“That was a big shift, I think, in the way that things worked. “We had arrived to the point in the (computer-generated) world where actors were having to work against green screens, against tennis balls on sticks and they were divorced from acting against a fellow actor to play a CG character,” he says. Serkis’ work as the tragic Gollum, a creature twisted physically and mentally by his obsession for the ring in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings, was not only remarkable for the depth the actor brought to the role but in how it changed the way filmmakers viewed technological advancements in motion-capture performance as a way to create “emotionally engaging digital characters.”

There are few actors who have a richer canon of roles to dissect than the 59-year-old English actor, particularly at a fan convention. Article contentĪndy Serkis plays Gollum in The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.

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