Originally asked to ride on a Segway for the 30 seconds spot the chimps needed very little time to understand and feel the natural balance required to steer, accelerate and brake. After a day or two it was so normal they wanted to ride this rather expensive machine all the time. It became their favourite toy.
Unfortunately for political reasons the Segway was dropped from the commercial and the shot finally showed one chimp playing with a ball. Not so exciting and nowhere near as much fun.
Filmed during a heatwave, the biggest problem was keeping the chimps out of the sun. We created a shaded base for them right next to the set and made sure they had all the cold drinks and ice cream they wanted.
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