Andy Serkis is kept awake at night by Gollum role
- 62-Year-Old actor Andy Serkis will return as Gollum in The Hunt for Gollum, a film he is also directing, while insisting the motion-capture role's demands are taking their toll on him.
- Initially, Serkis thought the role would only consist of "three weeks of voiceover," but the character he first played in The Lord of the Rings 26 years ago has proved far more enduring.
- Admitting he wakes at night wondering if he is directing the creature, Andy finds it "insane going back to the character I started playing 26 years ago." "I've just lived with Gollum for such a long period," he said.
- "Sometimes decompressing from a character can take a long time," Andy added, believing that in Gollum's case the process may never be complete. "I don't suspect that Gollum will ever leave me, quite frankly," he said.
- Reflecting on the artistry, Andy compared motion-capture performance to how a prosthetics team engineered John Hurt in The Elephant Man, arguing digital masks are misunderstood compared to physical ones.
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For more than 20 years, the character of Gollum has been accompanying the British actor Andy Serkis. For a new »The Lord of the Rings« film, he is now taking on the role again. This is obviously not particularly good for his sleep.
His legendary role as Gollum in the "The Lord of the Rings" films is still haunted by Andy Serkis in his sleep today. "I've just lived with Gollum for such a long time," said the British actor and director in an interview with "The Sunday Times".
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