It’s hard to believe a new LOTR movie is coming down the pipeline. It’s been well over a decade since Tolkien’s The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies hit theaters back in 2014, and we’re four years out since Amazon brought Rings of Power to the screen for those with a Prime subscription. Soon though, Andy Serkis will be back as Gollum, and you know what that means. OK, if you don’t, it means he’s back in the Mocap suit for what feels like the bajillionth time.
Honestly, at this point, Andy Serkis is basically synonymous with the Mocap look, but it sounds like it was a long and hard-fought battle to be taken seriously with the kind of work he really excels at. He’s said when he first showed up in the lycra suit with the dots all over his face, Peter Jackson and co. were “laughing” at him. Even SNL poked fun at him. It was a whole thing.
