![TIL that when Meryl Streep auditioned for the lead role of 1976's "King Kong," producer Dino De Laurentiis commented to his son in Italian: "She's ugly. Why did you bring me this TIL that when Meryl Streep auditioned for the lead role of 1976's "King Kong," producer Dino De Laurentiis commented to his son in Italian: "She's ugly. Why did you bring me this](https://external-preview.redd.it/q5-DIx_FyDeIAJ0sd6pWXupHuJ89aeiJK7t7csF6dtQ.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=45584355da3f52777d1526268b51ac16145b74d6)
TIL that when Meryl Streep auditioned for the lead role of 1976's "King Kong," producer Dino De Laurentiis commented to his son in Italian: "She's ugly. Why did you bring me this
![In Peter Jackson's King Kong, Carl Denham suggests contacting "Fay" to play the main character of his film, only to be told "She's doing a a picture with RKO". The original King In Peter Jackson's King Kong, Carl Denham suggests contacting "Fay" to play the main character of his film, only to be told "She's doing a a picture with RKO". The original King](https://external-preview.redd.it/YEhyf_hN-wONlqvte4RnXJmsBju2pb5CP_qEntq2w-0.jpg?auto=webp&s=a51a90ea639af4981120aa47f6537ff9dbf44374)
In Peter Jackson's King Kong, Carl Denham suggests contacting "Fay" to play the main character of his film, only to be told "She's doing a a picture with RKO". The original King
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