Laura Linney's Congo Fondness: A Jungle Adventure

0:00It's April 20th, you're listening to Entertainment and Celebrity News today, AI-powered entertainment coverage. Laura Linney's got love for one of her early flops, the 1995 Adventureflick, Congo. She plays Dr. Karen Ross, a sharp XCIA tech whiz at TrabiCom, leading a crew into the jungle to track a lost team. Linney calls it a bad movie straight up, but she's all smiles about those young acting days. Earlier this week, she chatted with Collider about how Congo stacks up against her later motion capture gigs. Back then, they used little girls stuffed into ape suits for the gorillas, which was hit or miss. Fast forward to stuff like the turtle movies, and its real actors bringing that energy. Fans are buzzing because Linney's spilling on the fun behind the scenes. She admits some parts of Congo landed right, others bombed, but the vibe was wild. That jungle quest turns deadly quick, full of close calls and beastly threats. She's hasn't popped in the tape in ages, but now she's hyped to rewatch and relive it all.

1:03Comparing those old school effects to today's tech, she digs how far it's come. Word from Linney keeps the nostalgia rolling, reminding us even campy classics, hold charm for the stars who live them.