haven't seen it in years but suddenly remembered how it went down.

Posted by: gp at July 20, 2011 5:10 PM

Got my tickets today! I can't wait!

Posted by: Melody Be at July 20, 2011 5:11 PM

Unfortunately, roles like Red Skull are only going to increase the misperception that Weaving is "cartoonish" or a genre villain specialist. As is fan overemphasis on Megatron in three films the actor never bothered seeing. (Yes, people, sometimes actors perceive roles as mere jobs rather than career-defining.)

The Agent Smith role was original, vivid and marked a change of direction for the actor-- now he needs to change direction again and avoid limited, typecast villain roles. And fans of Proof and Priscilla should seek out Last Ride, Little Fish and Oranges and Sunshine for a fuller perspective on Weaving's complex gifts. I'm also excited about Cloud Atlas because it reteams Weaving with the Wachowskis, who always give him interesting work. This time, six characters worth.

Posted by: Else Harbeau at July 20, 2011 5:33 PM

I would pay to listen to Hugo Weaving read a phone book.

Posted by: FyreHaar at July 20, 2011 6:16 PM

Weaving's great, and I'm a big fan, but not only did Terrance Stamp out-act him in Priscilla, he looked hotter,too.

He's not a very pretty girl.

Posted by: AmbroseKalifornia at July 20, 2011 7:32 PM

+1 for the Lucas Lee quote

Posted by: MelBivDevoe at July 20, 2011 9:24 PM

Joanna,

Why you gotta tell me to "go screw"? We's friends, boo! C'mon! I'm Pajiba's SUPERHERO, fer cryin' out loud...though obviously not Hollywood's...and you gotta come at me like this?

It's cold, Jo. That's cold.

(Oh and for the record? I'm on "Team America, Fuck Yeah!" too. I want this movie to be awesome.)

That's still cold, Jo. Brrr!

Posted by: Green Lantern at July 20, 2011 11:03 PM

I watched some of the episode earlier. Yes...Ms. Atwell looked very pretty. Words are very unnecessary, they can only do harm.

Posted by: Jay at July 20, 2011 11:21 PM

I vote for a Hugo Weaving/Morgan Freeman buddy-cop flick. We can have one dragged-out-of-retirement-to-hunt-down-a-crew-everyone-thought-was-gone (ably played and voiced by Morgan "The Narrator" Freeman) and one internal-affairs-officer-hated-by-the-department-and-being-set-up-for-a-fall-by-his-superiors (ably played by Hugo "Dubious Eyebrow" Weaving).

The villains... hmm... Laurence Fishburne, Jean Reno, Dolph Lundgren and Dan Akroyd. As a love interest, I vote for Morena Baccarin and/or Helen Mirren depending on who gets the romantic subplot.

Ooh, and can we have Guy Ritchie and John Woo team up as the producers/directors?

Oh, and we can shoot it entirely in 4D, as the movie will take time to film, edit AND watch, and because all the actors, props, sets and in fact everything involved will all exist in at least four dimensions at all times (and possibly as many as 23 more, depending on too many variables to list).

Posted by: Uncommoner at July 20, 2011 11:42 PM

I've been a Hugo Weaving fan for years. Good to know that others recognize the talent. He is our generation's Great Villain. He was awesome in Proof and clearly has skill as a dramatic actor, but I think he should stick to the villainous roles. Reminds me of Gary Oldman (another underrated actor) back in his good ol' pre-Commissioner Gordon/Sirius Black bad guy days.

Posted by: FoxyLoxy at July 20, 2011 11:56 PM

Good comparison, FoxyLoxy. Hugo reminds me of Gary Oldman, as well. Both have incredible intensity and can completely transform themselves from role to role.

I'd love to see those two face off as two antiheroes in something dark and gritty, where the audience is kept guessing the whole time who's the good guy.

Posted by: foolsage at July 21, 2011 12:06 PM