Andy Serkis: why not Oscars go ape over motion-capture deals?

We want more Oscars! ... Andy Serkis as Caesar leads his motion-capture comrades in rise of the apes. Photo: WETA Digital/20th Century Fox

Andy serkis has reiterated its willingness to actors working in the motion-capture suits are given the same respect as other thespians after his trip as the ape named Caesar in the hit movie rise of the apes.

Rise of the apesmarketing year: 2011country: United StatesCert (UK): 12ARuntime: 104 minutesDirectors: Rupert WyattCast: Andy Serkis, Brian Cox, David Oyelowo, Freida Pinto, James Franco, John Lithgow, Tom Feltonmore in this movie

Serkis told the Daily Telegraph he was frustrated by his performances as the creature Gollum in the Lord of the Rings movies and upcoming prequel The Hobbit, as well as his last turn, stood little chance of attracting Oscars voters attention.

"I am a little Evangelical, I know, but performance-capture is still misunderstood," he said. "Ten years down the line, people say, ' Oh? ' so you did the voice of Gollum Or people go, ' you did movements of [King] King '? It is frustrating, because I play Gollum and I play the King. The handler. "

In a separate interview with the BBC, Serkis said: "the emotional content of these ideas live and die by what participants bring to the roles on the set. I never approach a live-action role any differently to a performance-captured role. The process of that Act is absolutely identical.

"It should be recognised that there are two parts in the process. The first part is the conquer performance. Only later down the line you need to start seeing signs are painted above the frame by frame using pixels. "

Serkis has said earlier that he does not wish to see a special category introduced at the Oscars to the motion-capture stage play, insisting that success at technique can be rewarded with current recognition.

«Performance-capture technology is really the only way we could bring these characters to life, "he said. "It is the way in which Gollum was brought to life, and King Kong and Na'vi in Avatar, and so on, and it really is another way to capture an actor's performance. It is all that is digital makeup. "

Serkiss latest film opened at UK cinemas yesterday and so far has proved a hit with the critics. The Guardian Peter bradshaw said the Sci-Fi reboot was "a stylish and very entertaining popcorn thriller from British-born Director Rupert Wyatt, cheerfully satirical in the tradition of this film series, unpretentious yet at the same time".

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