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Andy Serkis
Andy Serkis (Andy Serkis), born on April 20, 1964 in London, England, is a British actor and director.
In 1989, Serkins became famous by appearing in Shakespeare's " Macbeth " at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester . Throughout the 1990s, Serkins was active on the British theatre stage
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. In 1999, Serkins began to play the role of "Guru" in the " The Lord of the Rings " series of movies as a motion capture . In 2004, Andy Serkis starred in " King Kong " as a motion capture . In 2009, in addition to the performance of Captain Adoc in " The Adventures of Tintins: The Secret of the Unicorn ", Serkins also worked part-time as the film's performance capture director
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. In 2010, with the help of CG technology, Serkins played Caesar on the screen of " Rise of the Planet of the Apes ", and won the British BAFTA nomination for best actor for his performance in " Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll " . In addition, he owns a film company called Caveman Film and opened The Imaginarium studio under it, which is the first company in the world to train motion capture performers. In 2014, Andy Serkis became the director of Warner’s live-action "The Book of the Jungle: Origins" and confirmed that in addition to starring in a motion capture role in " Star Wars: The Force Awakens ", he would also represent his "fantasy show." The company acted as a consultant for the film's capture performance. In addition, Serkins is in " Avengers: Age of Ultron"Also act as an actor and consultant
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. On August 29, 2014, his movie " Rise of the Planet of the Apes: Battle of the Apes " was released in theaters in mainland China.
Early Experience
Andy Serkis was born in a middle-class family in Leslips in northwest London in 1964. His father Claremont is an Iraqi gynecologist and his mother Lily is an authentic British
. Andy Serkis has a strong desire to become an artist since he was a child. Andy, who studied at Lancaster University, majored in visual arts and chose drama as his second major. He began to design posters for theaters, participated in student radio stations, and joined a drama club. He played a rebellious boy in the first drama "Gotcha" starring in him. Andy, who had a taste of acting for the first time, quickly made the decision to change his major to acting, and finally got an independent degree in acting and set design. During his college years, he developed a keen interest in stage design and personally worked as an artist and set set for a multi-act play. During the period, he dedicated his stage debut, played a small role in "Gotcha" written by Barry Coffey, and fell in love with the performance ever since. In the mid-1980s, he began his acting career at the Duke's Theatre in Lancaster. From Shakespeare's works to contemporary plays, he actually had 14 acts in turn during his busiest period. After leaving the Duke’s Theatre, he went on stage with many touring troupes in the UK. Although this job hardly earned any income, Serkins regarded it as an excellent opportunity to satisfy his strong desire for performance. During this period He starred in a lot of British classics
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Performing Experience
In 1989, Serkins starred in Shakespeare's "Macbeth" at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester. This heavyweight debut made him famous. After becoming famous, he has returned here many times to star in "Bow Courtship" and "The Essence of True Love". And other repertoires. Later, he interpreted the image of a foolish fool in " The King Lear " on the stage of the Royal Court Theater and became a classic. Throughout the 1990s, Serkins was active on the British theatre stage
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In 1999, Serkins, a small independent producer in the United Kingdom, received an olive branch from Peter Jackson. Peter Jackson originally planned to use computer animation to generate the image of Gollum, so Serkins’ initial work was nothing more than dubbing for the characters. And briefly acted as Smeg who was reflected in the mirror in the Guru water. But things did not go as expected. Although Serkins tried to inject emotion into the voice, he soon found that he was completely unable to integrate into it, so he had a discussion with Jackson and asked to play the role himself
. As an important character in the " The Lord of the Rings " series of movies, the infinitely old body and the dark and rough skin are derived from computer special effects; while the complex personality of madness, perversion and desire between the alternate personality requires All thanks to Andy Serkis' acting skills
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Since 2002, he has successively filmed the horror film " Deathwatch " and the rock band documentary " 24 Hour Party People "
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In 2004, Peter Jackson put the plan to remake " King Kong " on the agenda, and Andy Serkis played the role of King Kong as a motion capture
. Before starting, Serkins spent more than two months with the four orangutans at the London Zoo, and then went to Rwanda to observe the mountain gorillas. The technology of "The Lord of the Rings" was unable to capture facial expressions. The rich expressions in the film were largely a post-production of computer special effects, but the expression capture technology was mature when filming "King Kong". In the blink of an eye and frown, computer images are generated through 132 sensors placed on his face, forming King Kong's unique joy, anger, sorrow and joy
