Previous Post Hugo Weaving is rumoured to be cast as the Red Skull. The only problem with that casting is the potential for the villain to steal the show from the hero, much like Heath Ledger did in the Dark Knight. I'm willing to give Evans a chance, though he has an uphill battle to climb. And I can't imagine anyone but Chiklis playing the Thing, so it's not like everything about the FF movies were bad. ~Hat~

Chris Evans was easily the most charismatic actor in the Fantastic Four films, and he was quite good as the no-nonsense "all about the mission" member of the starship crew in "Sunshine", so he doesn't have to play cocky to turn in a performance. (Good flick, by the way... although it kind of goes off the rails in the third act. Don't know what they were thinking there. But the rest of the movie is excellent enough to forgive the ending. It's a sci-fi tale about a mission to reignite the dying sun.

As for Hugo Weaving, I'm really looking forward to what he does with the Red Skull. You have to admire the amount of character he got through in "V for Vendetta" without ever showing so much as an glimpse of his face. I can't accept the old excuse that actors have to unmask in hero movies in order to emote after that one.