The Serkis is in town

The Independent’s arts and culture newsletter [The Independent](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnVqQlP0SfaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvP2xpZD1xemp0NGQ4ZXRwbGomdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDA5LTEyLTIzJnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZXMlH3Rlcdn40lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) Saturday, December 9, 2023   ~/AAAHagA~/RgRnVqQlP0SxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50P2xpZD16dTdqNzhwcjRobXAmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDA5LTEyLTIzJnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZXMlH3Rlcdn40lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj ~/AAAHagA~/RgRnVqQlP0SxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50P2xpZD1jOHhqY2NnODl6NWgmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDA5LTEyLTIzJnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZXMlH3Rlcdn40lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj Hello! This is Louis, filling in for Jessie for the week, who is taking some richly deserved holiday. How’s everyone doing this week? It’s freezing cold here in North London as I’m writing this, but it’s not all doom and gloom – it’s starting to feel like Christmas! If you, like me, are on the perennial hunt for seasonal cheer, you can do a lot worse than Wonka, the really quite shockingly good Charlie and the Chocolate Factory prequel starring Timmy Chalamet as a young Gene Wilder. [Clarrise Loughrey endorses it](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnVqQlP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL3Jldmlld3Mvd29ua2EtcmV2aWV3LXRpbW90aGVlLWNoYWxhbWV0LWIyNDU3OTc5Lmh0bWw_bGlkPWYzeHEyNGpwanB2cSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMDktMTItMjMmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgplcyUfdGVx2fjSUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~), and so do I ([with a few caveats](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnVqQlP0TxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL2ZlYXR1cmVzL3dvbmthLXJvYWxkLWRhaGwtdGltb3RoZWUtY2hhbGFtZXQtYjI0NjAyNTMuaHRtbD9saWQ9am1zN2pvaWhnbmxiJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAwOS0xMi0yMyZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmVzJR90ZXHZ-NJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~)). ~/AAAHagA~/RgRnVqQlP0T7aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL2ZlYXR1cmVzL3JpY2hhcmQtY3VydGlzLWdlbmllLXBhYXBhLWVzc2llZHUtY2hyaXN0bWFzLWIyNDU0NzY2Lmh0bWw_bGlkPXEyYTF6YnI5NmcwdyZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMDktMTItMjMmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgplcyUfdGVx2fjSUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~ Chalamet in the Roald Dahl prequel 'Wonka' (Warner Bros) Things are gearing up for the holidays in the Indy office, but it’s not all snowmen and jingle bells. This week, for instance, Geoffrey MacNab [interview Paul Schrader](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnVqQlP0TzaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL2ZlYXR1cmVzL3BhdWwtc2NocmFkZXItaW50ZXJ2aWV3LWtldmluLXNwYWNleS1iMjQ1OTI5NS5odG1sP2xpZD03NmNveTg2YXNmeHQmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDA5LTEyLTIzJnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZXMlH3Rlcdn40lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj), the dark, delightfully eccentric filmmaker behind First Reformed and The Card Counter. Helen Brown shared a [deeply moving tribute to Benjamin Zephaniah](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnVqQlP0T7aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2Jvb2tzL2ZlYXR1cmVzL2JlbmphbWluLXplcGhhbmlhaC1kZWF0aC1wb2V0cnktcG9ldC1tZWV0aW5nLWIyNDYwNjY2Lmh0bWw_bGlkPXYyYW9pNGhoc3pzYyZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMDktMTItMjMmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgplcyUfdGVx2fjSUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~), following the great poet’s death at the age of 65. Helen also wrote a [great piece about family Christmas albums](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnVqQlP0TpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L211c2ljL2ZlYXR1cmVzL2NocmlzdG1hcy1hbGJ1bXMtYmVzdC0yMDIzLWIyNDU2Nzk3Lmh0bWw_bGlkPWh6ZXozcGU0dTIxcSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMDktMTItMjMmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgplcyUfdGVx2fjSUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) (something that really spoke to me – the inimitable harmonies of Emmylou Harris’s Light of the Stable have been synonymous with Christmas my whole life… if you’ve not heard it, sort that out!). I myself [interviewed Harry Shearer](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnVqQlP0T3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL2hhcnJ5LXNoZWFyZXItaW50ZXJ2aWV3LXNpbXBzb25zLXNwaW5hbC10YXAtYjI0NTY5MDMuaHRtbD9saWQ9Z3JnczQzcmdmdXJyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAwOS0xMi0yMyZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmVzJR90ZXHZ-NJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~), and