Andy Serkis on Finding Gollum's Voice 

If it wasn't for a cat we might have a completely different version of Gollum today.

If it wasn't for his cat making a hair ball, then Andy Serkis wouldn't have been able to make his Gollum voice we know and love today.

"From a cat to the gollum", great story of Andy Serkis, the books are available now.

what kind of history and honor is it when you get to witness that kind of brilliance....genius in person.

He voice acted in a dramatic recording of The Screwtape Letters. Most beautifully creepy thing I've ever heard.

Will never look at my cat puking up her furball the same way again.

Remarkable... absolutely Remarkable! Good kitty! 🐱 😄 And Bless Andy Serkis

Just Fucking love this man, an amazing dude.

This video is awesome, really cool to see how it all started! :D

Oh Andy, you underestimated your r theatre background in creating the most *ICONIC* character *EVER!*

Andy owes his entire career to that cat lol

WTF? Serkis didn't even credit the voice actor for the character "Gurgi" in Disney's "The Black Cauldron" as his inspiration for Gollum's voice. That's just mad!

check out gollum from the 70s animated film.

Sir u are amazing

2:16 i came for this

So literally the reason for the Gollum we all know to even come to life was because of Andy's cat coming in randomly coughing up a furball Gotta appreciate the little things

new LEGEND

VERY true!!!

Love it !!!

Hah! He's totally lying! XD We ALL know that he REALLY got the inspiration for Gollum's voice from Gurgi in "The Black Cauldron"! ^_^

Sméagol ♥

If you ever wrote a book it might be called "The Serendipitous Furball…" :-)

2:05 2:12 That's how he voice gollum by a cat

He is the male Helena Bonham Carter. So underrated

Lol, stay away from email like the plaque.

Can someone explain to me how Smeagul became Gollum? I'm a newb to the Lord of the Rings series

wow

Imagine if his kid was watching sponge bob (or the old youtube Fred) on the tele instead of his cat?

Skip to 2:06 and close ur eyes😂

"I'm not a voice actor" says Andy Serkis.

one of the most underrated actors today

GIVE ANDY SERKIS THE OSCAR DAM IT

He really looks like he needs a few eons of sleep

God I love him, he's such a great actor and he is such a smart, creative, grounded man!

That "Gollum! Gollum!" sound he does in the movies is exactly as the book of The Hobbit describes it. I have not read the Lord of the Rings books but I guess it is the same story.

Andy has done many great characters, and I too love both Kong & Caesar....but for me, Gollum will always be his best character. I remember when I saw LOTR as a little kid, and I saw Gollum for the first time: I didn't know whether I should laugh or be scared, hate or petty him.....there are SO many layers in that character, and he just added even more layer as he took the role, and made it his own. People also seem to forget, that he didn't just do voice-over. Andy really did PLAY the role as Gollum, and were in every scene, with his white Gollum-suite on ;)

I always thought it was the result of trying to play a deranged Donald duck.

His cat was an amazing voice coach!

Andy helped to create a role for all motion actors. He not only is a fantastic voice actor, he gives life to characters that don't have a truebody. Such an amazing tallent.

You really can't give him enough credit for his role as Gollum. The character Gollum is such a huge part of the story, and the way that Andy portraits him... brilliant... pure genius! I can't wait to see him in more roles!

he did such a great job because its.... exactly how everyone read gollums lines in the books its just amplified and taken on its own serkis, kind of character

This dude really doesn't get enough recognition for his brilliance.

Am a bit sad Mr Serkis didn't mention anything about Gurgi from the black cauldron being his inspiration to the portrayal of Gollum

So that´s where Gollum´s hair went XD!

did not know Sergio Ramos worked as interviewer back on 2013

It's Gurgi from Black Cauldron...

What a legend. Basically created a new segment of the industry from his imagination with this character. Btw I've got a Gollum voice tutorial on my channel! :)

gack hack kack funny cat hairball noise serkis is aaaaaaaawesooooooome

What a cool guy!

Nope...he just watched expert voice actor John Byner play the role of Gurgi in The Black Cauldron from 1985. And did an EXACT copy. RU-vid it and see for yourself.

What a genius

This man is a GENIUS who deserved an Oscar A LONG time ago.

finally, a reason for the existence of cats!