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In 2007, in the " Sugarhouse " starring a real man for the first time , Serkins' fierce bald head shape was eye-catching
. In the same year, he also participated in the dubbing and motion capture shooting of the PS3 action game "Heaven Sword", and directed the plot animation in the game
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In the 2008 black crime film " Welcome to the Farmhouse ", he played a mediocre and clumsy kidnapper incarnation of a sneer
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In 2009, in addition to the performance of Captain Adoc in " The Adventures of Tintins: The Secret of the Unicorn ", Serkins also worked part-time as the film's performance capture director
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In 2010, with the help of CG technology, Serkins played Caesar on the screen of " Rise of the Planet of the Apes "
. In the same year, Serkis and Simon Peggy cooperation starring comedy " Burke and Hare ", also " Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll " in a singing, exaggerated satire, collage 1970s British New Wave Music School The legendary deeds of general Ian Duli. The performance in " Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll " earned him a nomination for Best Actor in the British BAFTA
. In 2010, E3's game " Enslaved ", Serkins has four roles as voiceover, motion capture, director and screenwriter
. In addition, he owns a film company called Caveman film and opened The Imaginarium studio under it. This is the first company in the world to train motion capture performers and is committed to reducing the cost of motion capture technology. It has become a popular filming method that low-cost films and independent filmmakers can also use
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On December 14, 2013, " The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey " of the " The Lord of the Rings " trilogy prequel series was released in North America, and Andy Serkis once again played Gollum
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In March 2014, Andy Serkis became the director of Warner's live-action "Book of the Jungle: Origins". This is the first time Andy Serkis has independently directed a feature film
. In July, he confirmed that in addition to starring in a motion capture role in " Star Wars: The Force Awakens ", he would also represent his "Fantasy Show" company as the film capture performance consultant. In addition, Serkins is also an actor and consultant in " Avengers: Age of Ultron "
. On August 29, the movie " Rise of the Planet of the Apes: Battle of the Apes " was released in mainland China theaters, and Andy Serkis once again played the role of Caesar, the leader of the apes
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In 2017, confirmed to join the movie "Flaski"
. In August 2019, it was confirmed that it would guide the action film "Venom 2"
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In 2019, starred in the movie "The Batman", in which he played Ah Fu, the housekeeper of the Wayne family
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On October 1, 2021, the directed Marvel movie "Venom 2" was released in North America.
On March 4, 2022, the starring movie " The Batman " was released, playing Alfred Pennyworth in the film
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Personal Life
Serkins is a fitness enthusiast in his spare time. Since the age of 16, he has challenged mountains all over the world, leaving his footprints in Scotland, Wales, Iceland, and even the Alps
. Andy Serkis is still a vegetarian, but during the filming of "The Lord of the Rings" he broke his ban and started eating fish
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Character Evaluation
Ten years of close contact with film technology has not shaken Serkins's "performance-based" concept. Andy Serkis is the "Chaplin" of the film CG era
. Andy Serkis is good at digging into the character's heart. A schizophrenic character like Gollum can't be controlled without extraordinary acting skills. But Andy Serkis can lively show what Gollum should be, from body language to facial expressions to accents. , This is the greatness of Andy
. The gorilla in " King Kong ", the Captain Adoc in " The Adventures of Tintins: The Secret of the Unicorn ", the Gollum in " The Hobbit ", and " Rise of the Planet of the Apes " was born, The roar of the orangutan leader Caesar finally let the whole world hear the voice of the behind-the-scenes actor, and also saw his rich screen control
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With one person, Andy Serkis opened up a new world of performing arts and film techniques. Before him, motion capture was just a purely technical work. He turned it into a unique art through a series of vivid roles such as Gollum, King Kong, and Caesar. Serkins always believes that performance capture is the same as real-life interpretation. The key is to figure out the character's psychology, and then to express it through actions and expressions. Therefore, Andy's approach to creating virtual characters is consistent with "methodological" performances, which may be his unique magic weapon in this field
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