Andy Serkis is to read the entirety of J.R. R. Tolkien’s novel The Hobbit in an online charity performance. The British actor, who starred as Gollum/Smeagol in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, the movie adaptations of Tolkien’s fantasy novels set in the fictional world of Middle-Earth, expects to read for 10-12 hours non-stop with no breaks.
Money raised from the 56-year-old’s reading will be split between NHS Charities Together, a collection of non-profits helping Britain’s National Health Service (NHS), and children’s charity Best Beginnings.
Announcing the performance in a post on the GoFundMe website, Andy wrote: “Hi everyone, Andy Serkis here. I want to invite you to come with me on an Adventure… So many of us are struggling in
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