{"product_id":"9781529963021","title":"My Pressures : The Bizarrely True Story of Andy Serkis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e The characters choosing the actor   Would they, I wonder? Would they choose me? If I told them my life story, what would they think? What would I even say? Where would I even start? \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Andy Serkis was asked to write his memoir, he knew one thing for certain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe wanted it to be a bit  different.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSure, he d tell the stories. He d take the reader to his childhood divided between Ruislip and Baghdad. He d tell them of his early days as an actor, and how he created the characters that made his name   Gollum, Caesar, Ulysses Klaue. And he d take them behind the scenes of huge franchises like \u003ci\u003eLord of the Rings, Planet of the Apes\u003c\/i\u003e, the Marvel cinematic universe and \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut soon he realised that his story wasn t just about his own life. It was intertwined with the countless lives of extraordinary people, both real and imaginary, as well as strange creatures and emotional animals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo, in this book, Andy invites us into a genre-defying conversation between actor and character, imagination and reality. And he provides an answer to a question that has been on his mind since the day he watched his cat coughing up a fur ball and making a noise that sounded very much like g\u003ci\u003eollum \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat would Andy s most iconic characters make of the man who brought them to life?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55732648837496,"sku":"9781529963021","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9781529963021.jpg?v=1794302497","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9781529963021","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}