From director Paul Ireland, the indie drama Measure for Measure is a contemporary retelling of the work of William Shakespeare, as an unlikely romance between Jaiwara (Megan Hajjar), a modern Muslim girl, and Claudio (Harrison Gilbertson), a local musician, finds itself at the center of a world of crime, drugs and racial tension. At the same time, local crime boss Duke (Hugo Weaving) is grooming his lieutenant Angelo (Mark Leonard Winter) to take over the business, but it finding it challenging to keep him in line. During this 1-on-1 phone interview with Collider, Hugo Weaving talked about why …

There will be a notable absence from The Matrix 4 in the form of Hugo Weaving, who portrayed the villainous Agent Smith across the original Matrix trilogy. In light of franchise alums Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Ann Moss, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Lambert Wilson set to return, why wouldn't an equally integral piece of The Matrix puzzle like Weaving also come back? Lucky for us, Collider's own Christina Radish managed to get an answer on Weaving's absence from The Matrix 4 while speaking with the actor about his new movie, Measure for Measure. Turns out, Weaving was so …

Hugo Weaving is on record stating that he has no desire to play the Elven ruler Elrond again, a character who will appear in Amazon's upcoming Lord of the Rings series.

Well, we've got some answers.

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Sorry, fans of that antagonistic AI program.

Scheduling conflicts prevented Hugo Weaving from returning to The Matrix franchise.

Overall, Marvel has had a pretty poor run of villains, but Hugo Weaving was perfectly cast as Red Skull in Captain America: The First Avenger. He had the perfect balance of menace while staying in the realm of old-fashioned villainy to make his mark as Cap's longtime nemesis. Since the character didn't die so much as getting beamed up at the end of First Avenger, fans assumed they'd be seeing him again some day, and they were right. The character returned as the guide to the Soul Stone in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, but …

Isn't it always?

Hugo Weaving reveals why he didn't return as the MCU's Red Skull in Infinity War, saying it was impossible to negotiate with Marvel Studios.

Hugo Weaving says he received an offer to reprise his role as Agent Smith for The Matrix 4, but scheduling conflicts prevented him from accepting.

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