Mar 16 2008
Andy Serkis: Beastie boy
From Daily Telegraph:
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Researching his role as a lovelorn King Kong in Jackson’s 2005 remake (another triumph of motion capture), he travelled to Rwanda to see the apes in situ and spent months working as a keeper at London Zoo, becoming so close to a thirtysomething gorilla called Zaire that whenever his wife, Lorraine, tagged along, she was angrily squirted with water. These days he fundraises for the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and does voiceover duties on Monkey Life, Five’s terrific documentary series filmed at Dorset’s Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre (’While most of the gang are enjoying their treat, dominant female Sally doesn’t join in’).
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