somehow managed to keep my borderline embarrassing level of Simpsons fandom under control. Also loved the headline on [this feature by Ed Power](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnVqQlP0T7aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L211c2ljL2ZlYXR1cmVzL2JlYXRsZXMtZ3JlYXRlc3QtaGl0cy1yZXZpZXctcXVlZW4tcGFydHJpZGdlLWIyNDU2NzQ1Lmh0bWw_bGlkPWo4MW5zcnhmcHpnZCZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMDktMTItMjMmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgplcyUfdGVx2fjSUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~), about the secret brilliance of “Best of” compilation albums. And Fiona Sturges [spoke to Krishnan Guru-Murthy](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnVqQlP0TzaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL2tyaXNobmFuLWd1cnUtbXVydGh5LXN0cmljdGx5LWludGVydmlldy1iMjQ1OTMzNS5odG1sP2xpZD1paGljamM3NHJpMDQmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDA5LTEyLTIzJnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZXMlH3Rlcdn40lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj), fresh from his stint on a reality series I’m told is called Strictly Come Dancing. There’s a chance I’ll be filling in again over the next couple weeks – fickle winter schedule and all that – but if I don’t, then wishing you happy holidays, and hoping you all can steer clear of the winter lurgy that seems to be striking us all down one by one. All the best, Louis [@louischilton](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnVqQlP0SkaHR0cDovL3d3dy50d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9sb3Vpc2NoaWx0b24_bGlkPWN5NXp5b21nZGQwYSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMDktMTItMjMmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgplcyUfdGVx2fjSUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) What to do this weekend Music | Pink Friday 2 by Nicki Minaj Nicki~/AAAHagA~/RgRnVqQlP0SwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvdG9waWMvbmlja2ktbWluYWo_bGlkPWFlYjB2djVrN3Y4ZSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMDktMTItMjMmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgplcyUfdGVx2fjSUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~Minaj has never been afraid to speak her mind, but in the five years since her [last studio album Queen](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnVqQlP4QiAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmluZGVwZW5kZW50LmNvLnVrL2FydHMtZW50ZXJ0YWlubWVudC9tdXNpYy9yZXZpZXdzL25pY2tpLW1pbmFqLXF1ZWVuLW5ldy1hbGJ1bS10cmFja2xpc3QtZW1pbmVtLWRqLWtoYWxlZC1hcmlhbmEtZ3JhbmRlLWNhcmRpLWItcml2YWxyeS1hODQ4ODM0Ni5odG1sP2xpZD1nYXo4OGd4M2dsa3UmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDA5LTEyLTIzJnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZXMlH3Rlcdn40lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj), the pop-rap diva’s penchant for controversy – including her now-infamous claim that the Covid-19 vaccine might impact male fertility – has frequently overshadowed her actual music. Pink Friday 2, a sequel in name to her 2010 studio debut, in many ways suggests that Nicki is going back to basics. But more often than not, the album sounds like a queen resting on her laurels rather than proving why she still deserves the crown. Nadine Smith | Music critic   TV | [Smothered](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnVqQlP0S_aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3RoZWF0cmUtZGFuY2U_bGlkPXExdDdkaXU2bm5neiZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMDktMTItMjMmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgplcyUfdGVx2fjSUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) Sammy (Danielle Vitalis) is an interior design assistant on the cusp of proper adulthood. “I just want a bit of f***ing romance, you know?” she tells a stranger at an orgy. But when that romance arrives, in the form of square-jawed normie Tom (Jon Pointing), she’s hesitant. Where she’s chaotic, impulsive, and struggling to get her life in order, Tom is a real, bona fide grown-up. He has a boring office job (his colleagues call him “a sad husk”), a house in Blackheath and a twist you’ll see coming from the off. What starts as a three-week dalliance (“An affair,” Sammy decides, “like a real one from the past”) turns into something more lasting – and more complicated. Nick Hilton | Chief TV critic   Books | [Corrections in Ink: Dispatches from an American Prison by Keri Blakinger](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnVqQlP0S0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2P2xpZD1iM2Jpd2Ntc3d6aHAmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDA5LTEyLTIzJnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZXMlH3Rlcdn40lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) “Being in jail is a constant lesson in humility, humiliation and powerlessness,” writes Ivy League graduate Keri Blakinger about