One of the Biggest LotR Stars Reveals His Feelings About Rings of Power
Some of the cast members of the original Jackson's trilogy gave Amazon series a chance and were not disappointed.
Andy Serkis managed to give one of the most iconic performances in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, even though his face never appeared in it. He was providing motion capture acting and voice work for computer-generated Gollum, who became one of the most recognizable characters in The Lord of the Rings movies, and his work was widely praised by critics and fans.
The first movie of the Hobbit trilogy which followed years later, and in which he again portrayed Gollum, was not Serkis' last return to the world of Tolkien, either. He narrated the audiobook for The Hobbit in 2020, followed by the complete The Lord of the Rings in 2021.
Though each of these is a remarkable accomplishment in its own right, the English actor is far from being done with the world of Middle-earth. In the near future he's going to narrate the audiobook for Tolkien's The Silmarillion, one of the influences behind Amazon Prime Video 's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power series.
And when asked in an interview whether he'd been watching The Rings of Power, and what his thoughts were, Serkis revealed that he had seen the series and enjoyed it.
"Yeah, I absolutely watched it, and it really – once you get through understanding the rules of it, and actually how loyal to the trilogy and the feel of the trilogy music by Howard Shore for the opening sequence, et cetera – I found it incredibly engaging, and I really, really enjoyed watching it," he told Collider.
While many LotR fans repeatedly voiced their concern over the series veering away from Tolkien's canon, Serkis was actually quite satisfied with how in-canon Amazon Prime story actually ended up being.
"Because I'd done an audiobook recording of The Lord of the Rings, and read the appendices, and had to read them out loud, I was quite clued up about where it was going to go, which was great, and it was really helpful because I'm going to be – don't tell anybody – reading The Silmarillion, as well. So you heard this first. Yeah, no, so I really enjoyed it very much so."
So, as you can see, people closely involved with adaptations of Tolkien's works to various mediums can like The Rings of Power too.