<Li> Jed Brophy and Todd Rippon appeared in the film as crew members . </Li> <P> In addition, director Jackson with makeup artist Rick Baker as the pilot and gunner on the airplane that kills the title character, his children appear as New York children, The Lord of the Rings co-producer Rick Porras appears as a gunner in an airplane, and Bob Burns and his wife appear as New York bystanders . Frequent Jackson collaborator Howard Shore makes a cameo appearance as the conductor of the New York theater from where Kong escapes . </P> <P> Watts, Black, and Brody were the first choices for their respective roles with no other actors considered . In preparation for her role, Watts met with the original Ann Darrow, Fay Wray. Jackson wanted Wray to make a cameo appearance and say the final line of dialogue, but she died during pre-production at 96 years old . Black was cast as Carl Denham based on his performance in the 2000 film High Fidelity, which had impressed Jackson . For inspiration, Black studied P.T. Barnum and Orson Welles . "I didn't study (Welles) move for move . It was just to capture the spirit . Very reckless guy . I had tapes of him drunk off his ass ." The native extras on Skull Island were portrayed by a mix of Asian, African, Maori and Polynesian actors sprayed with dark makeup to achieve a consistent pigmentation . </P> <P> Peter Jackson was nine years old when he first saw the 1933 film, and was in tears in front of the TV when Kong slipped off the Empire State Building . At age 12, he attempted to recreate the film using his parents' Super 8 mm film camera and a model of Kong made of wire and rubber with his mother's fur coat for the hair, but eventually gave up on the project . King Kong eventually became his favorite film and was the primary inspiration for his decision to become a filmmaker as a teenager . He read books about the making of King Kong and collected memorabilia, as well as articles from Famous Monsters of Filmland. Jackson paid tribute to the 1933 film by including Skull Island as the origin of the zombie plague in his 1992 film Braindead . </P>

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