Andy Serkis is a renowned name in the Hollywood industry who has been associated with some of the biggest franchises which is quite amazing on its own. While his acting portfolio is quite solid, his contribution to motion capture has given him much prominence including his role in the widely acclaimed The Lord of the Rings series.

While many fans recognize him as Gollum, the actor shared that he was initially uninterested in the role when he first came to know about it.

Peter Jackson Convinced Andy Serkis for The Gollum Role

Andy Serkis as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings.

Andy Serkis, who is widely known for his playing the role of Gollum in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, spoke out about being uninterested when he learned about voicing a digital character. In an interview with The Guardian in 2017, he shared,

“When I started doing ‘Lord of the Rings’, I liked the gamble. Originally, I heard it was going to be like doing a voice for a digital character, and I wasn’t interested.”

He would have doubted his choice as voicing a character as an actor was not what he was expecting but his mindset changed when the film director convinced him to give it a try.

He added,

“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.’”

Working as Gollum proved to be one of the best decisions in his life as the actor not only got a significant boost in his career, he also became Hollywood’s high-demand actor for Motion capture technology roles.

Andy Serkis is Down to Portray Gollum Once Again

Andy Serkis as Gollum
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After the immense success of the trilogy, it has been announced in February that Warner Bros. and New Line were looking to come up with new Lord of the Rings movies which would be around the time when Gollum was around. It was even reported that trilogy helmer and his writing team have been in talks for the new film which would mean that Serkis could be featured in the film.

The British actor opened up about the possibility of joining the next feature only if Jackson gets on board.

He told The Hollywood Reporter,

 “I’ve spent so many years making films with them. I love their sensibility and their take; it’s filmmaking on a different kind of level. You live and breathe it. And so, yes, if some opportunity were to come up, it would be an amazing thing.”

He continued to portray the role in The Hobbit film trilogies. All the films are available on HBO Max.