New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Director Addresses Lack of Diversity in Cast
Director Andy Serkis said the upcoming “The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum” will not have “politically correct” casting.
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About Andy Serkis
Andrew Clement Serkis is an English actor and director. He is best known for his critically acclaimed roles comprising motion capture acting, animation, and voice acting for computer-generated characters such as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003) and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), King Kong in the eponymous 2005 film, Caesar in the Planet of the Apes reboot series (2011–2017), Captain Haddock / Sir Francis Haddock in Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin (2011), Baloo in his self-directed film Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018) and Supreme Leader Snoke in the Star Wars sequel trilogy films The Force Awakens (2015) and The Last Jedi (2017).
Everything about Andy Serkis →- Occupation
- television actor, film actor, film director, actor
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- April 20, 1964