August 16, 1995

Hugo Weaving: Typecast as a Xenophobe?

Has anyone else noticed that Australian actor Hugo Weaving's three most well-known parts are non-humans who do not tolerate other species?
  • In Babe and it's sequel, Babe: A Pig In The City, Weaving voices a sheepdog who refuses to accept a pig as a sheep herder, and believes strongly that each species has its role in the world and should not try and be something else.
  • In The Matrix and its two sequels, Weaving plays a computer program who hates all humanity and looks forward to destroying all humans not living in slavery.
  • In three The Lord of the Rings films, Weaving plays the elf leader Elrond who believes "men are weak" and (fairly) blames a Man (Ilsidur) for not destroying the One True Ring when he had a chance.