Caesar (CE)

For the character from Conquest of the Planet of the Apes and Battle for the Planet of the Apes, see Caesar (APJ)

Caesar
Occupation	King of the Ape Colony Patriarch of the Royal Ape Family Leader of the Ape Army Head of the Ape Council
Race	Chimpanzee
Gender	Male
Age	18
Status	Alive
Family	Alpha (biological father; deceased) Bright Eyes (biological mother; deceased) Will Rodman (adoptive father; deceased) Caroline Aranha (adoptive mother; deceased) Charles Rodman (adoptive grandfather; deceased) Cornelia (wife) Blue Eyes (son) Milo (son)
Continuity	Movies (CE)

War has already begun. Ape started war. And human...human will not forgive. You must go before fighting begins. I am sorry...my friend.

Caesar warns Malcolm to seek refuge

Caesar is an evolved chimpanzee who is the biological son of the late Alpha and the late Bright Eyes, wild chimpanzees from the West African Jungle. After the death of his mother, Caesar became the adoptive son of Will Rodman and the later Caroline Aranha. Through Will, Caesar became the adoptive grandson of the late Charles Rodman. Later in life, Caesar goes on to lead an Ape Rebellion before going on to rule as a king over the newly formed Ape Colony. As a king, he becomes the husband of fellow San Bruno Primate Shelter inmate, Cornelia, and the father of two sons, Blue Eyes and Milo. Because he is the king of the ape colony, he is the patriarch of the the Royal Ape Family. When humans are rediscovered, Caesar becomes the ape counterpart of Malcolm. He is also the main protagonist of Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.

History

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

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Personality

Caesar is marvelously unique by intellectual means. Due to his inheriting the drugs used on his mother, he is incredibly intelligent, dangerously cunning and viciously ruthless. He developed quick relationships with humans, unlike the other apes, and seemed to be almost mutually connected with them. He is unusually cynical and attacked one of his neighbours with spiteful intent when the latter threatened his adoptive human grandfather. Incredibly, he is capable of leading vast armies of delusional, deranged apes into battle, showing charisma, loyalty, cerebrality, social mastery and dedication to his kind. Also, he is shown to be quite vengeful; He would strike out the moment he or a close friend/relative of his is threatened and would sometimes try and kill his enemies. He is a brilliant tactician, shown in the Battle on the Golden Gate Bridge, and used strategic excellence in the skirmish and used all of the advantages he had at his disposal. Caesar has several human emotions that his other apes didn't share; fear, happiness, triumph, concern, sympathy, compassion and independence. He is bound by his loyalty to his human companions and his ape fellows. His true colours are shown in the climax of the battle, the one thing that all of his warriors shared that day; Revenge. He was distraught and angry at Buck's death and was about to take his revenge on Steven Jacobs for his friend's death. Then he showed a spiteful and cruel side to him when he walked away and left Koba, twice as angry and vengeful and vindictive as Caesar, to deal with the man. At the end of the film, he shows his true connection to mother nature when he says to his former owner, and adoptive human father Will, indicating his dedication to his fellow comrades; "Caesar is home".

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

From the very beginning, it was extremely difficult to deny that Caesar had great potential. From the moment Charles Rodman recited from Julius Caesar to him as an infant, Caesar was bound for greatness even if it cost him greatly in the sacrifices that Will made to protect him from harm. At one to two days old, Caesar showed great signs of intelligence for a chimpanzee of his age. The morning after Will takes him home, Caesar surprises Will and Charles when he bottle-feeds himself. This is when it is seen that he has green-irises like that of his late mother, Bright Eyes, backing up Will’s later theory that Caesar’s intelligence and strange eye color was developed while in utero. By the time he was eighteen months old, Caesar had learned to use sign language and could sign up to twenty-four words and could, by the time he was three years old, complete puzzles and models designed for children aged eight and up. Because his intelligence was so high, he could even outsmart Will at chess along with completing the Lucas Tower with a perfect score of fifteen.

