Naomi Watts reached breakthrough success as Ann Darrow for the classic ape wonder King Kong. She reached commercial success on the films modern remake reaching a gross of 550 million dollars worldwide. Watts is among the Australians to invade the red carpet of Hollywood along with Russel Crowe and Nicole Kidman. She converted to Buddhism claiming I have some belief but I am not a strict Buddhist or anything yet. There was a lot of excitement and energy there”.