On his hiring, Rick Baker explained, "I did the Dino De Laurentiis version of King Kong (1976) in 1976 and was always disappointed because I wasn't able to do it as realistically as I wanted. I thought Apes would be a good way to make up for that." In addition to King Kong, Baker previously worked with designing ape makeup on Greystoke - La leggenda di Tarzan, il signore delle scimmie (1984), Gorilla nella nebbia (1988), and Il grande Joe (1998). Tim Burton was adamant that the apes should be substantially "more animal-like; flying through trees, climb walls, swing out of windows, and go ape shit when angry." For a month and a half before shooting started, the actors who portrayed apes attended "ape school". The ape makeup took 4.5 hours to apply and 1.5 hours to remove. Burton explained, "It's like going to the dentist at two in the morning, and having people poke at you for hours. Then you wear an ape costume until nine at night."

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