{"product_id":"andy-serkis-my-pressures-the-bizarrely-true-story-of-andy-serkis-signed-copy","title":"Andy Serkis - My Pressures: The Bizarrely True Story of Andy Serkis (Signed Copy)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRELEASE DATE - 5 November 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book is strictly limited to just 1 copy per customer, in our attempt to prevent resellers buying all the stock. Any orders placed for more than 1 copy, will be cancelled and refunded. Multiple orders placed to the same postcode will also be cancelled.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e‘The characters choosing the actor … Would they, I wonder? Would they choose me? If I told them my life story, what would they think? What would I even say? Where would I even start?’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Andy Serkis was asked to write his memoir, he knew one thing for certain.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe wanted it to be a bit… different.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSure, he’d tell the stories. He’d take the reader to his childhood divided between Ruislip and Baghdad. He’d tell them of his early days as an actor, and how he created the characters that made his name ― Gollum, Caesar, Ulysses Klaue. And he’d take them behind the scenes of huge franchises like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLord of the Rings, Planet of the Apes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the Marvel cinematic universe and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut soon he realised that his story wasn’t just about his own life. It was intertwined with the countless lives of extraordinary people, both real and imaginary, as well as strange creatures and emotional animals.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo, in this book, Andy invites us into a genre-defying conversation between actor and character, imagination and reality. And he provides an answer to a question that has been on his mind since the day he watched his cat coughing up a fur ball and making a noise that sounded very much like g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eollum…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat would Andy’s most iconic characters make of the man who brought them to life?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 76.3752px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 17.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 28.9007%; height: 17.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 69.6809%; height: 17.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAndy Serkis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 28.9007%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 69.6809%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 28.9007%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003ePages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 69.6809%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e400\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 28.9007%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eISBN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 69.6809%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e9781529963014\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58600244543871,"sku":"BOOK4240","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0012\/7732\/9462\/files\/my-pressures-SIGNED.jpg?v=1790940223","url":"https:\/\/gayprideshop.co.uk\/products\/andy-serkis-my-pressures-the-bizarrely-true-story-of-andy-serkis-signed-copy","provider":"www.gayprideshop.co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}