But not everyone was a fan of Serkis' motion-capture roles, including Gollum, all those years ago. It was a celebrated performance and helped propel Serkis to other motion-capture roles, including Caesar from Planet of the Apes.

One of his first high-profile roles of that type was Gollum from Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings series. He would have me do it all day long for his friends at school.Actor Andy Serkis is famous for, among other things, his incredible talent for motion-capture characters.

But my youngest (Louie, 8) absolutely revels in it. Especially my older ones (Ruby, 14, Sonny, 12). Are your kids proud or embarrassed when you’re asked do his distinctive raspy voice?Ī: “I’m probably running out of credits in terms of my kids enjoying me do the Gollum voice for others. Q: With two more instalments of “The Hobbit” still to come over the next few years, you’ll be the voice of Gollum for fans for many more years. I expect at some point I’ll probably want to go back on stage and do some theatre, because I’ve not done theatre in 10 years.” And watching and enabling other actors do their thing in our studio is hugely rewarding. I’m absolutely devoted to The Imaginarium, our projects and directing. Q: Where does acting fit in to your newfound career?Ī: “At the moment, my trajectory isn’t to think about acting. We are developing our own slate of film projects, one of which is George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm.’ It’s going to be the first film that I’ll be directing.” A: “Just before I headed off to New Zealand to work on ‘The Hobbit,’ I was in the process of setting up (my new company) The Imaginarium (with producer Jonathan Cavendish), which is a performance-capture studio and a development company.

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