manchester showbiz
Friday, 9th December 2005
Jerry Hall shines at Kong premiere GLAMOUROUS: Jerry (centre), Elizabeth (left) and Georgia MayFans flocked to last night's showing at the Odeon, Leicester Square, but unlike the New York event there was no giant gorilla on display. Mick Jagger's former wife looked stunning in a red gown with a plunging neckline, complete with pearl necklace. Elizabeth, 21, wore a light green floor length simmering silk dress and Georgia May, 14, a white square-patterned knee-length creation. English born Naomi Watts, who played the heroine Ann Darrow was also among the stars who attended the glittering event. Watts, who was wearing a midnight blue Christian Lacroix dress, said: "I met Fay Wray (the original 1933 King Kong heroine) before doing the film and it really moved me so she said she approved of me in the part". The blonde actress, who grew up in Australia, added: "Unfortunately I'm only going to be here for about six seconds so I'm not going to have much time for a holiday, it's freezing". Jackson Peter Jackson, the director of the big ace movie, who has slimmed down to a shadow of his former self, said making a new version of his dream film had been hard work. The exhausted looking Lord of the Rings director, after promoting his movie in New York to Berlin and then London added: "I'm relieved it's all over. The crowds here are great, this is such a great city". But he said making the film, which inspired him to become a director when he watched it in his childhood had been "a dream". Jamie Bell, 19, who went back to school after his Billy Elliot success and in recent years re-launched his film career said: "Playing the ship's lookout Jimmy has been brilliant. "It was an amazing experience. Family "Peter cared about these characters so much, it was a fantastic thing, and we were all part of one family". Andy Serkis, who brought Gollum to the screen in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, doubled for the computerised Kong. The British star said of the two roles: "I loved them both. Over the last 4-5 years I've become particularly attached to Gollum because he's so devious and schizophrenic and represents a part of my personality. "Kong is more honest and represents another part of my personality. But I don't want to be typecast". Adrien Brody, who also stars in the film said: "This has been a personal dream of Peter's and its amazing that he fulfilled it". Oscar winning director Jackson was given complete creative control of his new US200 million (£114m) film, which is reported to have gone another US28 (£15m) million over budget.
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