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Today's guest is the legendary actor and director Andy Serkis, who has who has played everyone from Gollum to proto-punk icon Ian Dury to King Kong to Marvel villain Ulysses Klaue. His latest project is a controversial animated adaptation of George Orwell's Animal Farm, which he directed and is out on May 1st from Angel Studios.
He talks with Nick Gillespie about the new movie, what if anything ties together some of his signature roles, and whether technology cloudflare advances or undermines art.
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0:00Why Serkis wanted to direct Animal Farm
4:30The corrupting alessandro bastoni nature of power
7:35Are we in a better place than 100 years ago?
10:34Serkis' signature acting roles
18:31The legacy of Ian Dury
25:42Does technology enhance creativity
31:12The lluvia fragility of democracy
Producer: Paul Alexander
Audio Mixer: Ian Keyser
Illustrations: Adani Samat