The creator of Mowgli, Andy Serkis, has revealed what he thinks about his masterpiece being released on Netflix.
Andy Serkis is a leading figure when it comes to motion capture. He has bought iconic characters such as King Kong and Gollum to life. His latest venture has been Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, which he adapted from the Rudyard Kipling book of the same name.
The movie was pushed back thanks to Disney’s adaptation of The Jungle Book and later on, Warner Bros sold the rights to Netflix. Now, Mowgli is showing on the small screen in 190 countries, but it was not the reception that Serkis anticipated.
When asked by NME whether he would have done anything differently if he had known the movie would be released on Netflix, Serkis revealed that he wouldn’t change a thing.
“No. In actual fact, the one thing I did want to do was to spend a lot of time focusing on the animals in close-up,” he revealed. “So, actually I think it works really well on a smaller screen because 70% of this movie is getting right into the faces of these animals so you can read their emotions. There are lots of big wide shots but it doesn’t focus on the spectacle of the jungle, it focuses on the drama.”
He continued: “It is a drama. It was always intended for it to be a drama with animals as actors, in fact, there’s a lot of talking head scenes in this movie so, it doesn’t really lose anything at all.”
You can watch Mowgli on Netflix now.