I do an exact Gollum impression and did it in front of my poor daughter. She freaked out!! LOL

Andy and the Weta crew matched the character of Gollum as I pictured him while reading the books so perfectly, in voice, looks, and action! I wish Tolkien had been able to witness his performance and the digital character.

It's really cool how voice actors (or just regular actors) can find inspiration for their characters. Love you Andy Serkis!

The first thing i remember seeing of him is the line he says in Inkheart: DUCT TAPE! All his performances are great! I especially love Kong and Ceasar. I think those are his best, because we can see the real behavior of a real existing being!

If andy serkis isnt a voice actor then who is

I really wanted him to say I watched The Black Cauldron when I was younger and really liked one of the characters voices, as that's what I'm doing now and one of them does! xD...

I can imagine every night, Andy Serkis sitting on a chair with a cat on his lap and he crawl his finger through his cat and say: "My precious" with Golum's voice.

Despite what he says, I still think Gurgi from The Black Cauldron was a huge influence.

the cat gets some of credit then c:

I once said that: Andy is the Master. And I can repeat that any time. Yesss, my precioussss.

Has anyone watched Disney's The black cauldron, there's a character called Gurgi..

Admit it Serkis, you just copied gurgi from Black Cauldron.

If one can learn from even the most mundane of events and transform it into a life of it's own, that's pure genius!

Bro entered the voice acting from the back door and suddenly retired them all. Absolute master

The mental image of him reading the tolkien books and his cat suddenly starting to gag near him and him then observing the cat, very interested in the whole thing is making me crack up so bad :'D Brilliant :D

Serkis deserves a special Oscar. No doubt.

I liked the part where Andy talks about da movie and stuff, derrrrrr.

I'm sorry,someone has to say this.... 2:05 Serkis:"Literally go *choking and gagging sounds*" That's what she said.

Truly one of the greatest actors ever!

Dude, GIVE THE MAN HIS OSCAR ALREADY!

He does look really tired, but really hot. :D So polite, always! :D

Such a great example of a curious, observant and creative mind

His eyes are the same as Gollum's! LOL Only smaller.

An actor who read the material and thought his way into the part. Plus some well-deserved inspiration from the cat.

My precious...

WHAT THE HECK DUDE LOL 😆😂🤣😅😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😂😅😅😅😅😅🤣

Now I wanna meet his cat 😹

Thank you, Andy's cat for making Gollum's voice successful.

Sounds like Robin Williams from Aladdin doing the old actor Peter Lorre

Toilken would be proud

i love him so much

“Of course I fell in love with the character again” Really? You fell in love with Gollum? 😂

@1:35 Andy says "this is the gospel truth", which makes his story compelling, otherwise it might as well just be an amusing easily-contrived fabrication. As a life-long cat owner (5 of them currently) I can attest to the similarity between coughing up a hairball and the way Gollum talks. It's not just the sound but the full-body contortions and all the dramatic facial expressions until they finally cough it up and I take it away with a tissue. Then quite often they magically morph back into Sméagol and calmly resume licking themselves like nothing happened.

Considering Tolkien actually used a guttural voice for Gollum when he narrated "Riddles in the Dark", it sounds very much like Andy's version.

one of my best voice actor Andy but you said you wasn't a voice actor! Wow what a talented actor you are! Long live GOLLUM!

If Disney are gonna make a remake of Black Cauldron then Andy Serkis should play Gurgi.

2:07 laughed with the crowd 🤣🤣

Cat should be paid

Give The cat an oscar

I was just watching the 1984 Muppet Babies cartoon with my daughter and Gollum sounds just like Baby Animal, voiced by Dave Coulier.

Netflix: are you still watching? Someone’s daughter: 2:07 (I’m very sorry I just couldn’t hold back XD)

He's gotta be funny, what does his name sound like with different spelling...?

Andy Serkis makes a great Gollum/Smeagol how do you do that accent mark on the 'e'???

I think Gollum's voice was inspired by the character Gurgi from The Black Cauldron animated movie.

Althought Serkis's portrait of the character Gollum is great, I never liked Serkis's way of coughing the word "gollum". It's meant to be more like a slimy, nasty, vocal swallowing sound from throat, instead of this hoarse, snotty throath cough combined with actual pronunciation of the word.

He just sounds like Grover or Elmo or even Kermit. Talking with your throat just has that unmistakable muppet quality. I could never take it seriously.

Serkis's Gollum sounds a lot like Gurgi from Black Cauldron: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KjnDrfN-WhU.html