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Andy Serkis was left "screaming in agony" from playing Caesar in 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes'.
The 50-year-old actor portrayed the chimpanzee in the 2011 sci-fi movie and its sequel, 2013's 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes', but he was glad the ape had grown up in the second movie because he couldn't physically handle putting as much "extraordinary pressure" on his "shredded" knees in another film.
He said: "I was so thankful that playing Caesar this time around he was more bipedal, I'm sure that was informed by the fact that my knees are shredded.
"I think the most physically challenging role - apart from Gollum - was actually Caesar as an infant because the pressure on the knees was pretty extraordinary. Doing that hour after hour I was screaming in agony."
As well as his motion capture role as Caesar, Andy is known for portraying Gollum in 'The Lord of the Rings' film franchise, but admits the effects of his crouching down to portray such small characters has at times left him unable to move.
Speaking at a Q&A to launch the 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' Blu-ray and DVD - which is available from Monday (24.11.14) - he added: "When I was training for Caesar I actually bumped into an actor friend of mine, I was jogging furiously, it was Danny Mays.
"He'd just landed this job in South Africa and he was about to move all this family out there. I bent down to talk to him at his windscreen and I was telling him to go for it. But when he drove off I was literally stuck on the pavement. I couldn't move!"
'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' is out on Blu-ray, DVD and to download on November 24.

Noel Gallagher stopped taking cocaine because he got "bored" of talking about aliens.
The 'In The Heat Of The Moment' singer has revealed that although he still smokes cigarettes and enjoys drinking alcohol, he no longer takes the Class A drug because he's "bored" of having bizarre conversations.
The 47-year-old rocker admits he used to spend hours "talking about pyramids, aliens and The Beatles and who shot JFK [US President John F. Kennedy]" at his nightly parties.
He said: "I had exhausted every avenue of conversation. I had parties at all of my houses every night. I just assumed that is what you did. That is what is expected of you. That is why it is the greatest business in the world."
Despite confessing to once taking cocaine in Queen Elizabeth's toilet at Downing Street, the former Oasis star claims he didn't find it difficult to kick the habit back in 1998.
Speaking on an episode of 'The Jonathan Ross Show', which is to air on Saturday (22.11.14), he explained: "It was easy to give up. I am very disciplined and I just thought one afternoon, 'I am bored now'. And I thought, 'This is against the law.' "
But Noel - who says he will "never give up the cigarettes and the booze" - insists he won't warn his three children off of drugs.
Speaking about his two sons Donovan, seven, and Sonny, four, with wife Sara MacDonald and his 14-year-old daughter Anais from his marriage to Meg Matthews, he added: "We plan to let them find their own way in life. If they ever get too close to the edge we will pull them back.
"I would have not liked my parents to preach to me about anything about life."

Danny O'Donoghue is hoping to find love on Tinder.
The 34-year-old singer admitted he has downloaded the dating app onto his phone, and although he is yet to use it, hopes it may lead to him meeting a long-term partner.
He said: "I'm on Tinder. I have it downloaded on my phone, I just haven't set it up yet. I think it would be really funny to just go on there and see what it is."
The handsome crooner was in a relationship with 30-year-old model Irma Mali for four years until their split in 2012, and he now wants to find another girlfriend to settle down with.
He added: "I would like to have something long term. Although I am happy being single, it's not like I'm out having one-night stands."
The Script frontman also worries about meeting prospective lovers as he believes possible suitors think they already know everything about him.
Speaking to the Metro newspaper, the 'No Good In Goodbye' hitmaker explained: "I definitely come pre-introduced if they have read some story about me. It's imaginary baggage which a lot of the time isn't true.
"They might get this warped view of me as being someone whop is a fashion photographer who likes boxing and I want to beat up Jarvis Cocker and I hate The X Factor - which is all wrong.
"I'm actually a really easy going guy. I don't hate anything and I quite like life, you know?"

Lindsay Lohan was spotted getting close to Thom Evans at a star-studded event.
The 28-year-old actress was seen giving the former rugby player her number at the Global Gift Gala in London on Monday (17.11.14), but the 29-year-old hunk - who previously dated model Kelly Brook - is said to have rejected the flame-haired beauty's advances.
A source close to the former sportsman told The Sun newspaper: "He was very polite but was trying to make it clear he wasn't interested.
"She slipped him her number. But later on she was seen on her own in the hotel bar with her coat on."
It's not the first time the 'Mean Girls' actress has been romantically linked to one of Kelly's exes after she dated another rugby player, Danny Cipriani, in 2010.
Thom and Kelly suffered heartache when she miscarried their child in May 2011 while six months pregnant and they later split in February 2013.
Kelly revealed in her recent autobiography that she lost another baby in December 2011 which ultimately drove them apart.
Writing in her book, she explained: "Because I was around the six month mark, everyone was torn between whether this should be seen as a miscarriage or a still birth. In my mind, it was a miscarriage.
"It was the most painful thing. I was bedridden for two days with enormous boobs, covered in cabbage leaves ... Thom and I spent a lot of time crying that week.
"Kelly also writes in her book: 'So Thom and I weren't careful and just before Christmas 2011, I got pregnant again,' adding: 'I had another miscarriage after a few weeks."
Lindsay has previously been romantically linked to several hunks including The Wanted's Max George and McBusted drummer Harry Judd and previously dated Aaron Carter.

