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He was really, really lovely and generous.
Hes somebody that I have looked up to since I was six years old.
He passed the torch, Teague confides in our interview.
Andy helped me feel good about going into this because he’s done it for so long.
One thing he said was, Its just acting.
Approach it the same way as you would anything else.
This is no different.
That was really good to hear.
It’s terrifying, he says with a smile on his face.
But its also amazing.
I never thought I would be leading a franchise that Andy Serkis previously led.
Fortunately, I didn’t think about while we were actually filming, but now I’m feeling it.
I hope he likes it.
I hope he feels like we did a good job.
We asked him to help, but it felt wrong [to add him to the cast].
We decided not to do it, but I talked to Andy a lot.
I showed him the concept art and I would ask him, Am I getting this right?
Serkis, of course, has a long history in performance capture.
He is a veteran of mo-cap, but all of our actors had never done this before.
This is totally new for them.
I said, Andy, could you come in and talk to the gang and give them some pointers?
He replied, Absolutely.
Andy is seriously the nicest freakin guy ever, Ball continues.
Thats hard for our actors.
I mean, theyre walking around with these silly suits.
How do you get past that and just be?
Its intimidating as hell!
They were in it.
It was a fascinating process.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is released in US and UK theaters on May 10.
For more from our interviews, we also discussedEaster eggsand the’ape school’the cast had to attend.
For more films coming your way, check out our guide to the other biggestupcoming movies.
