Hugo Weaving

Hellooo, Mr. Weaving. We’ve adored you.

Hugo, possibly the best part of the Matrix trilogy, brings the perfect level of wry flatness to his portrayal of Mr. Smith, a machine-bred enforcer of consensus reality. Smith looks vaguely sinister, somewhat hopelessly geeky, and entirely too bland to be anything other than a kick-ass villain. What makes him so amazing, though, is that Hugo figured out how to steal the show away from all the latex-wearing, billowing-coat-and-chop-socky-happy heroes – and he did it with an expressionless face and drawn-out, sing-song tone of voice. (Whereas Keanu Reaves manages to maintain his expressionless face for persistently unknown reasons, Hugo Weaving actually puts such things to consciously good use.)

Mr. Smith is just one hell of a cool bad guy. We Goddesses can only lament that the ultra-talented Mr. Weaving possesses a face (aaah, there’s no gentle way to put this) for radio, and thus he is confined to the CBG list, and cannot be welcomed with eager arms into our Bosoms of Hotbadguyness.

Rumour has it, though, that Hugo is a cut-up of highest dimensions and delight to work with on any set. This goddess wonders if where rugged ‘hotness of looks’ is lacking, might there instead exist a ‘hotness of brainpower’?

Coolness: (Any villain who imbeds his hand in his adversary’s chest and melts him like mercury into another Mr. Smith is just entirely too clever for anyone else’s good.)
Badness: (He’s so bad, he even turns against his original boss, The Machines.)
Guyness: (A tad skinny and he apparently needs hundreds of himself to beat one Keanu Reeves.)

Select Fansites

• Hal's Hugo Weaving Page
• The Domain of Hugo Weaving

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