ADRIEN BRODY - KING KONG MORE THAN A MONKEY MOVIE

ADRIEN BRODY hopes he will divert attention away from KING KONG in PETER JACKSON's upcoming remake by impressing audiences with the character acting he specialises in.

The OSCAR-winning actor wasn't prepared to play a stereotypically hollow role alongside the digitally enhanced ape and Jackson's spectacular special effects.

However, Brody knew THE LORD OF THE RINGS director Jackson wouldn't have approached him if he simply wanted the OSCAR winner to make up the human numbers.

The 31-year-old says, "It true that King Kong is the title character, but one of my problems with the original is that you don't identify much with the story of the characters. You're just interested in the spectacle of the monkey.

"Then why would I be there, because I sure as hell don't want to be just there to work. I want to contribute some depth to it and something interesting. And believe me, if the studio or director didn't want that, they wouldn't hire me.

"So I have a feeling that it will have a little more than the monkey to attract audiences and remain interesting to a full range of people. I think Peter Jackson is going to create the definitive King Kong. We've got a bit to do still, it's a long one, but very exciting."