These Green Screen Photos Show Us How the Magic Behind the Screen Is Created

Here’s another film series that’s been popular for decades, massively improved, and made more realistic through CGI. Originally, the apes in Rise of the Planet of the Apes were played by actors in chimp suits, but those were a little stiff, and facial expressions were minimal. Of course, CGI effects were able to fix that problem.

Andy Serkis has been considered the king of CGI characters for over twenty years, having portrayed Gollum in The Lord of the Rings series. So it was a no-brainer for the filmmakers to cast him as their ape. Andy admits that this role was more of a challenge for him since he had no dialogue and had to convey everything through only his facial expressions and body language. He convinced us!