Andy Serkis On The Prospect Of Working With Db

Andy Serkis, silver screen…

From Gollum via King Kong to David Bowie’s assistant in The Prestige, there has to be some kind of link…and indeed there is. That link is actor Andy Serkis.

In a recent interview with Quint at Aint It Cool News, Andy talks about the prospect of working with DB as Nikola Tesla‘s assistant, Roger Alley, in the film we first told you about back in November of last year. (11.21.05 NEWS: DB CONFIRMS ROLE AS NIKOLA TESLA IN THE PRESTIGE & 02.21.2006 NEWS: THE PRESTIGE DUE FOR AUTUMN RELEASE)

Here’s the relevant excerpt:

QUINT: I also wanted to touch on a project you’re doing now, playing David Bowie’s assistant in THE PRESTIGE.
ANDY SERKIS: Yeah!
QUINT: Sounds like it’d be so much fun. Have you done that already?
ANDY SERKIS: I haven’t, I haven’t. I’ve done some scenes. I’ve done my scenes with Hugh Jackman. I’ve got my scenes with David Bowie coming up next week, actually, so I fly back to LA and I start filming next week with him. That’ll be so exciting.
QUINT: That’s so cool, man. I’m a child of the ’80s, so Bowie’s been with me from an early age because of LABYRINTH. Then his music… I just can’t wait to see him play Tesla. He’s a perfect match for that…
ANDY SERKIS: Isn’t he just, yeah! He’s perfect casting. Really cool.
QUINT: You’re playing his assistant, right?
ANDY SERKIS: That’s right. I’m playing this character called Roger Alley who’s kind of… He’s very kind of defensive of Tesla and the AC current, you know, because of the DC current. (laughs)

Good luck with the filming David, “break a leg” or whatever you tell actors about to start filming…not literally of course…I’ll sshhhh now.

Thanks to BowieNetter Mooch for the pointer.