On his hiring, Baker explained, "I did the Dino De Laurentiis version of King Kong in 1976 and was always disappointed because I wasn't able to do it as realistically as I wanted.
Nakon što je dobio posao Baker je izjavio: "Radio sam masku na verziji King Konga iz 1976. godine Dine De Laurentiisa i oduvijek sam njome bio malo razočaran budući je nisam mogao napraviti realistično kako sam htio.