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Jul 14, 2017 · Planet of the Apes movement choreographer and actor Terry Notary says playing an ape takes strong legs and an ability to reach a kind of effortless, meditative state. If performers consciously...
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Not much is known about Rocket's past, only that he was sent to San Bruno Primate Shelter and he chose a female named Tinkeras his mate. He also established himself as the alpha and demonstrated his strength as a show of superiority.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Firestorm
Rocket is first seen when he spots a helicopter hovering above the trees. Caesar commands him to find him six apes and to report back to him. He soon returns with three orangutans, two chimpanzees, and Koba the bonobo. Later in the book, he excitedly reports to Caesar and shows him and his small band of apes a pile of food that he and his own band had found. Caesar sees skins from some of the fruit on the ground and questions Rocket. He sheepishly tells him that he and his band had eaten some...
Rocket still loyally followed Caesar two years into the war. He was sent with Blue Eyes on a mission to locate a new settlement for the apes, away from the woods where the human army known as Alpha-Omegahad been destroying in their search for the apes' haven hidden inside. He returned with Blue Eyes revealing that night that they had found a desert far away from where humans wouldn't find them. After Colonel McCullough kills Blue Eyes and Cornelia; Rocket joins Caesar, Maurice, and Luca in a...
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
At first, Rocket was an aggressive yet dominant chimp who intimidated Caesar simply to show dominance over him. He showed immense pride in being in charge as he was the alpha. However, after being overthrown by Caesar, Rocket became a worthwhile ally and his sense of pride mellowed out. Because Caesar's takeover of what would become the Ape Colony, Rocket realized there was more to power than he originally thought. However, Rocket was not very bright; this was proven to be true when Caesar ea...
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Over the last decade, Rocket evolved greatly from his old days when he was a normal dominant chimp, as he shows a strong loyalty only to Caesar and isn't afraid to express it. Rocket is now recognized for his strength and intelligence, which has allowed him to be a great mentor to the colony's younger generation of apes. As a father, Rocket would do anything to keep his son from harm, as shown where he stood in the way of his son when discovering the humans injured his son and looked tempted...
War for the Planet of the Apes
Rocket has displayed complete loyalty to Caesar, staunchly staying with the ape king, citing he needed him as they both had lost children, such loyalty bordered on the irrational, Rocket growing angry at those who lacked respect towards Caesar, such as Winter, due to the ape's betrayal, helping Caesar subdue him and how he stood up to strike Bad Ape for refusing to take Caesar to McCullough, forcing the ape king to hold him back. He also felt they should continue to find McCullough, not wanti...
Rocket was the most easily distinguished chimpanzee from other chimps, having less fur on certain areas of his body: his scalp, chest and shoulders, and grey skin. He also had a huge notch on his left ear. After being exposed to the ALZ-113, Rocket's irises turned green and his sclera white. In Dawn, Rocket's fur has grown more coarse, notably on h...
Advanced Strength: Like all chimpanzees, Rocket is very powerful and strong, during the Ape Rebellion, he was able to rip a door off an animal control van with no effort, his strength would serve h...Advanced Speed:Like all chimpanzees, Rocket was amazingly fast. When Caesar came to the shelter and ran away from Rocket, the latter chased him up a tree easily catching up with him and quickly kno...Expert Hand-To-Hand Combatant: Due to him being the second-in-command of the Ape Army, as well as the former alpha of the San Bruno Primate Shelter, Rocket is a capable fighter. He is notably the o...Expert Marksman:Over the next two years throughout the final human-ape war, Rocket has become proficient in the use of firearms, using one to kill several soldiers; during their attack on the Apes...Rocket was a minor antagonist turned supporting character in Rise of the Planet of the Apes, a minor protagonist in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and the tritagonist of War for the Planet of the...Most of the other apes in the movie had significant names, and Rick Jaffa claimed on the DVD feature that Rocket was named in tribute to Norman Rockett, a set designer on the original Planet of the...An earlier version of the script differed in that Rocket's eyes begin to go green (a sign of intelligence) after having bitten Caesar during their initial confrontation. After Caesar and Rocket tog...Terry Notary; who had played Rocket, also worked on Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes in 2001, as a movement instructor and stunt coordinator on both films. He also played Bright Eyes.Rocket is Caesar's second-in-command but struggles with being intelligent.According to his wife, Tinker, they probably won't have another child.Rocket never verbally speaks in the films, but in the novelization of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, he does once.Rocket, Maurice, Luca, and other apes who are loyal to Caesar and refuse to kill unarmed humans were caged and held prisoner by Koba.Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (novelization)Notary recently played the iconic character, Kong in Kong: Skull Island and also previously portrayed the alpha chimp Rocket in Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and the upcoming War for the Planet of the Apes where he also served as the stunt coordinator and movement choreographer for the ape-playing cast.
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Apr 14, 2011 · Acrobat and actor Terry Notary was a stunt double, stunt coordinator and movement instructor in Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes (2001), and performed the same function as well as playing the roles of Bright Eyes and Rocket in the 2011 movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes, the 2014 sequel Dawn of...
Notary mainly portrays creatures and animals for the film and television industry, and is known for his motion capture performances in films like Avatar, The Adventures of Tintin: Secrets of the Unicorn, the Planet of the Apes reboot series, The Hobbit trilogy, and Kong: Skull Island.
YearTitleStunt Work2024MoCap performer2022Groot MoCap performer2022MoCap performer2020MoCap performerDec 9, 2016 · While on the set of War for the Planet of the Apes, we chatted with Andy Serkis and Terry Notary, who play the performance capture Ape lead characters Caesar and Rocket.
Jul 4, 2014 · Performance capture actor Terry Notary is the best in the world at moving his human body like an ape. Notary makes the chimps come alive in 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.'. He talks about...
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