Its funny how you run into people you know in the most far-off places.
You know who it is…but its notexactlya familiar face.
She did but chose to return empty-handed, keeping what she uncovered secret from the Mad Titan.
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Its on a desolate planet known as Vormir.
But it is not alone.
A wraith-like figure in billowing and tattered black robes appears: The Stonekeeper.
We know him by another name: Red Skull.
We also know him as another actor Hugo Weaving, ofThe MatrixandThe Lord of the Rings.
Thats Weaving as the character fromCaptain America, pictured above.
But inInfinity War, Red Skull is played byThe Walking Deadstar and impersonator extraordinaire Ross Marquand.
Marvel has kept the role under wraps, so no one from the film has answered this question.
Its not something I would want to do again, Weaving said in a2012 interview with Colliders Christina Radish.
Im glad I did it.
RED SKULLS FATE
The Nazi villain had a third name, too.
His birth name, Johann Schmidt.
Schmidt was Adolf Hitlers chief weapons developer through the Third Reichs HYDRA division.
He experimented on himself with an imperfect super-soldier serum, resulting in superior strength but also his ghastly disfigurement.
His punishment was to remain atop the mountain, condemned to stand watch over the enigmatic orange Soul Stone.
He immediately recognizes Thanos and Gamora when they arrive.
It is my curse to know all who journey here… Red Skull tells them.
Where is the Soul Stone?
Thanos demands, all business.
Red Skull offers a warning: You should know, it extracts a terrible price.
I am prepared, Thanos says.
They all think that, Red Skull answers.
How is it you know this place so well?
A lifetime ago, I too sought the stones.
I even held one in my hand.
But it cast me out, banished me here, guiding others to a treasure I cannot possess.
You might say it has a certain…wisdom.
Tell me what it means, Thanos asks.
A soul for a soul.
It just so happens, Thanos has his favorite daughter along with him.
As much as Gamora hates him, she represents something unique to Thanos.
She is the thing he could never conquer.
He harbors a certain respect for that.
Affection, you could call it.
That question is answered when he casts her off the cliff and collects his prize.
The orange Infinity Stone appears in his hand, and soon makes its way to his golden gauntlet.
Did you do it?
Yes…
What did it cost?
Thanos answers, haltingly: Everything.
In the Marvel Comics, the orange stone has the power to trap souls, both living and dead.
This will probably be something next yearsAvengerssequel explores in more detail.
It is…everything.
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