We all know in our hearts that Godzilla is the king of monsters, but although the towering creature has been a fixture on our screens for decades, there's still plenty of stuff most people don't know about the history of the franchise. Here's the untold truth of Godzilla.
Given that he's largely known for starring in a series of cheapie creature features, it's easy to forget Godzilla was originally intended as a heavy-handed and fairly blunt metaphor for the dangers of nuclear weapons. As the scars of World War II have faded, this aspect of Godzilla's character has been toned down somewhat in favor of showing the Big G backhanding creatures from a city block away with his tail. This said, Godzilla's roots are still subtly represented in his character design specifically his skin.
The original Godzilla suit, which has served as the basis of every iteration of the character since, was directly inspired by the horrific burns and scars of the unfortunate souls who survived the nuclear blasts at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This was done to serve as a constant reminder that Godzilla was born as a direct result of a nuclear weapons test. It also possibly explains why he screams so much, since it suggests he's in near constant pain.
IKEMEN: Initially, the director of Godzilla was really shocked at the atomic bomb experiments in the Pacific Ocean, where several Japanese fishermen were killed in (this is after WWII. Godzilla was inspired from that incident. Date: 2021-03-29
