An actor doing Godzillas roar instead of instruments being used?

I like the fact that it's not true and he's not doing the roar. He did the mo-cap, that's why he's credited as Godzilla. Let's not inform the forums with false info, we all know how THAT turned out that "last time".

As junkerde stated, Andy Serkis did the motion capture for Godzilla. This was also used for the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. They just CGI'd over him. It's actually quite cool how they do it. Better than wearing a rubber suit.

Wow, I had no idea Andy Serkis did Godzilla. For pete's sake this guy is a legend.

Andy Serkis is also responsible for the great "Cesar" in the two modern movies of the “Planet of the Apes”.

He has earned a reputation among the science fiction fans, possibly reaching the level of great modern legends like Stan Winston.

If a King Kong vs Godzilla remake ever happens it'd be interesting to see which character he chooses lol

Its all a big misunderstanding. You see, Serkis was a consultant on Godzilla, he did NOT do his sounds OR mo-cap.

@TaRellZilla I know right, that would be hilarious!

man what a talented actor

@Murph Dog:

He really is.  I anxiously await the day when his abilities as an actor, as well as a mo-cap performer, are FINALLY recognized by those goobers at the Academy Awards and the like.  He deserves recognition.

That said, his hands on work may not apear in this film.  He was consulted, but its still unclear as to whether or not we will see Serkis performing as Godzilla in the film.  I have no idea how voice acting came into the conversation. :P Serkis provided the vocal performances for most of his creations, but all of them are humaniod to some extent.  The roar has been stated to have been created by analyzing the original roar sound files given to Legendary by Toho, and recreating it with digital technology for Dolby surround sound systems.  Just how they did it I don't know, but chances are no human voice was involved.  It sounds way too artificial.

The news that Andy Serkis was only a consultant is a bit depressing. He's such an incredible Mo-cap actor. I do hope the actor (if there was one) is just as good as he is.

As for Godzilla's roar, Danzilla93 said pretty much all the information we currently have.

Uh, guys, he DID do motion capture.

"According to director Edwards, Andy Serkis did motion capture sequences to "control the souls" of the creatures."

-Wikipedia