By the age of three, Caesar became a carefree, adventurous, playful, mischievous and energetic young chimpanzee who adored his adoptive human father, Will who was raising him single-handedly with the help of his own father, Charles. Because of his energetic and playful nature, Caesar certainly kept Will and Charles on their toes. The young chimpanzee’s mischievous exploits often got him into trouble which was often a concern to both Will and Charles as they saw Caesar injured, especially if he was attacked by the family’s vile, ape-hating neighbor Douglas Hunsiker. After one such attack, Caesar was injured and required stitches and was taken by Will to the San Francisco Zoo, where the pair meets Caroline Aranha. While Caesar’s main interaction was solely with Will and Charles, he took an immediate liking to her. Using his skills of sign language, he sets Will and Caroline up on a date, which greatly embarrasses Will. His show of affection towards Will in front of his new human friend showed that Caesar had very human like emotions. Upon Caroline’s first visit to the Rodman house, Caesar enjoyed the attention that the humans were showing him. After some encouragement from Caroline, Caesar was granted the one thing he had never really had; freedom. The Rodmans and Caroline took him to the Muir Woods Park where Caesar, having not been outside a lot, hesitates before running off into the forest. He asks Will’s permission showing a sign of respect towards his adoptive human father.

For the next five years, the redwoods become Caesar’s single favorite place other then the house. It is also over this time that Caesar’s personality changes. As a teenager, Caesar is no longer the mischievous, energetic and carefree young chimpanzee he once was. He begins to display a tint of jealousy towards his adoptive human parents who are now dating and very much in love. He is able to hide it, as he still adored them and loved them. Upon seeing a dog on a leash, Caesar begins to ask Will who and what he really is. Upon discovering from Will how he came to be in his care, and why he is so intelligent, Caesar begins defying Will but makes an exception for Charles who is beginning to show signs once more of his Alzheimer’s returning. After witnessing the family neighbor verbally assaulting Charles, Caesar begins to show a defensive and protective side to himself in regards to his sick adoptive human grandfather and those he cared about, he is only  violent and aggressive towards anyone, who is a threat to the people he cares about, like Douglas Hunsiker, however he soon becomes horrified, when he accidentally bites Douglas' right index finger off.

Arriving at the San Bruno Primate Shelter that would later prove to be his worse nightmare, Caesar showed vulnerability and was consistently picked on by then alpha ape, Rocket and by Dodge Landon, the son of the shelter’s boss, (this is because he didn't know how to defend himself at the time). During this time, Caesar began to build a resistance and forms a bond with the friendly orangutan, Maurice and the isolated but kind gorilla Buck. It was through Maurice that Caesar came up with the belief that "Apes together, strong. Apes alone, weak". This was a belief that he would instill in the other apes years later. Able to outsmart Rocket using his intelligence, Caesar adapted quickly to being a leader with a little help from Maurice and was given the idea to break into his adoptive human parents’ house and steal the ALZ-113 to make the other apes, including Maurice more intelligent. With the apes more intelligent, Caesar influenced them to break out of the shelter but not before they started beating Rodney to a bloody pulp. Caesar, (correctly) seeing that Rodney had done nothing wrong, stops the apes from hurting him and locks him in a cage for his safety. After accidentally killing Dodge, Caesar immediately shows guilt and remorse for his accidental slaughter. Though he did not mourn the death of his human tormentor for long, Caesar made a silent vow to only hurt humans that did him and his fellow primates harm while still showing his compassion and sympathy towards humans, but not harming those who weren’t doing anything wrong. As he does not like the idea of killing innocent humans, he tries to prevent other Evolved Apes from killing them.

He once displayed a cold side to his personality; after Will bribes John Landon into letting Caesar return home he shuts his cage door coldly in Will's face after he sees the leash in his hand. This was mainly due to the fact, that Caesar had made friends and was secretly plotting his escape with the other apes in tow and that he no longer needed to lean on Will to live and had no desire to be treated as a pet again. Caesar also has a sense of humor, after he accidentally throws his food on Dodge's face, he found it very amusing.

During the Battle on the Golden Gate Bridge, Caesar proved that he was capable of being a warrior as well as a leader. Using sign language, he instructed Maurice to lead the orangutans down to under the bridge while he instructed Rocket and Koba to take the bridge from above while Buck and the gorillas rampaged across the main part of the bridge. During the battle, Caesar used the fog to his advantage. He was able to tame one of the police horses and rides it out of the fog, screaming an order to pounce before the apes earned a victory and fled the scene. His love and dedication for Will was what helped him decide on how he wanted to live his life which was in freedom with his own kind. Upon seeing that Koba was about to hurt his adoptive human father, Caesar leapt in to help, pushing Koba away, warning him to stay away from Will. Hearing Will’s pleas to come home, Caesar kindly declined, whispering "Caesar is home" in his ear.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Firestorm

