He should have at least been nominated. His role was very complex. Just because his actual face wasn’t shown onscreen for any but the last movie, and that was just for a few minutes, his physical movements and facial expressions were used to enhance the character Gollum.
For every scene that Gollum was in Andy Serkis had to act it out. He had to do all the physical contortions and gyrations so the computer could capture every nuance of his performance. Not only was he filmed against a “green screen” but he also had to be filmed at the actual location so that his could be filmed in a special suit that the computer could keep track of so that not only the close ups but also the distance scenes were very realistic.This/tag helps explain it more. While he was acting on “green screen” he was playing to nothing other than his imagination. He has to pretend there were others there for him to interact with. Essentially he did twice the work of the other actors.
So yes, Andy Serkis should have at least been nominated for an Academy Award. His role was no less difficult than Robert DeNiro’s role in Awakenings. Gollum rocked!
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