If you find yourself going to the first major blockbuster of the season this weekend, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, and can't help but be reminded of Tesla CEO and tech billionaire Elon Musk in one of the key characters… you're not wrong.

Kevin Durand, one of the stars of the new Planet of the Apes film — who plays the evil ape Proximus Caesar — admitted in an interview with GamesRadar+ that Musk was one of his inspirations for the villainous character.

Durand, best known for his role playing Martin Keamy on Lost, said he's actually been mistaken for Elon Musk several times over the course of his career. “That's awesome!” Durand said when told his character in the film is being compared to Musk.

“I mean even with the bonobo face, they compare me to Elon Musk… I get Elon Musk all the time actually, it’s very funny.”

He continued, “People approach me with a look in their eye where I realize they are not meeting an actor that they like, it’s something bigger. But the fact that it comes through even when I’m an ape is fantastic!”

However, Durand explains that Musk wasn't the only celebrity he was basing the character of Proximus Caesar on. “I did look at really charismatic speakers – I watched [life coach] Tony Robbins quite a bit, Elon, Arnold Schwarzenegger doing like his governor speeches,” he explained.

“Just these humans who without trying, you just have to watch them as they hold so much power and charisma,” he stressed.

While the look and personality of Proximus Caesar may have been inspired by Musk and these others though, Durand wanted to couple that with an original voice for the character, and he found one in the midst of improvisation drills during what he and co-star Owen Teague refer to as “ape school.”

The two apparently took lessons in how to sound and act like apes during rehearsals. “Four weeks into ape school I was asked a question and I was so in the body, but I didn’t know what the voice was yet,” explained Durand.

“All of a sudden I just went ‘what a wonderful day’ [as Proximus Caesar] and the voice started to come out.”

This provided not just a voice but also what proved to be a catchphrase for Proximus Caesar. “They were like ‘wait a second', got their phones, and filmed me talking. Everything felt really organic through that process.”

No word yet on whether Proximus Caesar has any other Elon Musk similarities. Does he found a game-changing electric car manufacturer? Or torpedo a previously successful social media company with ill-conceived tweets and poor managerial skills? For those answers, we'll just have to all go see Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes to find out.