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Andy "Gollum" Serkis Speaks

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the we-loves-to-reads-it dept.

Jondor writes "The BBC has an article in which Andy Serkis answers questions about his role as Gollum. Can't wait so spend a whole 9 hours watching for the full DVD release of LOTR!"

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  3. Re:trollbait away! by gmuslera · · Score: 2, Informative
    Ian McKellen was the bad guy in X-Men, so is a bit actual. Hugo Weaving was an agent in Matrix, also very actual.Christopher Lee is almost a legend, maybe it not appear a lot on modern movies (?) but it is on most of the clasical horror movies. And Elijah Wood has acted in a lot of actual movies, including Deep Impact. And not forget Cate Blanchett and Liv Tyler.

    I think that a 14 years old boy would know most of this actors, saw previos movies with them in leading roles, but probably they hear about Andy Serkis (and about most of the rest of the cast not named here) just on this movie.

  4. Re:Andy Serkis wasn't gollum... by TheCrimsonUnbeliever · · Score: 4, Informative

    He acted and the animation followed him - As did his facial expressions - Watch a 'making of' video and you will get it

    He did do a lot of work and special work at that

  5. Re:heh...roll by silverhalide · · Score: 2, Informative

    I can't remember where I read it, but they did the composting by doing all the gollum shots with the actors, then doing the shots without the actors with the exact same camera movements, then hours of painstaking composting where Gollum and the actors actually interacted with each other.

  6. Re:In his spare time.. by Paradigm+Lost · · Score: 2, Informative

    Your Museum link is broken. It should be here. Very cool exhibition, but it finishes at the end of the month. Apparently, some of the items will then be used for RotK reshoots, and then the exhibition will tour overseas for a couple of years.

    Funny thing is that it costs as much to see the exhibition as the movie.

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  7. Re:heh...roll by jo_ham · · Score: 2, Informative

    They'd shoot background plates with no actors, the same shots with the actors including Andy dressed in a tight fitting all over suit in one colour, then again on the motion capture stage.

    Using a combination of the background plates, matte shots and the motion capture they can key out the real Andy and put Gollum in his place.

    It takes a long time to do though, and rendering those frames is no picnic.

  8. Re:hmm, no one else seems to have picked up on thi by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    I'll bet you $5 that he plays Smeogal, a hobbit-like creature before his later transformation into the CGI Gollum.

    Flashback time.