He portrayed him as a naive, likeable creature looking for his true self, which has been lost over the course of his corruption by the ring.ĭirector Peter Jackson realises: Serkis doesn't just play Gollum, he is Gollum. Gollum is already a tragic figure in the books, but Serkis gave the character even more depth in the films. «He hates and loves the Ring, as he hates and loves himself,» adds Gandalf. Gollum's skintone is dark grey and there’s a diabolical look in his eye. Gollum can only be seen for a few seconds in the first film: he is quickly glimpsed in the shadows in the scene where Gandalf (Sir Ian McKellen) explains to Frodo (Elijah Wood) how Gollum has been warped by the ring's power. Gollum's first major appearance is in «The two Towers», the second part of the trilogy. Andy Serkis was on board with being Gollum's voice, but he only started filming in New Zealand months later. He said «We want an actor to play the role, be on set and make decisions for that character.»įilming for «The Fellowship of the Ring», the first part of the trilogy, began in October 1999. «Then I met Peter Jackson,» recalls Serkis in an interview with Movieweb. He felt uneasy about the concept of just providing the voice for a digital character. The then-unknown Andy Serkis didn't actually want to play Gollum. Despite initial scepticism, the English actor decided it wasn't beneath him to humiliate himself in front of the entire crew to portray a character that had reached cult status.

Behind the hobbit with a schizoid personality disorder – as diagnosed by a group of US students – lies Andy Serkis. One character was particularly memorable: Gollum.

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