 The Gollum that is briefly glimpsed in  _Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)_ (qv) is  an entirely different creation than the one that appears in this  film. It was during the filming of the second movie that  Peter Jackson (I) (qv) realized that Andy Serkis (qv) physical  performance would have to be employed in the digital creation of  Gollum. So Weta Digital had to alter the design of one of the lead  characters in the film, scanning Serkis face so that they would be  able to incorporate some of his facial characteristics (the fact  that Jackson had also filmed a flashback to be included in "The  Return of the King" with Serkis playing the original Smeagal only  cemented this decision). This ultimately meant, however, that Weta  Digital had only 2