Possible Clues:

• 2018 Broadway role ''played'' by more than a dozen people simultaneously
• 'It was beauty killed the beast' beast
• Major ___, 'Dr. Strangelove' character who rides the bomb
• Diddy ___ (peanut-shooting Nintendo character)
• Skull Island simian, for short
• King --
• Classic arcade game Donkey __
• Skull Island inhabitant, familiarly
• Movie ape, for short
• Empire State Building climber of film