10 Live-Action Characters That Look Nothing Like Their Comic Book Counterparts

Helmut Zemo (Captain America: Civil War)

Sometimes, you have to wonder if directors even love comic book characters, especially in their treatment of classic looks. The Russo brothers did so much right with Captain America: Civil War, yet their portrayal of Helmut Zemo left a lot to be desired.

Cap’s a colorful character, with a bunch of even more colorful foes. We’d already seen a picture-perfect Red Skull in Captain America: The First Avenger, so why did Zemo turn out looking like Mark Zuckerberg’s social media nemesis? Crazy decision, we tell you.

No fault can be placed at Daniel Brühl’s door, though. He did the best he could with a character that obviously wasn’t that important to the film or the filmmakers. Heck, I wonder if the wardrobe team just told Brühl to dress in whatever he had in his closet at home. Yeah, come to think of it, that’s probably what happened here.