Editing a primetime drama is never simple, but it’s even less so when you’re toggling between several different timelines and one of your stars is an iconic, 355-foot-tall monster named Godzilla. This is the challenge that befell editor Nona Khodai, who reteamed with her “WandaVision” director Matt Shakman for the first two episodes of “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters,” the Apple TV+ series set within Legendary’s MonsterVerse.
As it turns out, Khodai hadn’t actually seen any of the MonsterVerse films before starting on “Monarch.” This could have been a disadvantage, since she was weaving in the Bill Randa character from “Kong: Skull Island,” seen in the first episode both as he appeared in that film (played once again by John Goodman) and as a younger man (played by Anders Holm) starting out with the monster-hunting organization Monarch.
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