The ending of "Planet of the Apes" seems to make no sense. Can you explain it?

No, I'm not going to because one of the things I liked about the material was that it was screw you material. There is an unknown quality to it, the whole ape versus man, Darwinism versus religious beliefs - those are things that I personally can't answer and the ending puts a weird image to the weird, unanswerable questions of life. If it was literal, it wouldn't have a point. Basically, I'm not giving you an answer!

Is it true you filmed a love scene between Helena Bonham Carter and Mark Wahlberg?

No, the last time I checked, bestiality in Hollywood was a no-no and I'd like to spend as much time out of jail as I possibly can! I generally direct people to the bestiality website - go have fun there.

Did you film five different endings?

We didn't have time! I often feel like I'm in some parallel universe that I'm not aware of - like I shot all these endings but I'm not aware of it.

Is this one of your favourite movies?

My favourite movie is probably the furthest one away - Pee-Wee Herman. The more time I have away from movies the better I like them. It literally takes me five years to look at something and be slightly objective about it. So by that, the last one is probably the worst one!

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"Planet of the Apes" is released in UK cinemas on Friday 17th August 2001. Visit the official website.