10 Movie Franchises That Brilliantly Reinvented Characters

This one is pushing it just a little because Gollum is only really in the Fellowship of the Ring for seconds, but it still counts because his presence is felt.

While Gollum never had a chance to speak in The Fellowship of the Ring, and was really nothing more than some eyes and fingers, The Two Towers turns him into a real character.

Andy Serkis gave an incredible performance, and the digital artists create a stunningly convincing creature out of nothing more than pixels and coding. It was a revolution in CGI and helped create the technology James Cameron would later use to create Avatar.

But more than the technology, Gollum is funny and relatable, rather than simply being a monster. He's mentally handicapped and has the worst of luck. Although his desire is primal and his goodness is commendable, the duplicity of this character is impossible to predict, making him endlessly watchable.

While Gollum in the Fellowship of the Ring wasn't much to go off of, the reinventing of Smeagol and Gollum gives the Two Towers and all of cinema one of the best (and most quotable) characters of all time.