{"id":30038,"date":"2008-09-28T14:45:31","date_gmt":"2008-09-28T19:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=30038"},"modified":"2008-09-28T14:45:31","modified_gmt":"2008-09-28T19:45:31","slug":"andy-serkis-talks-about-the-hobbit-and-the-role-of-gollum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2008\/09\/28\/30038-andy-serkis-talks-about-the-hobbit-and-the-role-of-gollum\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Serkis talks about The Hobbit and the role of Gollum &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/andyserkis.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/andyserkis.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"andyserkis.jpg\" width=\"99\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-28483 no-lazyload\" \/><\/a>According to a short video interview with Andy on ITN <a href=\"http:\/\/itn.co.uk\/...b3bca06b1cea666.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, Andy Serkis is looking forward to reprising his role as Gollum: <\/p>\n<div class=\"quote\"><strong>Female Reporter<\/strong>: Was it very exhaustive being Gollum? <\/p>\n<p><strong>Andy<\/strong>: Yeah, yeah. 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