Gollum Actor Andy Serkis Still Wants To Come Back For New Lord Of The Rings Movies
Actor Andy Serkis, who famously played Gollum in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings movie series, has said for at least a second time that he would be interested in coming back for the newly announced Lord of the Rings films.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Serkis said Peter Jackson and writing partners Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens are «a second family to me.» Jackson, Walsh, and Boyens are not confirmed to be coming back yet, but if they do, Serkis would jump at the opportunity to be involved.
«I've spent so many years making films with them,» Serkis said. «I love their sensibility and their take; it's filmmaking on a different kind of level. You live and breathe it. And so, yes, if some opportunity were to come up, it would be an amazing thing.»
Before this, Serkis said pretty much the same thing in April about potentially coming back to The Lord of the Rings series. Referring to Jackson, Walsh, and Boyens as his «second family,» Serkis said he would leap at the chance to return.
«They are the best and most incredible people to work with. I think that there are so many other potential Middle-earth projects which could come about, and if they're doing them, I would, of course, jump at the chance to have that relationship rekindled… Middle-earth has never left me,» Serkis said.
Jackson, Walsh, and Boyens have been briefed on the new Lord of the Rings projects, but whether or not they will actually be involved in any new productions remains to be seen. In any event, this is a key piece of news because the trio were not involved in Amazon's Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. A report said efforts are being made to «woo back» Jackson for the new films.
Serkis played the motion-capture character Gollum in The
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