![]() Karin Konoval, who plays Maurice, and I both knew that it was going to be a big day. Of course, in classic filmmaking style, we did it two-thirds of the way through the shoot. I am thinking of King Lear and Gloucester having lost his empathy at the beginning of the movie, Caesar had to find it again, be able to see again, which felt very reminiscent of Lear. To have that final scene with Maurice, who was his friend his whole life and a conciliatory character, had a Shakespearean echo in some ways. To shuffle off in a rather dignified but unceremonious way was not a blockbuster-type ending. He had completed his journey, brought the apes home, played his part in the evolution of his kind. So I knew from the word go that this was going to be his fate. He felt Caesar should be a seminal figure in the story of the apes’ evolution, a Moses-like character. The film that you see is very close to what he said then, and what he wanted to happen. Matt Reeves told me the whole story about two and a half years ago when we talked about making this movie. What did you think when you discovered that Caesar would die at the end of “War”? Here are edited excerpts from the conversation. Serkis spoke about Caesar’s death and whether there is life in the franchise yet. In an interview in London, and a follow-up phone call, Mr.
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