 Hugo Weaving , who portrayed the Red Skull , wore a latex mask conceived by prosthetic makeup designer David White . The visual effects team had to manipulate his face considerably , as the mask was bulky and they wanted to make it look like tight skin wrapped around a very bony structure . They thinned out Weaving 's cheeks and lower lip , hollowed out his eyes , and removed his eyelashes and nose to make him appear more like the Red Skull character . 
