Andy Serkis, Motion Capture Master

The Gist

Mike Pesca

News, Politics, Arts, Daily News

4.4 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

On The Gist, Mike Pesca is leaving Facebook, mostly. In the interview, Andy Serkis is here to discuss his newest movie, Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, along with the film’s star Rohan Chand. They talk about the magic of working in motion capture, how it really isn’t all that different from other types of acting, and what it was like jumping on Christian Bale’s back. Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle is available on Netflix. In the Spiel, finding the appropriate punishments for things like drones at the airport. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following recording may contain explicit language.
0:02.8	I can't get more explicit than May.
0:05.4	Let's just say it may.
0:06.9	🎵
0:11.2	It's Friday, December 28th 2018 from Slate.
0:14.3	It's the GIST I AM Mike Pascha.
0:16.7	By announcing that I am leaving Facebook,
0:20.9	I feel I am doing my part to curb the influence of the tech
0:25.4	and the environment that I want to do my part.
0:27.9	And that is why I am announcing I am leaving Facebook.
0:32.2	Now to be clear, I am not leaving Facebook, not actually.
0:36.5	I will pretty much ignore Facebook and let it go on in the background
0:39.7	and connect old high school friends to me.
0:42.3	But it seems that making a grand announcement about leaving Facebook
0:46.9	is the power pose of the moment.
0:49.7	And I'm going to take that.
0:51.5	It's like the guy who announces he's a vegan,
0:53.9	but of course he'll still lead a little fish and eggs
0:56.2	and maybe every so often a non-factory farm coward.
0:59.5	Checking in other words, not a vegan, not a vegan at all,
1:02.0	but the announcement of veganism.
1:04.2	I mean, Facebook existed so that we could permanently send out
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