In the 1998 AMC documentary Behind the Planet of the Apes, Harrison said of her role as Nova, "I thought about animal instincts, the way [Nova] would move and the way she would react would be more the way an animal would react, more from fear. read more
Nova was a beautiful (and ultimately tragic) primitive and mute human girl, who became the companion and love interest of George Taylor, an astronaut stranded in a post-apocalyptic Earth that has become a Planet of Apes. read more