--- title: Red Skull Makes a Surprise Cameo in Avengers: Infinity War description: Most fans weren't expecting the Red Skull from Captain America: The First Avenger to appear. And yet he guides Thanos to the Soul Stone. canonical: https://time.com/5256515/avengers-infinity-war-red-skull/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-27T16:00:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T20:06:18.388Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: An Old Marvel Villain Makes a Surprising Cameo in 'Avengers: Infinity War' og:description: Most fans weren't expecting the Red Skull from Captain America: The First Avenger to appear. 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Just about every superhero in the [Marvel Cinematic Universe](http://time.com/5227935/marvel-cinematic-universe-timeline/) makes an appearance in [_Avengers: Infinity War_](http://time.com/5255759/avengers-infinity-war-ending-explained/). But fans certainly weren’t expecting Johann Schmidt, a.k.a. the Red Skull, from _Captain America: The First Avenger_ in the new film. And yet there he is on the planet Vormir, where he guides Thanos to an Infinity Stone. (You can see the character in the _First Avenger_ trailer above.) Schmidt was the main villain in the first Captain America movie_._ He headed up HYDRA, a faction of the Nazi Party during World War II. He experimented on himself with a version of the super soldier serum that made Captain America tall and buff. Unfortunately for the Schmidt, the serum backfired and gave him, well, a red skull. **MORE**: [How the _Avengers: Infinity War_ Post-Credit Scene Sets Up the Next Big Marvel Movie ](http://time.com/5252891/avengers-infinity-war-post-credit-scene/) > [](https://twitter.com/tvisjustabox/status/989617718239354882) When the Red Skull gets his hands on the [Tesseract, a powerful cube that contains an Infinity Stone](http://time.com/5227586/mcu-six-infinity-stones/), he decides to break from the Nazi Party and try to rule the world on his own. Captain America battles Red Skull, and ultimately Red Skull unwisely touches the Tesseract with his bare hands. He vanishes. It turns out only an extremely powerful being, like Thanos, can touch Infinity Stones without dying. And even Thanos needs to carry them around in a glove to protect himself. _Infinity War_ reveals that the Red Skull was teleported to Vormir, where the Soul Stone is kept. The former villain explains to Thanos and Gamora that he’s been doomed to a purgatory where he can guid those who seek the Soul Stone but never attain it himself. Once Thanos claims the stone, Red Skull disappears. Red Skull Makes a Surprise Cameo in Avengers: Infinity War ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5256515/avengers-infinity-war-red-skull/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5256515/avengers-infinity-war-red-skull/"},"headline":"An Old Marvel Villain Makes a Surprising Cameo in Avengers: Infinity War","datePublished":"2018-04-27T16:00:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T20:06:18.388Z","description":"Most fans weren't expecting the Red Skull from Captain America: The First Avenger to appear. 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