49 Fun Facts About Godzilla Vs. Kong

Which actress plays Dr. Ilene Andrews, the Kong expert who adopted Jia, in Godzilla vs. Kong?

Rebecca Hall plays Ilene, who refuses to move Kong from his home because she fears Godzilla would come for him the moment he left, which is exactly what happens.

Godzilla vs. Kong belongs to which film universe?

Monsterverse films began with Godzilla in 2014. A year later Legendary moved its King Kong film from Universal to Warner Bros. so the ape and the lizard could share one studio and, in time, one film.

When Godzilla vs. Kong opens, where is Monarch keeping Kong?

Inside a giant dome on Skull Island, Kong lives under a projected sky because a perpetual storm has swallowed the rest of the island; he exposes the trick by hurling a tree at the ceiling.

How does Jia, the young Iwi girl, communicate with Kong?

Using American Sign Language, Jia learns what the scientists studying him never suspected: Kong can sign back, and he tells her 'home'.

Which monster from Kong's island does Mechagodzilla cut in half during a test at Apex's base?

A Skullcrawler, codenamed Number 10, is sliced in two by the machine's energy beam, but the test drains its power within seconds, which is why its makers want the energy buried deep under the Earth.

What does Bernie Hayes host on the side of his day job as an Apex technician?

A Titan conspiracy podcast, Titan Truth, is how Madison tracks him down. Brian Tyree Henry said Bernie turned to exposing his employer after losing his wife.

Which US city's Apex facility does Godzilla attack early in Godzilla vs. Kong?

Pensacola, Florida, is hit without warning, which turns public opinion against Godzilla, while Madison suspects that something is provoking him.

In Godzilla vs. Kong, what makes the tunnel to the Titans' underground homeworld deadly to ordinary aircraft?

A reversal of gravity inside the tunnel killed Nathan Lind's brother on an earlier expedition, so Nathan refuses to go back until he is shown craft built to withstand it.

Through which continent is the entrance to the Titans' underground homeworld reached?

Antarctica hides the tunnel entrance. Kong is shipped toward it in chains on a barge under US Navy escort, and the convoy is ambushed at sea before it gets there.

Who is Ren, the telepathic pilot of Mechagodzilla?

Son of the late Ishirō Serizawa, the scientist who gave his life to revive Godzilla with a nuclear warhead: Ren now pilots the machine built to kill the same monster.

Mechagodzilla's neural network is built from the severed head of which monster?

Ghidorah's skull still holds a trace of the three-headed dragon's mind, which seizes the robot once it is fully powered and turns it on the people who built it.

How do Madison, Josh and Bernie travel to Apex's headquarters?

They are locked into a hyperloop car by accident: they hide inside it when guards approach, the door shuts, and the cargo line fires them through an underground tunnel to the other side of the world.

What is the glowing axe that Kong finds in his ancestors' throne room made from?

One of Godzilla's dorsal plates forms the blade, a relic of an ancient war between the two species, and Kong uses the axe to soak up his rival's atomic breath and strike back with it.

In which city does Godzilla vs. Kong stage its final battle?

Hong Kong is where the robot was hidden: its activation draws Godzilla to the city, and he burns a shaft straight down through the planet to call out his rival.

In their first clash at sea, Godzilla and Kong trade blows on the deck of what kind of ship?

An aircraft carrier becomes the ring: Kong greets his rival with a punch as he climbs aboard, but the ocean is Godzilla's element, and the ape comes off worse.

How does Nathan Lind revive the dying Kong?

Detonating the HEAV on his chest works like a giant defibrillator: nothing else on hand can deliver a charge big enough to restart a heart that size, and Jia can feel it slowing.

What does Josh use to short-circuit Mechagodzilla's controls at the crucial moment?

Bernie's liquor comes from the flask he keeps in memory of his late wife. He offers a last drink, and Josh grabs it and pours it over the control console instead.

Where does Kong end up ruling at the close of Godzilla vs. Kong?

The Hollow Earth is where his species came from, and he finds his ancestors' throne room there, so a mission sent to fetch a power supply ends by giving Kong a home.

Who plays Dr. Nathan Lind in Godzilla vs. Kong?

Alexander Skarsgård said the filmmakers let him shape Nathan, a reluctant hero: a nervous geologist rather than an action man, thrown into a world he is not equipped to deal with.

Which actor returns from Godzilla: King of the Monsters as Madison's father, Mark Russell?

Kyle Chandler's Mark brushes aside his daughter's hunch that something is provoking Godzilla, telling her that creatures, like people, can change, so she sets out to prove him wrong.

Which Stranger Things actress returns as Madison Russell in Godzilla vs. Kong?

Millie Bobby Brown called it a coming-of-age story for Madison, who has grown up in the five years since the last film and sets out on her own to clear Godzilla's name.

Which King of the Monsters actress was announced for Godzilla vs. Kong but never appears?

Zhang Ziyi was promised a major role across the franchise in 2017, but the story was reworked around the two monsters in post-production and she never appears; Jessica Henwick's character vanished the same way.

Which John Wick actor plays a Monarch chief in Godzilla vs. Kong, in a part cut down to two brief scenes?

Lance Reddick had a bigger part until a boardroom scene setting up the mission was dropped in the edit; Adam Wingard said he still gets top billing, then 'turns up for four lines, maybe three'.

Terry Rossio, who led Godzilla vs. Kong's writers' room, co-wrote a Godzilla script in the 1990s for which studio?

TriStar hired Rossio and Ted Elliott to write its first American Godzilla, but the studio and director Jan de Bont fell out over the budget, and the 1998 film was made from a new script.

Godzilla and King Kong first met in a 1962 film made by which studio?

Toho made King Kong vs. Godzilla in 1962 and still holds the rights to Godzilla, which is why the Hollywood rematch is credited as based on its characters and why Toho itself handled the film's release at home.

