Andy Serkis has never been uncomfortable with his face not being seen on screen.
The Hollywood star has become a pioneer for motion-capturing technology – initially through his roles in ‘The Lord of the Rings’ and ‘The Hobbit’ trilogies – and he has no problem with appearing as something unrecognisable in the likes of ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’.
He told the Wall Street Journal: "I was never not comfortable with it, I have to say. What I’ve always loved about acting was the transformative [sic] experience.
"And when I started of as a theatre actor before I got into film at all… for me it was about … using myself, but being able to say something about the human condition, the further away I got from myself."
Andy first got his proper introduction to the technique when he took on the digitally-enhanced role of Gollum in ‘The Lord of the Rings’, and he fell in love with it as a branch of filmmaking.
He added: "Using performance capture technology for me – I stumped across it during when we were creating Gollum for ‘The Lord of the Rings’.
"As a process, as a way of bringing characters to life, I absolutely adore it."
Andy Serkis doesn’t mind not being shown on screen
