Benedict Cumberbatch is one of the hottest actors this awards-show season with his turn in The Imitation Game garnering a lot of buzz. The obsession around the talented and quirky actor has reached a fever pitch as of late, so it’s fun to watch the Brit’s audition tape for The
When the plans to make The Hobbit into a film — well, three films — were beginning to come together, many fans of Peter Jackson‘s prior film adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings had only one actor in mind to play Bilbo Baggins in the prequel: Martin
One of the things I’m looking forward to most in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is seeing the undisputed master of motion capture, Andy Serkis, once again stepping into the digital role of Gollum, the character that put motion capture on the map. In an interview with CBS News, Serkis talks about how he went from just performing Gollum’s voice in the Lord of the Rings trilogy to performing the character via motion capture and what he feels about motion capture becoming an Oscar category.
Count previous Oscar nominee James Franco as one of the many voices calling for the Oscars to recognize co-star Andy Serkis’ spellbinding performance as Caesar in Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