During his early reign Caesar's character exhibited the adverse traits of his own insecurities as a new leader, manifesting in arrogance, impulsiveness and an intractable need to control. These are evidenced in his rigid demand of obedience from his troops and his initial dismissiveness of the valuable insights put forward by his would-be wife, Cornelia, such as when the apes were struggling to find food and Cornelia offers her knowledge of the difference between forest food and jungle food in an attempt to help the situation only to be dismissed by Caesar or his prompting her to know her place and do as she is told when she argues the case of their injured subjects after the battle on the Golden Gate Bridge. By the time of the rediscovery of humans, Caesar is no longer the arrogant, impulsive and control-freak ape he once was.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

At middle-aged, Caesar’s colony of apes rises from those that survived the Battle on the Golden Gate Bridge to a grand mass of 2,000. Among those apes are Caesar's own growing family containing his wife, Cornelia and his two sons. As a husband, Caesar loves his wife Cornelia dearly and is extremely loving towards her as he remains at her side as she gives birth to both their sons. As a father, Caesar loves both his sons and has a strong bond with his eldest son, Blue Eyes, becoming the counter-balance to Blue Eyes' recklessness. He shows protectiveness of his new formed family by being concern for their safety and leaping into action when they are in danger

As a king, Caesar takes his role as the ruler of his ape colony very seriously, but it is also very stressful, it is because of his wife, Cornelia's constant support and presence, that he is grounded, Caesar tries to juggle his responsibilities as a husband, a father and a king. Despite his leadership and responsibilities, he is still known to be kind and polite as proven when he offers Ellie his hand when he invites the humans to view their handiwork from the village.

Caesar develops an extremely strong moral code and principle; Apes do not kill apes. It is this that motivates him as a leader, but it is also something that can be used against him, exploited by Koba. In terms of leadership, he is charismatic, noble, benevolent, intelligent, wise, calculating, selfless, capable, passionate, merciful, level-headed and independent. Everybody in his ape colony (except for Koba and Grey) respects his authority, showing that he is an exceptionally admirable leader. He is also motivated by giving people a second chance, shown in his decision to help the humans despite the animosity between the ape colony and the humans.

He is short-tempered and dislikes being disrespected, such as when Koba angrily accused him of loving humans more than his people, and more than his sons, Caesar violently/brutally beat the latter to a bloody pulp for his insolence, but ultimately didn't kill him.

Despite his bad experiences with Douglas Hunsiker and Dodge Landon, Caesar still correctly believes that not all humans are bad, and still has sympathy and compassion for them, due to the fact that he was raised by the Rodmans, a human family who showed him nothing but love and kindness.

Caesar used to be a bit naive; he believed that all apes were better than humans. However, after he was betrayed and almost killed by Koba, this notion changed and Caesar now realizes that apes and humans are not so different after all.

Much like he was during the first film, Caesar was capable of violent mood swings, which he appeared to have obtained a better control of later in his life. He was a terrifying spectacle when he was angry.

