We are but a month
away from the much-anticipated release of J.J. Abrams Star Wars: The Force
Awakens and we have yet to see Supreme Leader Snoke, the First Order's head
played by Andy Serkis, who in a recent interview described the character as
large and appearing tall with a facial design too complicated for regular face prosthetics.
Now, while speaking to Empire, the actor offered a
couple of more details about his character including his stature in comparison
with the rest of the actors on the set.
"It was quite an unusual situation," Serkis said.
"I worked specifically with Domhnall Gleeson and with Adam Driver. My
first day was basically standing on a 25-foot podium doing Lord Snoke without
the faintest idea what he looked like... or in fact who he was! I was very high
up, totally on my own, away from everybody else, but acting with them."
As for his face,
Serkis promises that it will be complex not just in form, but also in what
others perceive from it.
"He is severely
damaged. Although he's a powerful leader, he comes across as vulnerable. Very
scarred and disfigured," and if his status isn't somehow enough to convey
fear and demand respect from those around him, then rest assured that his voice will. "We used sort of a ‘Kongolizer’ method of having sound
come out of speakers to give a sense of scale and distance for the character.
So it was very challenging and scary, in fact probably one of my most scary
film experiences I’ve ever had."
Opening on December 18, Star Wars: The Force
Awakens stars Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Daisy
Ridley, John Boyega, Adam Driver, Oscar
Isaac, Domnhall Gleason, Gwendoline Christie, Max von Sydow, Andy Serkis, Lupita
Nyong'o, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Kenny Baker, Crystal Clarke, and Pip
Andersen.
Source
- Empire
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