This guy is a ledge ’nuff said’ – Skatronixxx
Andy Serkis is a man of many faces, the talented actor has brought to life some of cinemas lasting characters. From Gollum in The Lord of the Rings to resistance fighter Cesar in the new Planet of the Apes franchise. Serkis has been at the forefront of motion capture acting in modern cinema.
But now the actor shares with Empire magazine that his role of Supreme Leader Snoke in the new Star Wars film was a scary experience. ‘It was quite an unusual situation’, explained Serkis revealing his characters impressive height. ‘My first day was basically standing on a 25-foot podium doing Lord Snoke without the faintest idea of what he looked like or in fact who he was.’
The actor further revealed that he worked closely alongside Adam Driver and Domhnall Gleeson who are known to be the films primary antagonist as the New Orders lieutenants Kylo Ren and General Hux. ‘I was very high up, totally on my own, away from everybody else, but acting with them.’
Beside the characters King Kong like size, of which Serkis has more than enough experience in dealing with. The British actor further elaborated on his characters appearance and persona explaining: ‘He is severely damaged. Although he is a powerful leader, he comes across as vulnerable. Very scarred and disfigured.’
Serkis also gave an insight on how he coped with the characters size, revealing: ‘we used sort of a ‘Kongizer‘ method of having sound come out of speakers to give a sense of scale and distance from the character.’ The King Kong actor further added: ‘it was very challenging and scary, in fact probably one of the most scary film experiences I’ve ever had.’
With images of Sekis’ Supreme Leader Snoke unavailable at present so we will have to wait with anticipation for how he looks when the film is released next month. I can’t wait.
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