Hype? You’ve heard it echoing like the monstrous roar in the jungle for a while now.
Hoopla? Yeah, yeah, the “Eighth Wonder of the World” and all that—you bought your ticket weeks ago.
We get it: you’re really, really, REALLY ready for King Kong. So we’ll just skip past the fanfare, throw open the gates to Skull Island and get down to the business of partying with the skyscraper-scaling simian, courtesy of Hollywood.com’s interviews with director Peter Jackson and stars Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody and Jack Black.
Just don’t come home smelling all “monkey.”
Peter Jackson:
“I think what was most important was to help people to be able to connect with Kong. Both in the way that he is portrayed, his performance, his character, and also just technically to make him believable. I knew going into this that the movie was ultimately going to live or die on whether you believed in Kong and your suspension of disbelief…” [Full Interview]
Naomi Watts:
“…every thing that you see on the screen is Andy Serkis. I mean, yes, there’s been some magical stuff happened in the post production special effects, but all the emotion, all the movement, how you see that ferocious face turn from that to sort of a smile come over him and a light in his eye, that’s all Andy. And that’s what I was reacting to, so that’s why it felt like a normal work space for me.” [Full Interview]
Adrien Brody:
“…I think it’s very brave to create a kind of reluctant hero, a leading man that’s not the typical kind of overtly muscular guy. It’s a guy who is just like Kong: pulled out of his own element and forced to go fight for the things that he loves…” [Full Interview]
Jack Black:
“…I just wanted to party with Peter Jackson. Honestly, that was like a kind of a secret goal of mine. And it was unbelievable…” [Full Interview]
