kim hunter played dr zira in planet of the apes.
kim hunter played dr zira in planet of the apes.
who played dr zira in planet of the apes?
kim hunter
to work around the budget, as well as "beneath"s seemingly definitive ending, the film took the series in a new direction by transporting zira (kim hunter) and cornelius (roddy mcdowall, returning to the role after being absent from "beneath") back in time to the contemporary united states, reducing the need for expensive sets and ape make-up effects. in the film, zira and cornelius are initially accepted by american society, but fears that their child will bring about the domination of the human race by evolved apes leads to conflict. jacobs' wife, natalie trundy, who appeared as a mutant in "beneath" and would play the ape lisa in the next two sequels, was cast as dr. stephanie branton. bradford dillman played dr. lewis dixon, ricardo montalbán played armando and eric braeden portrayed the villain, the president's science advisor otto hasslein.
planet of the apes
four space explorers reach a planet and find that they are on a planet is populated by intelligent apes and humans are primitive. thomas becomes the only survivor as the only one who hasn't being shot or lobotmised by the apes. dr zira soon realizes that thomas is an intelligent human after written notes that he was can understand. soon thomas becomes a celebrity as a talking human and explains that he is from another planet called earth and wishes to return to his planet. thomas, zira find an excavation site which proves humans where intelligent and had a bomb shelter and even a talking human doll. the other human apes offer to thomas the option to run away with his human female mate nova (who he had earlier in the story taught nova to speak and even serve tea). but refuse looking in the distance saying he can't return to earth. dr zira queries why thomas refused to leave after being shot but her answer is dismissed as humans are seen as primitive and in the distance is a destroyed image of the statue of liberty.
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