Abilities

• Animal Strength: Like all chimpanzees Caesar is very powerful and strong as he was able to take countless police officers on the Golden Gate Bridge. Not only this but in top shape he was able to tackle and nearly kill Koba within seconds.
• Animal Speed: Like all chimpanzees Caesar is amazingly fast. After he escape from the San Bruno Primate Shelter, he was able to get from the facility he was being held at to the Rodman House without being seen or noticed. After stealing three ALZ-113 canisters from his adopted human parents home, Caesar was able to make it back to the facility without being seen or noticed by any humans during the night. Caesar was also able to catch a police officer off-guard with his speed and get the drop on Koba while defending Will.
• Animal Reflexes: Caesar has incredible reflexes, shown in his feats of tree-climbing and how he moved around Will's house as a child, but also during his fight scenes against Rocket, the police officers at the Golden Gate Bridge, a grizzly bear at the ape Hunting Grounds and Koba.
• Animal Stamina: Caesar is shown to have amazing high stamina, he was never shown to be exhausted of running or fighting.
• Animal Endurance: Caesar can endure powerful attacks from other apes and he managed to survive a point blank bullet that caused him to fall from his home. He was also able to survive what looked like a two story fall was able to cling to life all the way till the next morning where he would be found and tended to by his human friends.
• Expert Combatant: Caesar had learned to defend himself while in captivity due to being continuously picked on by both Rocket and Dodge Landon. He uses these new-found skills to his advantage during the Battle on the Golden Gate Bridge. Caesar was also skilled enough to overpower Koba, a skilled combatant in his own right, on two separate occasions. The first time was when he easily swat him away to protect Will from the enraged bonobo, the second time when both of them use nearby debris as melee weapons, and though the latter put up an incredible fight, Caesar proves to be the superior fighter and easily defeats his rival. Also, during this particular fight, Caesar utilises psychological warfare, frequently taunting Koba about his betrayal, and how he belonged in a cage. This provoked the ape into attacking him more impulsively and forcing him to lose the fight.
• Sign Language: Growing up amongst humans, Caesar was taught American Sign Language as a ways of communication. During his time in captivity, Caesar used sign language to communicate with his new friend Maurice. During the Ape Rebellion he used sign to command his troops. As his empire grows, Caesar with the help of Maurice has taught the other apes how to utilize sign as a way of communicating.
• Advanced Intelligence: As the son of the late test subject chimpanzee Bright Eyes, Caesar inherited the ALZ-112 through his mother. As he grew older, Caesar's IQ and advanced intelligence had become so high that it outdid that of a human. Because of his intelligence, he was able to teach himself how to defend himself, to pick locks, etc as a way of survival. His intelligence sky-rocketed after being exposed to the ALZ-113 this allowed him to evolve faster than the other apes in the shelter and allowed him to be the first to gain the ability to speak. Caesar was even able to teach himself how to ride a horse during the Battle on the Golden Gate Bridge. Because he inherited his intelligence from his mother, Caesar passed the gene down to his own sons, Blue Eyes, and Milo.
• Expert Leader: Caesar is a natural born leader. He has shown this ability on multiple occasions as he was able to bring the isolated Buck (a large gorilla) to his side and use his strength to bring down Rocket, the former alpha of his shelter. Caesar then used his more advanced intelligence to unite all the apes in the shelter to launch a successful escape. This trait is shown again where Caesar had brought countless apes from the Gen-Sys Laboratories and the San Francisco Zoo to build up an ape army which was able to bring the city into complete chaos in mere hours. As the king of the ape colony, Caesar has been able to gain the loyalty of his fellow apes as many of the powerful apes such as Maurice, Rocket, Luca and Ash showed only their faith in him during Koba's usurpation. This is also evident how Koba does not agree with Caesar, but simultaneously respects him.
• Expert Tactician: Due to his advanced intelligence and IQ, Caesar is a brilliant tactician. This is proven during the Battle on the Golden Gate Bridge; as he knows that there are police officers on the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge, when he commands the chimpanzees part of his army to climb the bridge, the orangutans to traverse to the bottom of the bridge, the gorillas to push an overturned bus along the bridge, to shield them against police bullets, and when Caesar literally rides a horse to signal his troops to attack, overwhelming the police from all sides and forcing them to retreat. This strategy resulted in Caesar's victory.
• Speech: Because of his increasing IQ and advanced intelligence from both the ALZ-112 and ALZ-113 drugs, Caesar gained the power of speech, being the first ape to gain this power. This power is later passed on to Caesar's two sons, Blue Eyes, and Milo. In Dawn, Caesar can speak English, almost completely clearly, but he cannot form complete sentences.

Quotes

• "Ape alone, weak. Apes together strong." - Caesar to Maurice (Sign).

• "NO!" - Caesar's first word, to Dodge Landon (Spoken).

• "Caesar is home." - Caesar before parting ways with Will (Spoken).

• "Think before you act, son." - Caesar to Blue Eyes (Sign).

• "Come meet your new brother." - Caesar to Blue Eyes after the birth of his youngest son (Sign).

• (Maurice) "Another son." (Caesar) "Makes me think how far we've come, Maurice." (Maurice) "Seems long ago. Still think about them?" (Caesar) "Humans? Sometimes." (Maurice) "Didn't know them like you did, only saw their bad side." (Caesar) "Good, bad...Doesn't matter now. Humans destroyed each other." (Maurice) "Apes fight too." (Caesar) "But we are family." - Caesar and Maurice (Sign).

• "GO!" - Caesar after the rediscovery of humans (Spoken).

• "If we go to war, we could lose everything we've built. - Caesar during the Ape Council Meeting (Sign).

