![]() "That was the epiphany because it was like: you can now play anything. It was later when he offered to play the role of the legendary giant ape in Peter Jackson's King Kong that he realized just how far this technology could go. However, Serkis was truly able to bring Gollum to life and he is what makes that character work. So it's understandable that Andy Serkis might hesitate at just doing some simple voice work for a creature in a fantasy movie. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring was released in 2001 and, back then, the idea of motion capture was virtually unheard of. ![]() ![]() Originally, I heard it was going to be like doing a voice for a digital character, and I wasn't interested, but then I met Peter Jackson and he said, 'We want an actor to play the role, be on set and make decisions for that character'." "When I started doing Lord of the Rings, I liked the gamble.
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