Andy Serkis' Role In STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Finally Revealed

Andy Serkis' Role In STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Finally Revealed

There's been a lot of speculation about Andy Serkis' (Avengers: Age of Ultron, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) role in J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but now StarWars.com has finally revealed who he'll be. It's a mo-cap role, and sounds a lot like a villain...

By JoshWilding - May 28, 2015 11:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: StarWars.com
Famed photographer Annie Leibovitz recently visited the set of Star Wars: The Force Awakens for Vanity Fair, revealing many characters from the movie for the first time (include Lupita Nyong'o as mo-cap character Maz Kanata). Asked about Adam Driver's intense and troubled looking Kylo Ren - presumably the movie's man villain - she said: "I’d like to take credit for that, but it’s all Adam. He’s an extraordinary actor. If you talk to J.J. about him, J.J. says, ‘He’s Brando, he’s Brando!’ It’s true. You just ask for a little and you get a lot. I think what’s great about going to the set is, your actors are in that mode. They are in their characters. So even though I didn’t know anything about Adam’s character, he gave us that performance, which was amazing." 

Like Nyong'o, Andy Serkis is also bringing a character to life in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and StarWars.com has now officially unveiled the previously unseen photo of the actor on set as Supreme Leader Snoke. No further details than that are revealed, but it certainly sounds like a villain's name, wouldn't you say? As always, be sure to share your thoughts and theories below...

Andy Serkis as Supreme Leader Snoke in Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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HulkOnion
HulkOnion - 5/28/2015, 11:14 AM
A new version of the Emporer?
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 5/28/2015, 11:16 AM
I knew he'd be the guy pulling the strings! Can't wait :D
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 5/28/2015, 11:17 AM
Serkis is going to kill it!
TheBritAvenger
TheBritAvenger - 5/28/2015, 11:17 AM
Yeah, it's a pretty safe bet that a guy with 'Supreme Leader' in his name is probably a villain.
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 5/28/2015, 11:18 AM
Imperial Overlord
Spooks
Spooks - 5/28/2015, 11:18 AM
[frick]in love the Serkis
JamesMann
JamesMann - 5/28/2015, 11:19 AM
I knew he'd be paying some new Emperor type! So awesome to have him be the villain pulling the strings.

DRJ01
DRJ01 - 5/28/2015, 11:20 AM
Snoke? Ok. It doesn't really matter cause he'll be amazing anyways.
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 5/28/2015, 11:20 AM
Josh, you're British. Where's all the Spectre news, bro? That shit is probably all over the place on your side of the ocean.
DEVWoulf
DEVWoulf - 5/28/2015, 11:20 AM
So...Gollem didn't die in the Sarlacc Pit at the beginning of Planet of the Apes? Good, I knew he'd return.
TheRedCondom
TheRedCondom - 5/28/2015, 11:22 AM
Damn, was hoping for both Serkis and Nyong'o to have non mo-cap roles.
TheRedCondom
TheRedCondom - 5/28/2015, 11:25 AM
I agree with blackandyellow, where's that Spectre news at?

#BringMoreBond <----- Yes, I just used a hashtag.
SauronsBANE
SauronsBANE - 5/28/2015, 11:25 AM
"Yeah, it's a pretty safe bet that a guy with 'Supreme Leader' in his name is probably a villain."

Not necessarily! Supreme Leader Obama. Supreme Leader Elizabeth. Supreme Leader Putin. See, it doesn't sound so bad!
JorL5150
JorL5150 - 5/28/2015, 11:27 AM
@Gusto
Damn!! Youve GOT to get to arbys!! Theyve got like FIVE sauces now!!
Im pumping some mini buckets of it right now! One bucket per fry!!!
Klone
Klone - 5/28/2015, 11:27 AM
@SauronsBANE

All hail before the Supreme Leader else peris-- be subjected to reeducation.
MonsterSquad35
MonsterSquad35 - 5/28/2015, 11:28 AM
This movie is going to deliver...

Love Serkis and all that he brings...

Man...can't wait for this.
NovaCorpsFan
NovaCorpsFan - 5/28/2015, 11:28 AM
Serkis is brilliant. I'm glad he enjoys doing motion capture, 'cause otherwise, imagine being stuck with that for a job just 'cause of Lord of the Rings?
TheNameIsBetty
TheNameIsBetty - 5/28/2015, 11:28 AM
My guess is -- he's the new Emperor, or the equivalent of the Emperor's role in this new trilogy. The fact that he's a mo-cap character is interesting though...don't have any guesstimates for that, unfortunately.
MrBatmor
MrBatmor - 5/28/2015, 11:29 AM
Here we see serkis in his natural habitat
SauronsBANE
SauronsBANE - 5/28/2015, 11:30 AM
@Klone Haha exactly!
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 5/28/2015, 11:30 AM
Wouldn't surprise me if Snoke is actually:



;)
TheEpicJuicebox
TheEpicJuicebox - 5/28/2015, 11:31 AM
Phenomenal actor, hope he's in black panther
DrewDeLand
DrewDeLand - 5/28/2015, 11:34 AM
My body is ready.
Nickk
Nickk - 5/28/2015, 11:35 AM
@Nomis if your reading this THIS GOD DANM THUNDERSTORM IS ABOUT TO RUPTURE MY HEART RIGHT NOW!
MercwithMouth
MercwithMouth - 5/28/2015, 11:42 AM
Even the brilliance of Andy Serkis won't stop this from being the 7th straight shit-ass Star Wars movie.
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 5/28/2015, 11:42 AM
Looks better than Deadpool.
MercwithMouth
MercwithMouth - 5/28/2015, 11:43 AM
Sorry, ^^^In my opinion^^^

Just in case the (do Star Wars fans have a nickname?) get upset.
MercwithMouth
MercwithMouth - 5/28/2015, 11:45 AM
@LEVITIKUZ



LOL!
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