Preston

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Preston Species Human Nationality American Occupation Personal Assistant Related to None First appearance King Kong (2005) Played by Colin Hanks

Preston was the personal assistant to Carl Denham. He sailed aboard the Venture in the 2005 film King Kong, and was one of the few survivors of Skull Island.

History

King Kong (2005)

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Books

King Kong: The Island of the Skull

One year before the events of the 2005 film, Denham had the Venture off Baffin Island in search of a mythical orca named Killer. The choppy waters of the North Atlantic made Preston feel incredibly ill, but Denham took no breaks, and revealed that they were to go inland in search of eskimo. Preston recalled an earlier encounter in Guatemala, where they had only escaped with their heads on their shoulders because they had guns. Carl scoffed, as he considered eskimo to be welcoming of visitors, and they went ashore. Preston noted to Denham that their actor, Bill Tyler, looked quite ill, but again, Denham snubbed Preston's concerns. On the island, Preston followed Denham and their cameraman, Herb Preston, up a hill, where Carl found a herd of sea lions. Preston was apprehensive about sending someone across the herd, but Denham, as usual, paid him no mind. First mate Benjamin Hayes then came and revealed the danger in their plan, but it was too late. They got Herb to a hospital in Halifax, Nova Scotia before returning to New York when he recovered.

Comics

King Kong: The 8th Wonder of the World

With his film in jeopardy, Carl Denham made Preston begin preparation to hastily depart before the studio could stop them. While on board the Venture, Preston was tasked with introducing the actors to their cabins, while maintaining the white lie that the unpleasant smell would disperse eventually. When they reached the island, Denham lead the crew into the jungle, where they spied a gigantic wall, whose purpose Preston could only guess at before being attacked by natives. Luckily Captain Englehorn and Benjamin Hayes were able to disperse them. While lightening the ship for a hasty departure, They discovered that the natives had kidnapped the actress Ann Darrow, and they sent a rescue party to the island, where the Captain gave them one day before they would be left behind. Preston then accompanied Englehorn and a second group of sailors on a mission into the jungle to extract the first crew, and they saved them from bugs in a deep chasm. The group, with the exception of Jack Driscoll, then returned to the shore, where Denham knocked Kong out with gas when he came chasing Driscoll and Darrow. Back in New York, Preston attended Kong's premiere at the Alhambra theater, and revealed to Driscoll that Ann had declined to appear before Kong broke free.

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