Andy Serkis reads from 'Riddles in the Dark' from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit

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Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely travelling further than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End.

But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard, Gandalf, and a company of thirteen dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day, to whisk him away on a journey ‘there and back again’.

They have a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon....

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[kyriakospolyzogopoulos]

Give that man an Oscar. It's ridiculous for this talent not to be recognised...

[lar_s]

My god the way he INSTANTLY switches back and forth between that smooth, radio-friendly, wonderful baritone to that iconically hoarse squealy nightmare voice is just absolutely baffling to me how does he DO that. And also he manages to sound quite a lot like Martin Freeman while reading Bilbo's lines! In awe of his talent creativity and mastery

[lar_s]

0:58 "'hherscrEEEASGGSGSHHSGHSHAAAGHH, ' said Gollum, and became quite polite." this man is incredible

[JaegerMeister]

Hollywood should re-do The Hobbit with Andy Serkis playing every part.

[KingdomHeartsFan]

I really, really hope that Serkis does “The Lord of the Rings” as well! I could listen to him narrate all day!

[The_Ol_Bizzaroo]

I absolutely love the fact that he's doing The Voice in the audiobook. It's like Gollum is always alive inside him, just waiting to come out.

[sidhartheleswarapu]

The Gollum voice hasn't faltered at all in 20 years!

[Golgari]

I absolutely love that he used his Gollum voice from Peter Jackson's movies!

[_kmCarter]

You know what's precious? The fact that we have this reading recorded by the ONLY Golum ever.

[AscendedLegacy]

I just finished his audiobook; his portrayal of each character was PHENOMENAL, particularly that of Thorin, Gandalf, and Beorn (aside of the obvious, Smeagol/Gollum duo).

[marionbaggins]

Man, Andy Serkis would make a great Bilbo...

[Boots]

it's masterful that he can still do the gollum voice perfectly

[davidledoux]

Okay . . . I'm not much into audio books, but I have GOT to have a copy of this! Mr. Serkis does a wonderful job here.

[Agaravalia]

No one can ever compare to when it comes to narrating a book like that of the great actor Andy Serkis. No One!

[amandine]

It's amazing that he can switch so quickly and effortlessly between Gollum, Bilbo and "the narrator". For sure Andy is one of the most superior voice actors out there.

[IceOfPhoenix]

I've always found it interesting how gollums voice has a lower sound and a higher sound simultaneously

[Dave-skmn]

I already have a copy and FUCK IT

I am getting another because Andy Serkis doing the Hobbit is GOLD!

[Alex-nvzk]

He has a really good voice for audiobooks

[chriswilko]

I've just finished listening to The Hobbit audiobook on Audible. I hope Andy narrates more. Was honestly so much fun to listen and imagine along to.

[liberty]

This man has so much talent and it is a shame he doesn't get more attention