![]() ![]() He just directed the second unit for "The Hobbit," as well as starring in the film: The studio's first major production will be a film of George Orwell's "Animal Farm," which the 48-year-old Serkis will direct. The actor performs within a computer-animated world.Īttached to a steering wheel device Serkis holds - a "virtual camera" with which he moves around the set - is a monitor that can tap into any angle from the 80 cameras, allowing Serkis to conceive of entire scenes as he shoots them. Serkis became so enamored with "performance capture" technology that he has opened his own studio, Imaginarium on the grounds of Ealing Studios.Įighty cameras positioned all around the Imaginarium stage send out infrared pulses that read the markers on the actor's suit, which become "virtual bones" of the character's skeleton. Serkis played Kong in Jackson's film then Ceasar, the intelligent chimp who leads a revolution in "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" and Captain Haddock in Steven Spielberg's film, "The Adventures of Tintin." "I mean, Andy's too good to just let back into the boring old world of live action," Jackson said. Though Serkis may have expected to return to "regular" acting, Jackson came at him with his remake of "King Kong." He started acting in college and built a steady career in films like "Sex & Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll," playing rocker Ian Drury, and "13 Going on 30," playing Jennifer Garner's boss.īut "Lord of the Rings" changed everything. He built a hospital out in Iraq, which is now in what was the Green Zone." ![]() Serkis grew up in Ealing, in West London, brought up by his mother, a teacher, while his father worked in Baghdad. "And literally after a few days of doing that, I remember going into the restroom and looking in the mirror and Gollum was there! It really was very bizarre." I was sort of looking at it and thinking, 'Wow.' "You know, when I was lifting up my right hand Gollum was lifting up his right hand. "I remember the first day of putting on a motion capture suit, and seeing a very rudimentary, grey-shaded version of Gollum," Serkis recalled. "He's very courageous and he's not afraid of performance capture." "As an actor, Andy is very brave," Jackson said. ![]()
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