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Owen Teague Went to ‘Ape School’ to Pull Off a Spectacular Transformation in ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’
Owen Teague, the star of “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” had a hands-on approach to learning animal behavior.
A chimpanzee rests its chin on its hand, looking like the ape version of Rodin’s “The Thinker.” “There’s a picture of me somewhere sitting in that exact same position,” Owen Teague tells me before assuming a similar pose, swinging his long arm up and brushing his palm against the bottom of his face. After landing the lead role of Noa, a chimpanzee living in a post-apocalyptic world where humans have surrendered their apex predator status, Teague spent days at a Florida ape sanctuary. At its core, the technology involves capturing an actor’s movements and expressions via high-tech sensors, at which point visual effects artists fill in the rest, turning the performers into mythical creatures and animals without requiring the use of makeup and prosthetics.
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