Andy Serkis during his audition
  • 252 points reiku_85

    Absolutely nailed it

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    64 points fatkiddown

    He helped all of us visualize Gollum.

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    17 points Autipsy

    I was amazed at how much he advocated for gollum as a character, which resulted in a redesign, first-in-class mocap / mixed animation, and maybe the best mocap performance to date!

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  • 175 points McferlanebigTits

    ok guys. we have it. we found smeagol

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    74 points LiamIsMyNameOk

    Now we just need to find someone to play Gollum...

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    24 points Lee-Bear-420

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    15 points mologav

    I’ll give it a shot

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  • 130 points beardymo

    Some people are born to play a role.

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    62 points LiamIsMyNameOk

    Could you imagine if we could partially see into the future

    And when Andy Serkis was born, someone showed his mother a video of Gollum and said "Your son is destined for this." With a smile on their face 😃

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    14 points JunkyardJackal

    This whole trilogy is impeccably cast. I can’t think of a single role I would change in any way.

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    2 points beardymo

    100%

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    2 points Reign_of_Kronos

    Tom Cruise for Aragon and Will Smith for Gandalf. lol.

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  • 76 points Delicious-Disaster

    Absolutely repulsive.

    10/10

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  • 70 points MurseMan1964

    Gollum auditioning for the role of Andy Serkis

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    4 points TheCowKing07

    I heard he had to do mocap to look like a human.

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  • 62 points IMAgoFULLretard82

    Holy F*cking Shit!!! This is excellent!!!

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    11 points DEIreboot

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  • 39 points hobokobo1028

    They should have hired him! Much more attractive than whoever they hired for Gollum

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    8 points alphanumericusername

    But the vocal similarities are uncanny

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  • 16 points Regriz

    Gollum in a leather jacket 😅

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  • 15 points Raxlus

    Makes me wonder what the shortlist for the role of Smeagol/Gollum must have been.

    Like how Stuart Townsend was initially tapped to play Aragorn before realizing he looked too young.

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    24 points Obvious_Science278

    From what i understand It was less that he looked too young and more that he acted like a little bitch on set. Apparently he refused to ride a horse or wear anything but a cheap prop sword. The anecdote is that he was so bad Ian McKellen had to try and do an intervention and get him to do his job, but to no avail.

    #notmyking

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    11 points smeeon

    Oh lord, just read up into it, yeah, it also screwed his career since it was widely publicized that he was replaced.

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  • 12 points Big-Employer4543

    He looks like he just came off a Nu Metal music video.

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  • 13 points SippinOnHatorade

    Hollywood is crazy. You send this video to anyone else, and they’re sending you professional help

    100% commitment, Andy Serkis is a treasure

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  • 7 points Rileymartian57

    U can see him turn back and forth between smeagol and gollum. So good

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  • 6 points Renhoek2099

    Holy fucken shit, talk about a man being at the right time and place in life

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  • 7 points Weird-Sector2462

    lol imagine there was a real smeagol, who’se more smeagolly, ok imagine you’re in a cave gollum could be anywhere “you should be dancin” starts playin

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  • 5 points enthusiasm_gap

    I love this absolute freak

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  • 6 points PastBreak9634

    Absolutely incredible

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  • 6 points Slappinslippin

    Seriously one of the greatest performances of all time. He should have won at the very least one Oscar for this.

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  • 12 points patchinthebox

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  • 4 points fizbin99

    Can’t think of anyone else that could do half as well. He really did bring that character to life.

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  • 5 points rrrice3

    I can't even imagine sitting in this interview. Not as Andy ( I don't think I could go this hard into the paint on anything) or as the panel... Imagine sitting there watching this, feeding him lines and just waiting for him to jump across the table and start biting people's ring fingers off.

    Terrifying and amazing. Once in a generation role/actor combo.

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  • 13 points Scarecrow116

    Let's see Timothy Chalamet do this now /s

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  • 7 points SyntaxError79

    It’s not Andy Serkis. It’s Smeagol.

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  • 5 points MajorMorelock

    He delivered.

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  • 4 points packetmon

    Oh they did NOT need to CGI him for this at-all.

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    1 points siete82

    Watching some BTS videos, I have often wondered how it would have looked on screen with costumes and practical effects instead of CGI

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  • 3 points Hot_Republic2543

    With that leather jacket and haircut I'm putting him mentally in a 50s biker movie like The Wild One playing the psycho gang member who just goes too far. Genius actor.

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  • 3 points Sufficient_Score_824

    He did a phenomenal job. I can’t imagine anyone else as the voice of Gollum❤️

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  • 3 points SteviaCannonball9117

    That's true commitment.

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  • 3 points SemaCoolBrian

    Such a fine artist. But I am dissappointed in him after with that animal farm movie trailer

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    3 points halfbakedpizzapie

    Yup, animal farm meets Joe Rohan money farm

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  • 1 points Technical-Pen634

    Genius

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  • 1 points Any-Effort3199

    An amazingly talented genius

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