Andy Serkis
Andy Serkis
Andrew Clement "Andy" Serkisis an English film actor, director and author. He is best known for his performance capture roles comprising motion capture acting, animation and voice work for such computer-generated characters as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings film trilogyand The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the eponymous King Kong in the 2005 film, Caesar in Riseand Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Captain Haddock / Sir Francis Haddock in Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintinand Supreme Leader...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth20 April 1964
CityLondon, England
Before I became an actor, I was a visual artist, and I've always hankered for the storytelling behind the camera.
As soon as you do it, actors realize there is no difference playing a performance-captured role or a live-action role.
Actors' performances do not stand alone in any film, live action or whatever.
A lot of people have asked me to do answer phone messages for them.
You don't really think about 3D when you're acting. As a director, you do.
There's a huge gulf between people who can afford to go to drama school and those who can't.
I had a body wax. It's the most painful thing I have ever done in my life. I had every single hair on my body pulled out, and I really bruised.
Any sort of role requires a certain amount of research and embodiment of the character and psychological investigation.
You'll very rarely find that you can enhance a performance to give it a real emotional centre and truth... after the fact.
An actor finds things in the moment with a director and other actors that you don't have time to hand-draw or animate with a computer.
I believe that when people experience an event as a community, it can transcend and change people's lives.
I think parenting is very different now. We're totally governed by our children!
Every single frame has got something going on in the background; in many ways, it's an embarrassment of riches. I guess some of the New York scenes, especially in the third act when Kong is back. Some of that rampage stuff, with the people running down the street and all the shop signs and all the neon that just goes on for miles. Those big aerial shots in New York that completely faithfully re-create New York at the time. That's pretty special stuff.
As I started to research gorillas, I began to understand that they're all totally individual and idiosyncratic, and they have their own personalities.