Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes‘ leading actors Owen Teague and Kevin Durand recently shared their pop culture inspirations for playing Noa and Proximus Caesar. The stars of the latest Apes installment spoke to the Inside Total Film podcast where Teague responded to director Wes Ball‘s comparison of the movie’s hero Noa to Star Wars‘ Luke Skywalker.

It's always fascinating seeing what comparisons new film and TV characters garner, as the cast of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes recently discovered. The latest instalment in the beloved sci-fi franchise is yet to hit the big screen, but intriguing parallels are already being thrown out into the world.

Owen Teague will never forget the moment he found out he landed the lead role in the next chapter of the Planet of the Apes saga — because it almost got him in a hairy driving situation. "Oh my God, I was actually driving on the New Jersey Turnpike when I got the call,