


In March 2023, the actor expressed his desire to “jump at the chance” after it was announced that several new films based on the Peter Jacksons franchise “are in the works”. In the trilogy of Peter Jackson, Gollum is a computer-generated character and his voice and moves were performed by the actor Andy Serkis (a polyhedric actor. He further explained that the “narrative structure and characters” of both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings provide the narrator with “ immense propulsion.” He admitted that reading The Silmarillion is like “reading an extraordinary, ancient bible,” with its “own creation mythology spanning many ages, written over many years.”Īndy Serkis gave an “iconic motion capture performance” as Gollum in Peter Jackson’s $5.8 billion trilogy, also reprising the role in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. I was seriously daunted.Īlso Read: “I had to get back to them”: Andy Serkis Subtly Reveals He’s a DC Fanboy, Left Venom 3 to Reunite With Matt Reeves and Robert Pattinson For The Batman 2 Andy Serkis has narrated The Silmarillion, a book that resulted in The Lord of the Rings story It's also in part to celebrate the release of a 4K remastering of all three films, which was overseen by Jackson himself.“The Silmarillion was always going to be a hard mountain to climb, and therefore perhaps the most rewarding. Over the course of three weeks, starting on March 26, Alamo Drafthouse will host post-screening conversations between Colbert, Jackson, and the cast, according to Deadline. The 20th anniversary of "The Fellowship of the Ring" is coming up and to celebrate, Serkis along with other cast members and director Peter Jackson will reunite for a special event hosted by Stephen Colbert. It was an extraordinary time so many things came out of that experience and whether I like it or not that role lives with me on a daily basis. Browse 27 who plays gollum photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images.
"I don't think I could have handled the sort of fame 'Lord of the Rings' sparked if I'd been younger," Serkis told the outlet. He told The Guardian he's happy he was in his late 30s when it premiered. The official tie-in to The Return of the King, in which actor Andy Serkis relates how he and the team of animators brought Tolkiens character Gollum to. When " The Fellowship of the Ring" came out in 2001, Serkis was 37. 3 He also provided the voice of Pigsy in the cult series Monkey and was Max the pathologist in early episodes of Inspector Morse. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. Andy Serkis is the actor that a lot of people likely associate with Gollum, having been his voice and motion-capture model in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies. Peter Woodthorpe (25 September 1931 13 August 2004) 1 2 was an English actor who supplied the voice of Gollum in the 1978 Bakshi version of The Lord of the Rings and BBC 's 1981 radio serial.