• "Home...Family...Future." - Caesar to the Ape Council (Spoken).

• "APES DO NOT WANT WAR, BUT WILL FIGHT IF WE MUST!" - Caesar to humans (Spoken).

• "(Points toward the Ape Village) Ape home! (Points toward the city) Human home! Do not come back." - Caesar to Malcolm (Spoken).

• "Show me." - Caesar after Malcolm asks to show him the generator (Spoken).

• "I said no guns...Human leave NOW!" - Caesar reacting angrily to Carver's hidden shotgun (Spoken).

• "This my home, you should not be here." - Caesar to Malcolm and Ellie (Spoken).

• (Caesar to Ellie) "You stay...one day." (Malcolm) "Might need a little more time." (Caesar, angrily) "ONE DAY!" - Caesar after agreeing to let Ellie help Cornelia (Spoken).

• "Ape not kill ape." - Caesar after nearly killing Koba in anger (Spoken).

• "You are my son, I need you to listen." - Caesar to Blue Eyes (Sign).

• "Trust." (Extends hand) - Caesar offering peace to Malcolm (Spoken).

• "Ape. Ape...did...this." - Caesar to Malcolm (Spoken).

• "Your mother, brother...safe?" - Caesar asking Blue Eyes about his family's safety (Spoken).

• "No...Human. Koba." - Caesar revealing to Blue Eyes that Koba tried assassinate him (Spoken).

• (Blue Eyes) "I'm so sorry...for everything." (Caesar) "No...I am to blame." (Blue Eyes) "But Koba betrayed you." (Caesar) "I chose to trust him because he is ape. I always think, ape better than human. I see now...how much like them we are." - Caesar to Blue Eyes (Sign/Spoken).

• (Blue Eyes) "Fear makes others follow. But when they see you alive, they will turn from Koba." (Caesar) "Not if I am weak...Ape always seek strongest branch." - Caesar to Blue Eyes (Spoken).

• (Malcolm) "Who was that? On the video." (Caesar) "A good man...Like you." - Caesar telling Malcolm about Will (Spoken).

• (Koba) "Caesar has no place here, apes follow Koba now."(Caesar) "Follow Koba to war."(Koba) "Apes win war, apes together strong! Caesar...Weak."(Caesar) "Koba...Weaker." - Exchange between Koba and Caesar prior to battle (Spoken).

• (Caesar) "Trusted Koba, like brother." (Koba) "Caesar brother to humans! Koba fight for ape! Free ape!" (Caesar) "You killed ape, Koba fight for Koba. Koba belong in cage. - Caesar and Koba during battle (Spoken).

• (Koba) "Ape not kill ape." (Caesar) "You are not ape." - Caesar declaring that Koba is no longer a true ape (Spoken).

• "LEAVE HIM!" - Caesar ordering the apes to not harm Malcolm (Spoken).

• "War has already begun. Ape started war, human...human will not forgive. You must go...before fighting begins. I'm sorry...My friend." - Caesar telling Malcolm to escape before the war begins (Spoken).

• (Malcolm) "I thought we had a chance." (Caesar) "I did too." - Caesar and Malcolm lamenting the lost opportunity for peace (Spoken).

