The artist who designed American Ultra’s space-traveling primate spoke to BuzzFeed News about his mysterious character. Warning: Mild spoilers ahead.
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Mike Howell (Jesse Eisenberg) wants nothing more than to propose to his girlfriend Phoebe (Kristen Stewart) and make her happy. Although his heart's in the right place, the dimwitted stoner at the center of American Ultra can't seem to do much of anything right. Mike, who's later revealed to be a sleeper agent created by the CIA, can't even leave his small-town home for vacation without suffering crippling panic attacks. Seemingly helpless without Phoebe, the self-proclaimed fuck-up works at a seedy convenience store, where he doodles to pass the time. But for however uninspired Mike may appear to be, it turns out he's actually got an active imagination, dreaming up a delightful comic book character named Apollo Ape.
Apollo Ape is a space-traveling chimpanzee with a sidekick named Chip the Brick. Together, the unlikely pair may or may not be hunting down a treacherous character named Spicy Tomato. Scant details about Apollo's motivations are provided as Mike babbles on about his story ideas to Phoebe, who urges him to write them down. Since Apollo Ape plays such a small role in American Ultra, viewers never get his origin story. Who is Apollo Ape? Is he a NASA test chimp and a byproduct of Mike's repressed memories as a CIA hitman?
Sketches of Apollo Ape by John Martel
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