Roy Bagley
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I hate to kick a fella when he's dead, but I did tell you you shouldn't have radioed New York you were bringing in the big one!
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— Roy Bagley makes fun of Fred Wilson (King Kong , 1976) |
Roy Bagley is a geologist and seismologist working for the fictional Petrox Corporation. As a close friend of Fred Wilson, he sailed on the Petrox Explorer to conduct geological studies of Skull Island in the 1976 King Kong remake.
Development
The original script for the 1976 King Kong remake, written by Lorenzo Semple Jr., featured a comic Vatican librarian who revealed the exposition and folklore aspects associated with the expedition. Producer Dino De Laurentiis found the concept too esoteric, and the character was changed to an oil geologist.[1]
Personality
Roy Bagley is an expert in the field of geology and seismology. He was one of the first to suggest that an island might be hidden behind a fog bank in the open ocean, a theory later confirmed during the expedition. Bagley's knowledge became the basis for his friendship with the ambitious and greedy Fred Wilson, who wanted to find a new source of oil and get rich on it. Bagley was the only one who allowed himself to openly mock Fred and the only one who was forgiven for such behavior. Unlike Wilson, Bagley was not boastful and didn't argue with Jack Prescott, realizing that in some matters he could be right. Bagley was driven by pure curiosity and scientific interest, so he perceived many things that happened during the expedition easily and even with humor.
History
King Kong (1976)
Roy Bagley was in charge of the technical equipment for the expedition to Skull Island. As the Petrox Explorer prepared to leave Surabaya, Joe Perko and Boan noticed that they were not taking enough pipes on the voyage, but Bagley, being an expert, assured them that they had taken everything they needed. A day later, when the ship went out to the open sea, Bagley and Fred Wilson told the crew about Skull Island, the purpose of their journey. Bagley gave a scientific explanation for why there might be an island in the fog zone and why oil was supposedly there. Jack Prescott, who had secretly boarded the ship, interrupted him and Wilson and began to tell about historical evidence of encounters with a mysterious giant beast in this region. Bagley listened to him with surprise and did not interfere in the argument that flared up between Prescott and Wilson. Together with Wilson, Bagley filed a request with the US Navy about Prescott and quickly realized that the stowaway was not a spy. Bagley showed no noticeable interest in Dwan, who was soon taken on board from a drifting life raft.
As the ship stopped near the fog bank, Bagley and eight other crew members sailed through the fog. Noticing the difference in the temperature of the currents, Bagley correctly assumed that the fog would soon clear. Having found the island, they landed on the beach and, on Bagley's recommendation, walked up the canyon in search of a suitable place to set seismic equipment. Unexpectedly, the group discovered a giant wall and a settlement of natives near it. Bagley and the others watched the ritual dances and at one point noticed a steaming puddle on the settlement's territory. Assuming it was oil, he brought Wilson into great delight. However, the natives noticed the observers and, trying to take Dwan by force, forced them to return back, not giving them the opportunity to get close to the puddle. While discussing plans for the next day on the ship, Bagley remarked that he was not entirely sure about the oil, but Wilson quickly cut off his statement, not allowing the possibility of their expedition failing. That same night, the natives kidnapped Dwan from the ship and left her on an altar behind the wall, from where she was taken by the giant ape King Kong, whom the natives worshiped as a god. Bagley returned to the island as part of a rescue group. Not finding Dwan on the altar, he stayed with Captain Ross and Wilson and began a chemical analysis of the substance from the puddle.
The oil turned out to be unusable, and Bagley told his friend with a laugh that they would have to wait 10,000 years if Wilson wanted to sell the oil. Depressed by this news, Wilson decided to take Kong from the island instead of oil. Bagley continued to laugh at Wilson's fanaticism, but helped him create a trap for the beast. Boan, having survived his encounter with Kong in the mountains, soon returned and also began working on the trap. Wilson wasn't sure Kong could break the gate, so Bagley suggested only closing the bolt halfway. Finally, after two days, Prescott and the freed Dwan returned to the wall. As soon as they entered through the gate, Kong came too. Bagley and the others watched as the monstrous ape broke the gate and fell into a pit filled with chloroform. It is unknown whether he traveled to New York City on the tanker Susanne Onstad that Kong was loaded onto.
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