This orangutan inspired a Vancouver actress' role in Planet of the Apes

In July 2010, Karin Konoval had just finished filming the first few scenes of Rise of the Planet of the Apes, for which she had been cast as Maurice, a male Bornean orangutan.

She had read every book she could about the shaggy red apes, known for their long powerful arms and flappy cheeks.

But she still felt at a loss with her performance.

“I had all these things I had brought into my body, my psyche, my everything,” the

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