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why did they change the Actress - Amiah Miller as Nova, an orphan who is mute
posted by melaniSTAFFMOD on June 12, 2024 at 9:31 PM
in the 2024 movie - the Lady actor is - Freya Allan = Nova
then in the previous Movie - it was - Amiah Miller as Nova, an orphan who is mute - This is Very Stupid to do this - and even a Blind Person could see that it was Not the same Actress !!!!
Reply by Midi-chlorian_Count
on June 13, 2024 at 9:08 AM
Reply by Philippe LeMarchand
on June 14, 2024 at 4:49 AM
Is it supposed to be the same person? IIRC in the new film she was named by Noa and Raka.
Reply by bratface
on June 14, 2024 at 3:38 PM
She is listed as both Nova & Mae on TMDB, IMDb, & Wikipedia.
Reply by wonder2wonder
on June 14, 2024 at 7:43 PM
In "War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)" the little girl - whose real name is unknown - was named 'Nova' by the orangutan Maurice. "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)" is set about three hundred years later, and 'Nova' has been dead a long time ago. Since the first Nova, all human females have been named Nova by the group of apes belonging to the Order of Caesar.
Raka (orangutan): "She is smarter than most. We will name her Nova. We name them all Nova."
Later the woman, named Nova by Raka, reveals that she is not mute, and her name is Mae.
Mae (aka Nova): "I have a name. Mae."
Sidenote
Nova is a popular character from the film "Planet of the Apes (1968)" and the human astronaut Taylor gave her that name when he met her for the first time. Screenwriter Bomback wanted that name in "War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)" and so he included a mute girl, who was then named Nova - call it an 'Easter egg' - by the orangutan Maurice. This caused confusion about the original character, so in the next movie "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)", it was explained that all human females are named Nova, so that in the future when there is a reboot of the original movie and a mute woman appears named Nova, the audience will know that it is just another word used by the apes to name a human female.