The Sound of Film Acting

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AMONG THE ACTING NOMINEES FOR THE 2003 OSCARS, Andy Serkis. the actor behind the digitally created character Gollum in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), was notably absent. This omission occurred even though New Line executives campaigned aggressively for Serkis's performance. They argued that his performance was more worthy than voice-over acting, and claimed-mistakenly perhaps-that voice-over was technically eligible for an Oscar.1 While linking his performance to voice acting. New Line nonetheless asserted that Serkis not only supplied a voice to Gollum, but also created the character's movements using a motion-capture suit and, crucially, they argued that "There's an …