Gollum strikes lucky

Andy Serkis - The Times

The Times profiles Andy Serkis, a fine actor who is now receiving the recognition that he deserves.

He’s on a roll, and it’s well deserved. You will struggle to find a bad review. His portrayal of Gollum was tipped for an Oscar in 2003, until the Academy disqualified the performance because of the digital manipulation involved in motion capture, where an actor’s movements are digitally recorded, then applied to 3-D models. “Andy’s one of our greats,” says Philip Martin, who directed Einstein and Eddington. “He’s incredibly intuitive. He can blend edgy and raw drama with the technical craft of acting, which is a rare thing. He can play charming, complicated, difficult, mercurial, dangerous and emotional characters. Or he can play all of them at the same time.”

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