King Kong comes back bad

"King Kong" star Jack Black has revealed details of Peter Jackson's latest offering.

16:09 02 July 2004

"King Kong" star Jack Black has revealed details of Peter Jackson's latest offering.

The original 1933 version of the film saw the untamed ape brought to the Big Apple where his love for a beautiful actress leads to him to escape.

But all the early signs point to a much nastier Kong this time round.

"King Kong is going to be scary as hell," Black told MTV.

"He's not gonna be sweet and cuddly. It's not gonna be the cute kind. He's a f*****g carnivore, as in, eats flesh!"

Black's casting was itself surprising, as many could not see the hell-raising star of "School of Rock" in such a serious role.

"There are some funny things about my character but, yeah, it is a different thing for me," he admitted.

"But I'm not approaching it differently. I'm approaching it with the same balls-to-the-wall attitude."

Reassuring that.