Charlie Hunnam always feels "awkward".
The 'Sons of Anarchy' actor has confessed he struggled to feel completely comfortable with himself growing up and sees his life as "a long succession of awkward phases".
He told People magazine: "I find the awkward phases in life are cyclical more than something you grow out of.
"My life has been a long succession of awkward phases punctuated by brief moments where I feel smoother than Dr. Slinky McDoogle, inventor of the word mellifluous."
Charlie, 35, puts his inability to fit in in high school down to his unusual fashion sense, which he describes as similar to late Nirvana rocker Kurt Cobain's but "less cool".
He said of his teenage style: "Like Kurt Cobain, but way less cool. And wearing a school uniform."
The 'Pacific Rim' star - who was named one of People Magazine's Sexiest Men Alive in 2014 - now takes more time over his appearance and enjoys working out to maintain his impressive physique in case he has to strip off on camera.
When asked to share his exercise secrets, Charlie said: "Variety is the key.
"It stops me getting bored and it ensures that the whole body gets worked.
"I hike, swim, I love the Stairmaster. I lift heavy some days but I usually do calisthenics when I'm in the gym. I also box and do yoga."

The Kardashians put Dave Grohl off smoking marijuana.
The Foo Fighters frontman has confessed watching the E! reality TV series 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians' - which stars famous siblings Kim, Kourtney and Khloe - stopped him returning to his drug habit after 25 years as he became "freaked out" while watching an episode of the show.
He told The Sun newspaper: "I stopped doing drugs when I was about 20 years old.
"But I recently thought, 'Oh I'm going to start smoking pot again to cure insomnia.' I'd put the kids to bed, go upstairs and smoke a little bit of pot.
"But then I'd get stuck in front of the Kardashians on TV for 45 minutes. And it freaked me out.
"I was like, 'I'm never doing this ever again.' It's definitely not for me."
The 45-year-old former Nirvana drummer recently toured the US with the Arctic Monkeys and, after growing fond of the group, admitted he hopes their rock and roll life style doesn't cause them to "self-destruct".
He said: "They are f**king awesome. They're taking over America. The American audiences f**king love them.
"I think back when I was young in Nirvana and how difficult it is to navigate through that s**t.
"I'll see a young band like them become that popular and think, 'Please God, don't let them self-destruct'. Because it happens, you know."
Meanwhile, the 'Best of You' singer puts the Foo Fighters' success down to ignoring pressures from the music industry.
He explained: "I live in my own little perfect world. The world has left us alone just as we've left the world alone. We don't worry about chart positions, that's what will f*** you up."

Julianne Moore's role model is Meryl Streep.
The 53-year-old actress was inspired to become a movie star by the three-time Oscar winner and admits she has always admired her work and the way in which she lives her life.
Speaking in the Winter 2014 issue of Glow magazine - which is out on December 1 - she said: "I can remember when Meryl Streep was on the cover of Time magazine when I was in high school, and I said to my dad, 'I think I want to do this.' She is just such a great actress. And she's someone who has managed to have a family, a marriage and a career."
Julianne's own family consists of her husband, director Bart Freundlich, and their two children, son Caleb, 16, and daughter Liv, 12.
The 'Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1' star - who married Bart in 2003 and lives with him and their kids in Greenwich Village in New York City - believes the most important thing she has tried to teach her kids is that they must act responsibly in the everything they do.
She explained: "One of the most important things I tell my children is that content matters. Who you are, what you think, who you are going to become, how you behave, all of those things really add up to being a valuable person. The outside is great, obviously, but it all really does come from within."
Julianne was shot for Glow magazine by Driu & Tiago and her hair and make-up was done by Bruno Silvani and Christine Corbel respectively on behalf of L'Oréal Paris.

Hilary Swank can't sleep because of injustice in the world.
The 'Million Dollar Baby' actress - who was raised on a trailer park in Washington - is a great "empathiser" and can't help but wish she could do more for disadvantaged people or those who are suffering.
She said: "I think that coming from a very humble background has made me an empathiser in general. I sometimes have a hard time sleeping at night with all that's happening in the world. Especially before I go to bed, it just pulls at my heartstrings, and I wish that there was more of me to go around, to be able to do more."
The 40-year-old actress admits she felt like an "outsider" at school because of her humble background but found solace in watching movies and relating to what she saw on screen.
She told Vulture: "I think we've all felt like an outsider at some point in our lives, and for me, especially as a child, I felt the pressure of classism. I would be embarrassed for living in a trailer park, and I would watch movies and see characters that were feeling things that I felt I was experiencing. I felt understood through those movies, and they became my friends, in a way, and I think the power of movies is astounding in that way."
And Hilary began to feel "uncomfortable" as a teenager when she started getting attention for the way she looked.
She said: "I know that when I became a teenager and all of a sudden was looked at differently, it was very uncomfortable. I immediately put on overalls and started wearing wool socks because I didn't want to be looked at like that."

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Justin Bieber wants to "surprise" Selena Gomez.
The 'As Long As You Love Me' hitmaker - who has dated the 22-year-old singer on-and-off since 2010 - is keen to show up to the American Music Awards on Sunday (23.11.14) to see his ex-girlfriend, despite his friends thinking it's a bad idea.
A source revealed: "He came back to LA because he wants to see Selena.
"He's even talking about showing up at the AMA's to see her. No one on his team thinks that's a good idea but Justin's going to do what he wants to do."
The 20-year-old singer is believed to be "struggling" following his split from the 'Come And Get It' hitmaker.
The source continued to HollywoodLife.com: "He really wants to be with Selena, he feels like that's the only thing that will make him happy. He's struggling big time.
"He's got his friends trying to talk to her, he just wants to see her face to face because he's convinced that if she sees him they can work it out. But so far she's shutting him out completely."
Another insider recently revealed that Justin was feeling "heartbroken and depressed" because of his separation from Selena.
They previously explained: "Justin has been really depressed. Nothing he's doing so far to get Selena back is working and it's put him in a really dark place.
"He went to New York for a change of scene to try and find new perspective; he's hoping Selena will come and meet up with him."