Notes

Julius Caesar

• Caesar was named by Charles Rodman, who was mumbling quotes from Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar on the day Will brought the chimp home.
• An earlier version of the script notes Bright Eyes' treatment at Gen-Sys Laboratories beginning on "Tuesday, March 10, 2011", with Caesar's birth following six week later (approx. 21 April, 2011). Seven years (according to that script) spent at the Rodman House would place the Ape Rebellion around 2018. Whether this is the correct year or not is unknown. It has been rumored that an August 2016 calendar was put on the set of the kitchen at the Rodman House. The film itself spans eight years, as evidenced by the captions "Three Years Later" and "Five Years Later". See also: What Year Is The Film Set?
• The early script differs 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 together escape the San Bruno Primate Shelter and visit both the Rodman House and the Gen-Sys Laboratories, they use stolen scissors to share their blood with the other apes at the facility and pass on their viral intelligence. Caesar also has a relationship with Cornelia, a female chimp at the facility. The apes go to the Gen-Sys Laboratories and then to the San Francisco Zoo to free the apes Caesar has encountered over the years. At the end, Will takes a bullet intended for Caesar, and dies in his arms.
• A deleted scene included in the DVD release had Caesar using his hands to push the helicopter off into the water with Jacobs inside. This would be changed to Koba using his feet to do so.
• Most of Caesar's dialogue is either vocalizations, sign language, and the word "NO". To create Caesar's voice, sound designers Chuck Michael and John Larsen recorded hundreds of chimp sounds at the Chimp Haven sanctuary in Louisiana and mixed them with some of the audio Andy Serkis provided on set. The duo also aged Caesar’s voice from that of an infant to a full-grown chimp.
• It could be possible that Caesar would be more intelligent due to the fact he has been exposed to the ALZ-113, and his exposure to the ALZ-112 while he was in the embryo. A close-up on Caesar's plotting scene and showed that his eyes were more green than before.
• According to the Rise timeline, Caesar is seen at 3 years old, then in the year in which the Ape Rebellion takes place, Caesar is 8 and can be classified as a teenager whereas in the events of Dawn, which takes place ten years after the rebellion and virus outbreak, Caesar is 18 meaning he is fully grown and possibly an elder ape.
• The quote that Charles says when he picks up Caesar for the first time as a baby could have been prophetic in terms of Caesar growing up and becoming a leader.
• Caesar's first word, "NO"! serves as a parallel to the story that Cornelius tells in Escape from the Planet of the Apes about the ape known as Aldo uttering the word and being the first ape to speak. It is also parallel to Lisa telling Caesar (Milo) "No" in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes.

Trivia

• Caesar is a similar character to Taylor in the original films, because of his situation and because the birthmark on his shoulder may be inspired by the burns Taylor got on his shoulder after fighting another human.
• It can also be seen that this version of Caesar is similar to Roddy McDowall's Caesar in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes and Battle for the Planet of the Apes as both become leaders of ape colonies, marry and have sons.
• Similar to Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, Caesar was named after the Roman dictator Julius Caesar. Unlike Julius Caesar, he stands for leadership through kindness.
• The screenwriters believed that apes sexually mature at 8 years old and that Caesar could thus potentially attack Hunsiker at that age. Although chimps can become unpredictable at age 8, they don't become adults until at or past the age of 13.
• Caesar was actually to be played by three people, Andy Serkis mostly played him from infancy to adulthood, Devyn Dalton played him in some scenes when he was a toddler, and Terry Notary played Caesar in the Golden Gate Bridge battle scene.
• At Comic Con 2013, Andy Serkis mentioned in an interview that in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Caesar would have a teenage son and wife. It was confirmed by the film's producer Dylan Clark that Caesar's wife will in fact be Cornelia while the son was only mentioned a couple of times by Jason Clarke and by Andy Serkis himself. Actor Nick Thurston announced on his Facebook page that he was playing the role of Caesar's son and that the character's name was River before the name was changed to Blue Eyes during post-production. In a press conference at Comic Con, Andy Serkis mentioned that Caesar will also have an infant child meaning he would have more then one child in the film.
• It has been suspected that Caesar actually witnessed the deaths of his surrogate parents Will and Caroline.
• The words Caesar speaks in Rise are: 'NO!' and 'Caesar is Home' which he says clearly while according to the film's DVD subtitles he says "Wait!", "Go Up" and "Get Under" which are incoherent during the Battle on the Golden Gate Bridge. He also seems to say "NOW!" when he emerges out of the fog on the back of a police horse.
• In the first official still from Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, his shooting star birthmark wasn't visible.
• When Caesar bites Hunsiker while attempting to protect Charles, it's a reference to Andy Serkis' earlier role in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings Trilogy when Gollum (Andy Serkis) bites Frodo's finger off in their final confrontation.
• Judy Greer revealed in an interview that Caesar is still grounded in terms of personality because of the presence of his wife.
• Matt Reeves has said in the recent USA Today sneak peek article that the other apes who value Caesar's leadership see him as their king and as their father.
• According to a recent article, Caesar is not a big fan of guns.
• Caesar will share some emotional scenes with both Ellie and Malcolm.
• Caesar will be in a dilemma in this movie as he has very difficult choices to make regarding his apes and the surviving humans led by Malcolm.
• There is a difference in the two trailers recently released in the shot of the baby's birth. In the domestic trailer, Caesar isn't wearing war paint but in the international trailer its the same shot only Caesar is wearing war-paint.
• In the first official featurette for Dawn, there is a never before seen shot where Caesar hugs Koba but the reason is currently unknown. The scene does return in a deleted scene where Caesar thanks Koba for saving his life from the bear and declares to the entire Ape Village in speech, "Apes together strong!"
• According to an interview Caesar has only one scene with Dreyfus.
• Andy Serkis has mentioned in an interview that he has based Caesar's relationship with Blue Eyes on the relationship he has with his own teenage son.
• Andy Serkis stated that he took great inspiration from revolutionary and former president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela when he said "Really what Caesar is all about, he is empathy". and "It was really important to base the character on a leader who is capable of empathy and there aren't that many out there, however Nelson Mandela came to mind".

