On the whole, the Skull Island natives in Kong: Skull Island are a far departure from those featured in King Kong movies past, in terms of behavior too.
In a Screen Rant exclusive, Skull Island concept artist Christian Cordella – whose larger body of work includes concept art for the Wolverine movie Logan – has shared his concept art for the MonsterVerse’s King Kong reboot, which he worked on alongside the film’s costume designer, Mary Vogt.
Tom Hiddleston’s former SAS tracker-turned independent contractor, James Conrad has an unshaven face and longer hair that better brings to mind Indiana Jones in this Kong: Skull Island concept art, compared to his clean-shaven look and kempt haircut in the actual film.
By comparison, the Skull Island natives in this artwork are more heavily clothed than the ones in Vogt-Roberts’ movie.