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It's interesting they're planning to keep Mandrake, Strangelove, and President Merkin as all the same actor. I wonder if/how that will influence the adaptation.
They should go with Kubrick’s original idea of having the same actor portray Major Kong as well. Sellers hurt his leg toward the start of filming and claimed he couldn’t move around the B-52 interior set easily, but he was also having trouble with the character’s accent and was glad to bow out. He had an easier time with the president’s accent because he just imitated Kubrick himself.
I had no idea Sellers was originally supposed to play Kong too! It would be impressive to pull that off in a movie, let alone on stage.
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8EKtLHTfDiM/XA3JXIv9naI/AAAAAAAAZDA/K_A17p8Uj_cvVI6xpwujsLvYXcbZ75HywCLcBGAs/s1600/Kong.jpg
An early production still.