Andy Serkis Has Calmed Down About Motion Capture, but Not About Gollum
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In a recent interview with the Times newspaper, Andy Serkis explained that he “never cared” about the fact that people have associated him with computer-generated characters. The post Andy Serkis doesn’t care that people identify him with characters like Gollum appeared first on in.gr.
Andy Serkis Says He Was ‘Evangelical’ About Performance Capture After Playing Gollum in ‘Lord of the Rings’ but Now Accepts It’s ‘Misunderstood’: ‘If You Get It? Great’
Andy Serkis, who played an instrumental role in bringing the on-screen version of Gollum (also known as Sméagol) to life in “The Lord of the Rings” franchise, is reflecting on the technology that helped him do so. Gollum, a central character in the films, is the result of both Serkis’ performance and computer-generated elements through performance capture and CGI. In a recent interview with the Times, the actor, who is currently filming “The Lo…
British actor Andy Serkis, known for his role as Gollum in the Lord of the Rings film series, believes that the so-called performance capture technique is misunderstood. In performance capture, the actor's appearance is digitally edited, using CGI among other methods. "This technology i...
Andy Serkis Has Calmed Down About Motion Capture, but Not About Gollum
Few actors have spent as long defending their craft as Andy Serkis. Early reviews of ‘The Lord of the Rings’ questioned who was really behind the mask, and the skepticism has never fully gone away. Even performance capture, which records audio, facial and body movements at the same time, has struggled to shake the idea...
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