Which historic battleship at Pearl Harbor was a Godzilla vs. Kong filming location?

USS Missouri is where the Second World War ended, with the surrender signed on its deck in 1945; seven decades later the retired battleship became a monster-movie set.

Godzilla vs. Kong shot its studio scenes at Village Roadshow Studios in which Australian city?

Gold Coast stages and streets hosted the shoot from January to April 2019, and Queensland then won the 2024 sequel too, the third film in the series to shoot there.

After the sea battle, how is Kong moved on toward the tunnel entrance?

By helicopters, in a net: the fleet dares not sail on in case Godzilla returns, so Nathan asks how Kong copes with heights and has him airlifted.

After Mechagodzilla is destroyed, what does Kong do when Godzilla turns to face him?

Kong puts down his axe, and Godzilla, who had beaten him hours earlier, simply stares him down and heads back to the sea, ending the feud between their two species.

In Godzilla vs. Kong, what colour does Kong's axe glow inside his ancestors' temple?

Blue: the glow begins as the axe nears the temple's power, and when Kong slots the weapon into a hollow in the floor, the ground lights up with the energy the expedition came for.

Adam Wingard ruled out making which alternate version of Godzilla vs. Kong?

A director's cut was ruled out even though he reckoned there was footage for a five-hour version: Wingard had always wanted a thrill ride of two hours or under, and called the release 'my movie'.

Which composer, Junkie XL, scored Godzilla vs. Kong?

Tom Holkenborg said he had written some Godzilla music just for fun years earlier; when the director sought him out, about two years before he was announced as composer, he reworked it and played it to him.

Brian Tyree Henry called his protective character in Godzilla vs. Kong the film's version of which Game of Thrones figure?

Brienne of Tarth was his joke, because Bernie spends the film shielding Madison and Josh; more seriously, he likened him to the hacker collective Anonymous, a man who sees injustice and is never listened to.

Which Hollies song plays over the final scene of Godzilla vs. Kong?

The Air That I Breathe plays as Kong takes a morning stroll through his new home, answering the opening scene, where he woke to a Bobby Vinton ballad on an island he had outgrown.

Who plays Maia Simmons, the Apex executive who joins the expedition, in Godzilla vs. Kong?

Eiza González said her role 'completely changed' in the edit: Maia had a whole different storyline that was cut when the film was reshaped around its two monsters.

Which of these countries had to wait until July 2021 to see Godzilla vs. Kong in cinemas?

Japan, Godzilla's birthplace, was due to get the film in May, but the release was postponed under a COVID-19 state of emergency, and it finally opened there on 2 July.

On which streaming service did Godzilla vs. Kong open in the US on the same day as in cinemas?

HBO Max shared the film with cinemas for 31 days because Warner Bros. sent its whole 2021 slate to both at once during the pandemic.

Which streamer reportedly offered more than $200 million for Godzilla vs. Kong before its distributor blocked the sale?

Netflix made the offer in late 2020, but the distributor blocked the sale to keep the film for its own service; Legendary, which had financed three-quarters of the budget, then weighed legal action.

Who plays Josh Valentine, Madison's friend, in Godzilla vs. Kong?

Julian Dennison screen-tested for the part by playing scenes from Romeo and Juliet with his future co-star, and both said they could not stop laughing at how cringey it was.

Which country was Godzilla vs. Kong's largest overseas market, with $69.2 million of its opening weekend?

China, where Legendary handled the release itself, opened the film days before the United States and supplied more than half of its $123.1 million first weekend abroad.

Which earlier film's $58.5 million did Godzilla vs. Kong pass in April 2021 to become the pandemic's top US release?

Tenet's $58.5 million fell in little more than a week, even though Americans could also watch the monsters at home on release day; the film ended on about $470 million worldwide.

How does the fleet carrying Kong get Godzilla to break off his attack?

It shuts down and plays dead: Nathan has every engine and weapon switched off, and Godzilla, taking the silent ships for wrecks, swims away believing he has won.

Web-traffic firm Akamai gave Godzilla vs. Kong which title for 2021?

Most pirated film of the year, even though Americans could stream it at home from day one and its studio said it drew the biggest audience its streaming service had yet seen.

Which tagline did the posters for Godzilla vs. Kong carry?

One Will Fall held the director to his word: the 1962 original left fans arguing over who had won, and Adam Wingard promised that this time people would walk away knowing.

Which wrestling show, then airing on WarnerMedia's TNT, staged a Godzilla vs. Kong-themed match in April 2021?

AEW Dynamite shared a corporate parent with the film, so it could bill a tag bout as a 'Godzilla vs. Kong Match': Jurassic Express against Bear Country, sponsored on air by the movie.

Which actor joined the 2024 sequel Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, reuniting with director Adam Wingard?

Dan Stevens had starred in Wingard's 2014 thriller The Guest; in the sequel his Titan vet, Trapper, fits Kong's frostbitten arm with a mechanical glove.

Before Godzilla vs. Kong, Adam Wingard made his name with low-budget films such as You're Next in which genre?

Horror taught him thrift: Wingard credited his 'low-budget, no-budget background' for keeping reshoots to five days, when earlier films in the series had needed about two weeks.

Which flying serpents, labelled 'Nozuki' on leaked toy packaging, attack Kong in the world beneath the Earth?

Warbats were still called Nozuki when toy packaging leaked in April 2020, so fans met the winged snakes Kong fights months before any trailer showed them.

Legendary weighed legal action when Godzilla vs. Kong and which other film it financed were sent to same-day streaming?

Dune was Legendary's other film on the 2021 slate. The company had paid for three-quarters of the monster film and was kept out of the loop; within weeks the two sides were close to a deal that averted a court fight.