June 30, 2004
Jack Black On Peter Jackson's "King Kong"
When Jack Black was cast in Peter Jackson's "King Kong" remake, people wondered why he was chosen. Today he finally spilled the beans to MTV about the role:
First, don't expect his usual comic antics - "There are some funny things about my character but, yeah, it is a different thing for me. But I'm not approaching it differently. I'm approaching it with the same balls-to-the-wall attitude".
Black also says the film should be much darker than the last one - "I just read the script for the first time. It's so rad. And it's top secret. I can't tell you much, but I can tell you this. King Kong is going to be scary as hell, dude. He's not gonna be sweet and cuddly. It's not gonna be the cute kind [of movie]. He's a f---ing carnivore, as in, eats flesh!"
The movie will be shot in New Zealand with Jackson's team re-creating parts of 1930s New York. Black will be joined in the movie by Naomi Watts ("The Ring") and Andy Serkis, who will provide motion-capture work for the computer-generated Kong, a role similar to what he did for Jackson when he played Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings." Serkis will also play a smaller part in the movie, sans effects
"King Kong" is scheduled to begin filming in August, with a December 2005 release date.
Posted by MK Magazine at June 30, 2004 05:22 PM