SDCC '11: Andy Serkis Talks The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

SDCC '11: Andy Serkis Talks The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

While at Comic Con Andy Serkis, known for his role Gollum, talks about acting as second unit director for Peter Jackson on the upcoming prequel The Hobbit: And Unexpected Journey

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By WaylonJones - Jul 23, 2011 11:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Fantasy
Source: IGN


IGN caught up with Andy Serkis at Comic Con where he talked a little about The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. During the interview Serkis revealed that he shot all of Gollum's scenes in the first couple of weeks, and that ever since then he has been concentrating as second unit director.



"The first couple of weeks was shooting out all of Gollum's scenes. Then I went straight in to second unit. Perter asked me to get involved and he has know I have wanted to direct for many year because we have obviously spent a lot of time with each other over the decade. I was thrilled to be asked. He said 'Look I want you to take it a run and be bold and make great decisions.' Second unit director on a project that scale is vast, its huge it encompass drama, battle sequences and vistas its really varied."


The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will be released on December 14, 2012.

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JackMan
JackMan - 7/23/2011, 12:09 PM
One of the only faults I have with Peter Jackson's LotR movies was Gollum. I blame Jackson too, not Serkis, but Jackson's Gollum was often laughed at by the audience, and was presented as sympathetic comic relief.

Tolkien's Gollum was a crazy psycho who would eat Hobbits, lied about everything, and was NOT funny or comic relief. Dunno why Jackson messed with Gollum.
comicbookjerk
comicbookjerk - 7/23/2011, 12:10 PM
FIRST...I always wanted to do that :P

He is the true Director of The Hobbit
comicbookjerk
comicbookjerk - 7/23/2011, 12:11 PM
FRICK
ManofSteel23
ManofSteel23 - 7/23/2011, 12:17 PM
I wonder if gollom in the hobbit will be even more life like,as its been yonks since he first showed up and computers have improved
PunkRockMachine
PunkRockMachine - 7/23/2011, 12:48 PM
@CarnageUSA I think Gollum's depiction was spot on for LOTR. In the LOTR books, he was severely whiney and often troublesome since he was more or less a captive of the hobbits (through the ring).

In The Hobbit, however, Gollum is indeed a character who eats hobbits and threatens to if Bilbo does not answer his riddles correctly. The Hobbit was Tolkien's first incarnation of Gollum and he evolved throughout LOTR. Hopefully we will be able to see Gollum both act and look different-given the timeline-in these upcoming films.
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