By Joshua Meyer/July 8, 2021 5:31 am EST
Add the name Andy Serkis to the growing list of actors turned audiobook narrators. This September, the actor who portrayed Gollum via motion capture in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movie trilogy is lending his voice to a new recording of J. R. R. Tolkien’s original book trilogy for HarperCollins.
Revisit Middle-Earth with Andy Serkis
“I actually feel like I have lived through Tolkien’s saga, and felt his profound understanding of and connection to nature, love, war, truth, hatred and altruism. Each day I genuinely went through ups and downs, often coinciding with the progress of the ring-bearer and his companions. On more than one occasion I was sure I wasn’t going to make it to the Crack of Doom! Having now completed the quest and been ‘There and back again… again’, so to speak, I realise what a phenomenal privilege it has been to have had the opportunity to read this sublime work once more. My only hope, now, is that I have done it justice, and that the listening experience conveys the power and beauty of J R R Tolkien’s masterpiece.”
The Wide World of Audiobooks
These are just some of the many examples that are out there of audiobooks read by film and television actors. Let’s face it: we don’t all have time to crack open a leather-bound tome by the fireplace anymore. Listening to Andy Serkis read The Lord of the Rings might be the next best thing.
