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November 13, 2002

Actor Gets Gollum Rock-climbing
Staff Reporter

LONDON: When actor Andy Serkis got to grips with Gollum, the slithery, cave-dwelling creature he plays in the latest instalment of the trilogy "The Lord of the Rings", he headed for the hills.

"Gollum is a very isolated character, so when I was in New Zealand I spent a lot of time in extreme surroundings," Serkis said in London after returning from the filming of "The Two Towers", the second in the "Rings" series.

"I went up in the hills and mountains trying to get into the head of a character who is terribly isolated and lonely," he said.

Serkis, whose previous films include "Topsy-Turvy" and "24 Hour Party People", relied on his main hobby – rock-climbing – to get himself in shape for the part.

"Gollum is possessed by the ring, so it is a very physical role," he said. "He is so depleted by the loss of the ring, it has taken so much out of his body, that he literally crawls all the time."

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