Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

Alexander Skarsgård: Nathan Lind

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• Nathan Lind : This is our only chance. We have to take it. We need Kong. The world needs him to stop what's coming. And this child... she's the only one he'll communicate with.

• Nathan Lind : [final line as they monitor Kong in his new home in the Hollow Earth; over walkie-talkie]  Heads up, guys! He's coming around for his morning walk.

• Nathan Lind : Through the entrance in Antarctica, we could help him find a new home. And he could save ours.

• Nathan Lind : We need Kong to find that power source. The world needs him.

• Maia Simmons : [about the entrance to Hollow Earth]  Are you sure the monkey's gonna survive this?

  Nathan Lind : Oh, he'll be fine. It's us I'd worry about. We're about to be launched 1,000 miles in two seconds until gravity

  [holds water bottle upside down] 

  Nathan Lind : inverts itself and spits us into free fall. It'll be the most amazing thing you've ever seen.

  [Hands her a barf bag] 

  Nathan Lind : Here. For the vomit.

  Maia Simmons : What?

• Nathan Lind : [on bringing Kong to Antarctica]  We lost our entire fleet getting here, there's no way back, and he can't survive here.

• Ilene Andrews : [Godzilla is approaching the ships at sea]  Did we change course?

  Admiral Wilcox : No. We're nowhere near the areas you flagged.

  Nathan Lind : [looking at the radar]  It looks like he's coming for us anyway.

  Ilene Andrews : He's not coming for us.

  Maia Simmons : [referring to Kong as Godzilla is coming for him]  Him? Then dump him. Dump the monkey!

  Ilene Andrews : How about we throw you off instead, huh?

• Nathan Lind : [Godzilla is coming back for Kong after almost drowning him]  He's circling back.

  Ilene Andrews : This won't end until one of them submits.

  Nathan Lind : Shut it down.

  Ilene Andrews : What?

  Nathan Lind : All of it. Guns, engines. Shut it down. Right now.

  Admiral Wilcox : If we do that, we're dead.

  Nathan Lind : No, we're playing dead.

  Ilene Andrews : And we're making him think that he's won.

• Ilene Andrews : [referring to Godzilla after he's beaten Kong out at sea]  As soon as we move, he'll be back. How are we supposed to get the rest of the way?

  Nathan Lind : How's Kong with heights?

• Nathan Lind : [Kong doesn't go into the Hollow Earth entrance]  It's not working.

  Ilene Andrews : Just wait. Wait, wait, wait.

  Nathan Lind : What if she tells him there are others down there like him.

  Ilene Andrews : But you don't know that.

  Nathan Lind : We lost our entire fleet getting here. There's no way back for him. And he can't survive here.

  Ilene Andrews : All right. All right.

  [to Jia] 

  Ilene Andrews : Hey.

  [In sign language] 

  Ilene Andrews : Tell him... There could be more like him... Inside

  Jia : Family?

  Ilene Andrews : I don't know. I hope so.

  Jia : [to Kong bin sign language about the Hollow Earth]  Your family might be down there.

  [Kong goes through the entrance] 

• Nathan Lind : Can I help you? If you want an appointment, my office hours are nine to five.

  Walter Simmons : Please, Dr. Lind.

  Nathan Lind : What the f...

  Walter Simmons : Guys like you and me, we don't do normal hours, do we? I've been fixated on Hollow Earth for as long as you have. Your theory that it's the birthplace of all Titans is fascinating. Your book was very impressive.

  Nathan Lind : Oh, yeah? Well, I got about 30 unsold boxes in my apartment if you want some.

  Walter Simmons : [introducing himself]  Walt Simmons.

  Nathan Lind : I know who you are, sir. It's an honor.

  Walter Simmons : No, the honor is mine. As is the urgency. Godzilla has never attacked us unprovoked before. These are dangerous times, Dr. Lind. Allow me to introduce our Apex chief technology officer, Mr. Ren Serizawa. He has an interesting thing to show you.

  Ren Serizawa : Magnetic imaging from one of our new satellites. You know what this is, right?

  Nathan Lind : Hollow Earth.

  Walter Simmons : An ecosystem as vast as any ocean, right beneath our feet.

  Nathan Lind : This energy signal is enormous.

  Ren Serizawa : And almost identical to readings from Gojira.

  Walter Simmons : As our sun fuels the planet's surface, this energy sustains the Hollow Earth, enabling life as powerful as our aggressive Titan friend. If we can harness this life force, we'll have a weapon that can compete with Godzilla. I need your help to find it.

  Nathan Lind : I don't know if I'm the right guy for the job. Did you read the reviews? A sci-fi quack trading in fringe physics. Look where they put my office. I'm in the basement right across from flute class. Besides, I'm not with Monarch anymore. And Hollow Earth entry is impossible. We tried.

  Walter Simmons : I'm sorry about your brother. He was a true pioneer.

  Nathan Lind : Thanks.

  Walter Simmons : See, all of our forward scans suggest a habitable environment down there. So, what really went wrong on your brother's mission?

  Nathan Lind : When they tried to enter, they hit a gravitational inversion. A whole planet's worth of gravity reversed in a split second. They were crushed in an instant.

  Walter Simmons : What if I told you that we, at Apex, have created a phenomenal craft which could sustain such an inversion? The Hollow Earth Aerial Vehicle. HEAV. We can make the journey to Hollow Earth possible, Dr. Lind. But we need you to lead the mission. Help me. Help everyone. Finding this needle in a haystack is our best shot against Godzilla.

  Nathan Lind : Well, I, uh, might have an idea. But it's crazy.

  Walter Simmons : I love crazy ideas. They made me rich.

  Nathan Lind : Are you guys familiar with genetic memory? It's a theory that all Titans share a common impulse to return to their evolutionary source.

  Ren Serizawa : Like spawning salmon.

  Nathan Lind : Exactly. Or a... Or a homing pigeon. So if this is the Titans' home and this life force sustains them...

  Ren Serizawa : A Titan could show you the way.

  Nathan Lind : Yeah. With a little help of an old colleague.

• Nathan Lind : [about to jumpstart Kong's heart with a HEAV]  Good luck, big fella.

• Nathan Lind : Looks like round two goes to Kong.

• Walter Simmons : What really went wrong on your brother's mission?

  Nathan Lind : When they tried to enter, they had a gravitational inversion; the whole planet's gravity reversed for a split second: they were crushed in an instant.