In talking with Katy Steinmetz of Time Magazine, Serkis said the character’s physicality was “borne out of his addiction to the ring.” The way he describes it, this really was the best way for him to fully inhabit the character, and he talked about the inspirations which played a part in his performance. Gollum, be it in “The Lord of the Rings” or “The Hobbit,” has always resembled a heroin addict who is relentlessly eager for his next fix. The suit is able to act in a live action set and we just played the scene like, two conventional actors playing the scene with each other. Whereas 12 years later, now we have full performance capture on set so I can just play the scene once – I’ve got a head mounted camera which is capturing all my facial expressions. “But the thing that’s changed is that I had to then go and shoot it again on the motion capture stage. “So I was acting with Elijah Wood and Sean Astin and we would all play out the scenes together, so that hasn’t changed,” Serkis told Dvorkin. Serkis talked with Fox News’ Ashley Dvorkin about the differences this time around. While “The Lord of the Rings” movies were shot on film, “The Hobbit” was made digitally.
But what has really changed about how Serkis plays Gollum is the technology involved in filmmaking.
“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” takes place sixty years before the events in “The Lord of the Rings” so he looks a little better here, but that is not saying much. Serkis first played Gollum over a decade ago, and the character was 600 years old back then.
His success in “The Lord of the Rings” got him cast in “King Kong” in which he portrayed the big ape, and audiences were begging to see him get an Oscar nomination for his brilliant performance as Caesar in “ Rise of the Planet of the Apes.” Seeing Serkis return to the role that made him a star brings everything around full circle for the actor, and we are constantly fascinated at how he approaches roles that surround him with a wealth of special effects. It is a thrill to see Andy Serkis return to the role of Gollum in Peter Jackson’s “ The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.” While we marvel at the special effects which gave Gollum his unique if wretched look, it was Serkis who breathed life into the character in a way no one else could. WRITER’S NOTE: This article was written back in 2012.
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