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monkey king

posted 18 years ago by tom_amity
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I'm told that the actor playing the Monkey King is an actual orangutan named Lowell who has been in other films.

Correct?

[–] salvin 18 years ago

Dont know, sounds cool anyway.

[–] demonic1333 18 years ago

There's an orangutan in "Dunstan Checks In" that sorta looks like "Lowell". But I dunno. They all look the same to me. haha

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[–] avia2 18 years ago

I wouldnt be surprised if he WAS the same orang utan as in "dunstan checks in" since they both films were made in roughly same years... and I doubt they have a huge supply of different orangutans to use... but if only it had been an ADULT MALE orang utan, now THAT would be scary, lol

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[–] moiness 17 years ago

I don't get why it was an orangutan. Bit of a shortage of them in India and the original stories.

One thing I can't stand is intolerance.

[–] avia2 17 years ago

lol i agree with the previous... i don't know why they chose an animal that's from far away... but an orangutan would look more imposing and king-like than one of those normal monkeys.

[–] grazatt 10 years ago

Even though orangutans are not found in India,I can kind of let him slide . Maybe he was a former pet that was released into the jungle. The fact that he is so much bigger than any other simian they have seen could account for the monkeys making him their king, and his former experience with civilization could account for him wanting to be a human