Andy Serkis Talks About Bringing Hulk And Ultron To Life In AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON

Andy Serkis Talks About Bringing Hulk And Ultron To Life In AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON

Andy Serkis has a human part in Avengers: Age of Ultron, but also played a key behind-the-scenes role in bringing The Hulk and Ultron to life in his motion-capture Imaginarium. Here, the actor sheds some light on how both of these characters will be portrayed in the movie...

By JoshWilding - Nov 24, 2014 08:11 AM EST
Source: Empire Magazine
Ultron pre-upgrade.

Andy Serkis' The Imaginarium works with visual effects companies on motion capture, and their upcoming projects include huge movies like Avengers: Age of Ultron and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Talking in the latest Empire Magazine, the Dawn of the Planet of the Apes star revealed that it was Ultron and The Hulk that the studio worked on in Joss Whedon's upcoming superhero sequel, and shed some light on what exactly went into bringing both characters to life. "We did some work on Ultron. On the development of Ultron before James Spader came on board. In terms of movement styles: was he gonna be human-like? was he gonna be robot-like? So we worked with a bunch of different people, from body-popping experts to dancers, to this guy called Neil who's nearly eight feet tall..." As for Mark Ruffalo, it sounds as if he'll be voicing the Green Goliath this time instead of Lou Ferrigno. "We gave Mark weights, we had voice projections so he could do his Hulk roar. On screen we could have a virtual representation of the low-res avatar of The Hulk, so he could come out and feel that sense of scale."

Motion capture has become a huge part of many movies, and Serkis' amazing work (which came to most people's attention in The Lord of the Rings) has led to many arguing that he should have been nominated for an Oscar for his work as Caesar in the Planet of the Apes movies. However, he's just as happy working behind-the-scenes as he is in front of the camera! "It's a journey I end up going on with the actors. To find out what they want to get out of it, and and what we can do to help them so it's still them authoring the role. Initially when you're asking them to put a grey suit on, they're not very into the idea. But it's usually within the first hour, when they can see the result of them being in that suit [on screen] in real-time, they settle in. And then they've lost themselves in our world. James in particular - he loved every minute of it."
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SuperCat
SuperCat - 11/24/2014, 8:20 AM
Reasonnnn
Reasonnnn - 11/24/2014, 8:23 AM
@Jollem um that's Magic Mike XXL
DefcoN
DefcoN - 11/24/2014, 8:27 AM
It's gonna be incredible. I have no doubts.
batz11
batz11 - 11/24/2014, 8:29 AM
Jollem knows his stuff!
SuperCat
SuperCat - 11/24/2014, 8:29 AM
LOL! @ 0megaDaGod

Smokin' that sh*t!
batz11
batz11 - 11/24/2014, 8:35 AM
SuperCat
SuperCat - 11/24/2014, 8:44 AM
LOL!! @ Arrow

Funny sh*t!
MrReese
MrReese - 11/24/2014, 8:45 AM
LMB10
LMB10 - 11/24/2014, 8:46 AM
Oh hey, it's Klaw
McGee
McGee - 11/24/2014, 8:46 AM
sKeemAn
sKeemAn - 11/24/2014, 8:57 AM
@supercat
@0megaDaGod

RexDartEskimoSpy
RexDartEskimoSpy - 11/24/2014, 9:05 AM
So Spader did mo-cap? I was under the impression he just did the voice. Sounds like maybe Serkis talked him into it.

Someday Andy Serkis will get an honorary Oscar for all the amazing he's done. He's in good company with other geniuses who never won a regular Oscar.
Sulti1274
Sulti1274 - 11/24/2014, 9:08 AM
Ulysses Klaw
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 11/24/2014, 9:10 AM
@grifdeadpoolteabag: Considering the fact I've seen sites like Variety and The Hollywood Reporter write it that way (not to mention the source it was taken from) and that I have an English degree, I'm not going to take any notice of your incorrect advice. Thanks for trying though!
MercwithMouth
MercwithMouth - 11/24/2014, 9:17 AM
Shit...Wilding just out-douched teabag...

I like this thread, smelled that sweet chiba as soon as I opened the page.
McGee
McGee - 11/24/2014, 9:22 AM
Also....Josh is from England.
FordEl
FordEl - 11/24/2014, 9:31 AM
@0megaDaGod

Looks better than the actual Avengers
Pasto
Pasto - 11/24/2014, 9:51 AM
@FordEl
Ease up there try-hard, you might give yourself a headache.
MercwithMouth
MercwithMouth - 11/24/2014, 9:52 AM
^^^hehehe
yossarian
yossarian - 11/24/2014, 9:54 AM
I brought my hulk to life last night.
Demongod20
Demongod20 - 11/24/2014, 9:58 AM
@ Arrow

Someone needs to animate that origin.
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 11/24/2014, 10:09 AM
FordEl
FordEl - 11/24/2014, 10:17 AM
@Pasto

I didnt try, I did.
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