Gollum reads Trump's tweets - and it's perfect

Andy Serkis has returned to one of his most famous characters - and it's all thanks to Donald Trump.

The Lord of the Rings star joined The Late Show With Stephen Colbert to read a series of Trump's tweets in character as Gollum.

Colbert asked the actor to revisit Gollum by reading some of the US President's most dramatic tweets in character.

And the results were kind of perfect.

Serkis effortlessly slipped into the memorable character to read the tweets, which included his now-famous typo: "despite the constant negative press covfefe".

"That's the most beautiful thing," replied Colbert.

Serkis has built a career on motion-capture performances, receiving widespread acclaim for his performance as Gollum before going on to play King Kong in Peter Jackson's 2005 reboot and Caesar in the new Planet of the Apes trilogy.

His latest film War of the Planet of the Apes hits theatres today.

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Sir Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh once pitched to revive the Planet of the Apes franchise in the early 90s. They missed out and went on to film the Lord of the Rings trilogy, which also starred Andy Serkis.