The Surprising Regret Adam Wingard Has About Godzilla Vs. Kong

"Well, you know, I do have regrets," the director of You're Next opined, "that like, when I had access to [special effects company] Weta [Workshop], that I didn't get them to do more ridiculous, like, things like that. Like, have Kong and Godzilla kiss. But then have an actual, fully rendered version of it, you know?" And while Wingard did manage to get his hands on a few choice, professionally animated shots of ridiculousness — one clip of the enormous, gorilla-like Kong looking flabbergasted which was ultimately cut from the movie stood out at the top of the director's mind — he elected not to commission any shots of the two iconic monsters locked in a battle of lips and feelings. 

It's a shame, really, since there's a great series of stories to be told there: a follow up movie in which the two get married called Godzilla + Kong; a sequel about their contentious divorce titled Kramer vs Kramer vs Godzilla vs Kong; a family film in which Godzilla, robbed of custody of the pair's children, disguises itself as an upper-class nanny and surreptitiously shoehorns itself back into the life of its family, calling itself Mrs. Doubtfirebreath. The possibilities are endless!

But the course of true love never did run smooth. Nevertheless, Godzilla vs. Kong is now playing in theaters and available to stream on HBO Max.