Image Gallery

Baby Caesar.

Charles Rodman comforts Caesar.

Caesar rises.

Caeser stealing the ALZ-113.

"Caesar is home".

Caesar's Command.

Will Rodman and Caroline Aranha leave Caesar.

Caesar fights Dodge Landon.

Caesar, Rocket, Maurice and Buck.

Seeing father.

Rocket picks on Caesar.

Open space.

Playing with bike.

At the San Francisco Zoo with Will Rodman.

Inherited the ALZ-112.

Stares at a dog.

Up a tree.

Golden Gate Bridge.

Gen-Sys Laboratories Escape.

WAIT!

Leader.

Caesar, Maurice and Buck art.

Caesar (first look in DOTPOTA).

Caesar (App).

Caesar and Cornelia.

Caesar and his fellow apes.

Caesar the Leader and King.

Caesar and Rocket.

Caesar and Maurice.

Caesar Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Poster.

Issuing a command to attack!

Caesar in the forest, dripping wet.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes "Caesar" action figure.

Final look at the "Caesar" Dawn of the Planet of the Apes action figure.

NECA figures: Caesar in the back on the left.

Caesar in the ruins of San Francisco.

Caesar with his infant son.

Caesar in the Ape Village.

Caesar warns the human survivors.

Caesar calls some type of truce with Koba.

Father and Son and a shotgun.

Caesar with Koba and Malcolm.

Caesar's old room.

Caesar looks at footage of himself with Will.

Caesar remembers his adoptive human father.

Caesar witnesses Milo's birth.

Caesar's law; Home. Family. Future.

Father and Son riding home.

Apes! Together! Strong!.

Caesar meets Malcolm in the forest.

Caesar holds Cornelia's hand as she gives birth.

Caesar watches as Malcolm jumps from the dam.

Caesar shakes hands with Malcolm.

Caesar and his family celebrate the birth of his second son.

Caesar on horseback with his friends Rocket and Maurice and his two sons.

Andy Serkis as Caesar.

Caesar surprised at seeing humans for the first time in 10 years.

Caesar shares a moment with his wife and newborn son.

Caesar looking down at Koba

Caesar hugs Koba.

Apes do not want war!

Caesar introduces Blue Eyes to his new baby brother, Milo.

Caesar's Ape Council.

Caesar attacks Carver for attempting to harm his sons.

Caesar and Maurice take solace in creating Ape Village.

Caesar with his wife and two sons.

Caesar with his son and Koba.

Caesar by his ill wife's side

Caesar reunites with his family

Caesar and Maurice

Caesar looks down at Koba

GO!

Caesar and Blue Eyes face an attacking grizzly bear.

"Said…no…guns!"

Caesar chats with Maurice about events within the last ten winters.

Caesar returns to the Rodman house for the first time in 10 years where he discovered a video camera in his old room.

Caesar helps Charles correct his fork's position telling them that his disease has returned.

Caesar with Blue Eyes during the deer hunt.

Caesar hunting deer with Rocket, Luca, and Blue Eyes.

Caesar getting pissed off at Koba while he said he likes humans more than apes.

Caesar confronting Koba before the battle in the tower.

"My...son. My family. Where?"

Maurice asking Caesar "why cookie Rocket?"

Caesar, Rocket, Maurice, Buck and other apes during the escape.

Caesar, Blue Eyes, and Cornelia together at the end of Dawn.

Ellie steps closer to Caesar looking sad, thinking he's dead.

Caesar and Malcolm touches their foreheads together for a moment before he turns to leave to join the apes.

All apes all bow down to Caesar once again.

Caesar's home.

Caesar when he got shot by Koba

"Show me."

"ONE DAY!"