It's a voice now familiar to millions - the infamous character of Gollum brought to vivid life by actor Andy Serkis.<br/> <br />Celebrating 75 years of The Hobbit, fans made the unexpected journey to Fulham Palace Gardens in south west London, which was transformed into the Shire for the day.<br/> <br />Billed as a 'The Hobbit Second Breakfast', Serkis got back into character to read extracts from JRR Tolkien's classic book.<br/> <br />The upcoming movie of The Hobbit comes 12 years after Serkis first brought Gollum to life in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.<br/> <br />He explained how he reconnected with his character after so long.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, ANDY SERKIS, SAYING:<br/> <br />"After the Lord of the Rings he was kind of absorbed into the public consciousness in quite a big way and part of the difficulty of doing the Hobbit 12 years later was kind of reclaiming him because I have heard that many impersonations and people ask me to do that many telephone messages for them...so the first days of doing the character again I really had to...it all sounded right it's just really connecting with him again."<br/> <br />The first part of director Peter Jackson's of The Hobbit is released this Christmas.
