Andy Serkis Talks About His 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' Motion-Capture Performance (VIDEO)

Playing an ape through motion-capture technology might be daunting to some actors. Not Andy Serkis. He's been through the motion-capture process before, playing Golem in the 'Lord of the Rings' series. He's even played an ape before, acting as Kong in 'King Kong.' Thursday on 'The Early Show' (weekdays, 7AM on CBS), Serkis talked about the particulars of motion-capture acting and his latest role, playing the chimpanzee Caesar in 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes.'

What I love about acting is the art of transformation," he said. "I'm inside of Caesar when I'm playing Caesar. There's no question. I mean, it's ... there is a period of, you know, subsuming yourself completely into the role, and then there's a deep decompression period afterwards. And you have to be able to do that."

The same company that created the characters on film for 'Avatar' created the chimps and apes for 'Rise,' studying the skin and fur of the animals to faithfully recreate that on the screen. The 'Early' report said to look forward to more of that kind of technology working its way into the movies. It may be time to remake 'Every Which Way But Loose' with Serkis as Clyde.