her “two slow years in prison” after being arrested in 2010 with a Tupperware container of heroin. Blakinger, born in 1984 in Pennsylvania to a lawyer father and teacher mother, recalls in graphic detail the road to incarceration, which included her eating disordered depression, bulimia, overdosing and working, while living like a “scabby, smelly junkie”, as an underage sex worker. Martin Chilton | Chief books critic   Film | [Chicken Run 2: Dawn of the Nugget](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnVqQlP0S_aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3RoZWF0cmUtZGFuY2U_bGlkPWtzeWp3b28yZ3ZobSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMDktMTItMjMmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgplcyUfdGVx2fjSUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) This year, Aardman shook hands with the titans. The Bristol-based animation studio produced a reference-laden short for Disney’s Star Wars: Visions series and, now, has delivered a sequel to their 2000 box office hit Chicken Run for Netflix. And, yet, they’ve kept hold of their underdog sensibility – the impression that they’re [the quiet kids at the back of the class, twiddling with lumps of clay](/arts-entertainment/films/news/wallace-gromit-clay-aardman-studios-chicken-run-b2450541.html?lid=9wgutyt50wns&utm_medium=email&utm_source=braze&utm_campaign=IndyArts Newsletter 09-12-23&utm_term=IND_Culture_Newsletter_CDP), only to reveal some ingenious work of whimsy. Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget may not quite rise to its predecessor’s level, but if this is the closest Aardman ever comes to selling out then, well, there’s still hope for animation’s future. Clarisse Loughrey | Film critic   ~/AAAHagA~/RgRnVqQlP0SsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvc3Vic2NyaWJlL2FwcD9saWQ9dHB2MzBzbWxpbTdiJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAwOS0xMi0yMyZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmVzJR90ZXHZ-NJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~ ~/AAAHagA~/RgRnVqQlP0StaHR0cHM6Ly9pbmRlcGVuZGVudC5vbmVsaW5rLm1lL25vNXgvZDI1ZTc0Y2M_bGlkPWNybTVkNHdsN2theCZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMDktMTItMjMmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgplcyUfdGVx2fjSUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~ [The Saturday Interview – Andy Serkis](~/AAAHagA~/RgRnVqQlP0T8aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3RoZWF0cmUtZGFuY2UvZmVhdHVyZXMvYW5keS1zZXJraXMtaW50ZXJ2aWV3LXVsc3Rlci1hbWVyaWNhbi1iMjQ2MDk5Ni5odG1sP2xpZD03ZDA0OGV6NHp3MWImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDA5LTEyLTIzJnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZXMlH3Rlcdn40lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) tainment/films/features/simon-pegg-tom-cruise-mission-impossible-b2456971.html?lid=cc68kjjbdzun&utm_medium=email&utm_source=braze&utm_campaign=IndyArts Newsletter 09-12-23&utm_term=IND_Culture_Newsletter_CDP Andy Serkis: ‘Regardless of your colour of your skin, regardless of how tall you are or short you are or what sex you are, regardless of how you identify, you should have the ability to play anything' (Jerry Schmitz) The actor director goes to the pub to tell Patrick Smith why he thinks ‘Ulster American’ might start a riot, how his ‘Animal Farm’ will land in a Britain that has abandoned democratic principles and why America faces another catastrophe if Trump takes power tainment/films/features/simon-pegg-tom-cruise-mission-impossible-b2456971.html?lid=sgcwewkufx1e&utm_medium=email&utm_source=braze&utm_campaign=IndyArts Newsletter 09-12-23&utm_term=IND_Culture_Newsletter_CDP Serkis sits alongside Woody Harrelson in their new play, ‘Ulster American’ (Johan Persson) Read an extract from our Saturday Interview below… “You can be cancelled for anything now,” says Serkis, “literally anything, and what I really despise is trial by media. That’s ruined more people’s lives and should not be allowed. There should be a proper course of law, where charges are made, people go through the legal process, and it should not be allowed to proliferate. Because people’s lives can be devastated. Sometimes, because of what they’ve done, it requires that, but the fact of the matter is, once it’s happened, that’s it. There’s no going back." But does Serkis think people are ever truly cancelled? I mention Woody Allen, who is still making films despite being accused of child sexual abuse, allegations he has strongly denied. “I think it can certainly damage their lives for a long time,” says Serkis. “I suppose really the thing is: can you still enjoy the art they've created?” Well, can you? “I think, without going into specifics – I don’t want to get myself cancelled – but put it this way: when Michael Jackson’s music starts to come on, I defy anyone to not tap their foot to it,” he says. "And if your body won’t let you cancel it...” Serkis laughs. “But, yeah, can art transcend the artist? 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