Andy Serkis dropped last minute from starring role alongside Martin Kemp in Kray
Andy Serkis is one of the most definitive actors of his generation thanks to role in Lord Of The Rings and Planet Of The Apes – but even he has one or two movies he considers ‘ones that got away’ throughout his career.
In fact, he was almost set up to star alongside Martin and Gary Kemp in The Krays – but lost out to the role in a last minute change of direction that left him gutted.
Speaking exclusively to Metro.co.uk about the roles he missed out on, Andy laughed as he revealed: ‘There’s been quite a few actually! I’m trying to think back over the many that I’m bitter and twisted over. Let me think.
‘There was a great film called Gangster Number One back in the 1980s, late 1980s, that I really loved. There was a great role in that, and I wanted to be involved in that, but that didn’t quite work out.’
‘There was a film, going back a bit, about the Kray twins, which starred the Kemp brothers,’ he then added. ‘I workshopped that film where Gary and Martin were getting in character.
‘I worked with them on that and then right at the last minute, there was a change of director and I didn’t end up in the movie.’
‘I remember as a younger actor being quite gutted about that one,’ he admitted. ‘But it happens. It happens all the time, you go up for things and you know, it’s you’re not right in the director’s eyes for that role.’
Thankfully though, while he may not have landed the role in the 1990 flick about The Kray twin gangsters, he’s carved out quite the impressive career – and has even become a director himself.
His latest project is the upcoming Venom sequel starring Tom Hardy – which is currently slated for release some time next year.
But in doing so he’s learned a thing or two about casting, and how ultimately, it’s never anything personal when it comes to trying to be the perfect fit.
‘As a director, and this is absolutely true, you want the person that’s coming in through the door to be the one,’ he said. ‘You just want that, for every single person that comes to the table for the role. If you think “this could be the one”.
‘Then it’s a process of working out why that person might not be right. Sometimes it’s quicker than others.’
‘I think that’s the thing that actors forget,’ Andy added. ‘When they go in for auditions, the person sitting on the other side really wants you to be the one.
‘But it’s chemistry, and how you sit next to somebody else, and as an actor myself,I think it can be a very disheartening process.’
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