Andy Serkis’ gets 650,000 people tuning in to his live reading of The Hobbit: ‘I’m truly humbled’

metro.co.uk:

Andy Serkis’ marathon charity reading of The Hobbit attracted more than 650,000 viewers. The star, 56, best known for playing Gollum in The Lord Of The Rings and Hobbit films, finished the JRR Tolkein novel in 11 hours and raised more than £280,000 for charity.

Not too shabby, Andy! The actor – who admitted to Metro.co.uk that he wasn’t sure how he would ‘wee’ during the reading – said he was ‘truly humbled’ by the response to his reading.

After he finished, he added: ‘It has been wonderful connecting with you all, I hope you all enjoyed it. Visit our live blog for the latest updates: Coronavirus news live ‘Thank you for joining me on this amazing journey, I have really loved sharing it with you.’ He described the reading – dubbed The