The 48-year-old Londoner is back this month as Gollum in The Hobbit, Jackson's long-awaited return to Middle- earth as he takes on Tolkien's 1937 children's classic, the book that pre-dates the events of Rings by 60 years. It is, you might say, the gift that keeps on giving. "I happened to be in the right place at the right time." "That was a gift that came my way," he adds, looking very natty today in a brown and yellow check waistcoat. Before Gollum, he was a respected British actor, gaining good notices for Mike Leigh films like Career Girls and Topsy-Turvy. "It changed the course of my career," Serkis admits. Playing the wizened creature in Peter Jackson's Oscar-winning adaptation of JRR Tolkien's fantasy The Lord of the Rings was more than just another role. ![]() It's almost impossible to estimate the impact Gollum has had on Andy Serkis.
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