What legendary Universal Studios horror star, the Eighth Wonder of the World, had his home on Skull Island before filmmaker Carl Denham drags his hairy ass back to New York?
Carl Denham Carl Denham Carl Denham is a fictional character in the films "King Kong" and "The Son of Kong" (both released in 1933), as well as in the 2005 remake of "King Kong", and a 2004 illustrated novel titled "Kong: King of Skull Island". The role was played by Robert Armstrong in the 1933 films and by Jack Black in the 2005 remake. Denham's function in the story is to initiate the action by bringing the characters to Skull Island, where they encounter the giant beast Kong. Denham then brings Kong to New York City to put him on display as
Carl Denham Denham convinces her the job will involve no "funny business". Denham had obtained a map of Skull Island and opted to produce his next film there. This means abandoning plans to film on set, which had lost him his studio's favor. They decide to take what footage he has and sell it as stock footage to other studios. This drives Denham to steal the equipment necessary to make it to the island. However, he has misinformed his crew that they were heading to Singapore, and only admits the truth to screenwriter Jack Driscoll, who is still working on the screenplay