Seconds before King Kong falls off the Empire State building with Ann witnessing.
Cast• Naomi Watts as Ann Darrow: A struggling vaudeville actress who is desperate to continue acting. Carl Denham discovers her attempting to steal an apple from a fruit stand, only to pay for it himself. She is a big fan of Jack Driscoll, but knows nothing about acting in a movie and during the course of the voyage, she falls in love with him. She also forms a special friendship with Kong. Ann herself is very confident, beautiful, and capable of handling herself in a tough situation.
• Adrien Brody as Jack Driscoll: A playwright who falls for Ann. He is on the voyage mistakenly, when he delivers 15 pages of script for Denham, and he delays him as the USS Venture begins its voyage. Jack is quickly enchanted by Ann's beauty and charm, and plans to write a play for her. He refuses to give up on her rescue, even continuing on alone when the rest of the Venture crew turn back. He is also heavily involved in Kong's final moments in New York.
• Andy Serkis as King Kong (motion capture and voice): A 25 foot gorilla who is around 120-150 years old.[4] He is the last of his species.
• Jack Black as Carl Denham: A film director who obtained a map to Skull Island. Due to his desperate situation - involving debts and theft - Carl is obsessive and slowly loses his moral compass during the film. His producers are convinced he is on a wild goose chase and the police have a warrant for his arrest.
• Thomas Kretschmann as Captain Englehorn: The German Captain of the SS Venture.
• Evan Parke as Ben Hayes: Englehorn's second mate, who leads Ann's rescue mission. He is killed at the log chasm scene after Kong snatches him and subsequently throws him against the rock wall.
• Jamie Bell as Jimmy: A boy who was found on the SS Venture, wild and abandoned. He is a kleptomaniac and views Hayes as a father figure.
• Colin Hanks as Preston: Denham's neurotic personal assistant.
• Kyle Chandler as Bruce Baxter: An actor who specialises in adventure films such as Tribal Brides of the Amazon, Rough Trader and Dame Tamer. He abandons Ann's rescue mission but brings Englehorn to rescue them from the insect pit, and is given credit for rescuing Ann during the Broadway display of Kong. He has sense once more to leave before Kong escapes.
• John Sumner as Herb: Denham's loyal camera man. He is killed by Venetasaurs during the Brontosaur stampede.
• Andy Serkis as Lumpy: The ship's cook, barber and surgeon. He is a brave sailor who goes to search for Ann but is killed in the pit after fighting a group of worm-like creatures.
• Lobo Chan as Choy: Lumpy's best friend, who falls to his death in the valley of insects.
• Craig Hall as Mike: Denham's soundman for the journey and ends up being the first person to be killed by the Skull Island natives.
