Many improvements went into the positive reception that Captain America: The First Avenger enjoyed this summer — a 79% fresh-certified rating on Rotten Tomatoes, compared to the risible 11% rating that its predecessor, from 1992, pulled — including some fairly persuasive body-mapping technology on the pre-transformation character of Steve Rogers, played by Chris Evans. But surely a big portion of credit also rests with the characterization of Red Skull (Hugo Weaving), Captain America’s frightening and forthrightly named nemesis. That challenge — of crafting a practical makeup fix that was scary but, more importantly, visually iconic — fell upon prosthetics makeup designer David White. I recently had a chance to submit a few questions to White via email. The responses are excerpted over at ShockYa, so click here for the read.