In The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Gollum refers to the One Ring as “my precious.” The possessive phrase reflects his intense attachment to the object and his corrupted relationship with it.
Gollum was once Sméagol, but the Ring’s influence and his long isolation transform him physically and psychologically. Although he appears briefly in the first film, his history is crucial to understanding why the Ring is dangerous and why its destruction matters.
The 2001 film was directed by Peter Jackson and adapted from J. R. R. Tolkien’s fantasy novel. Andy Serkis performed Gollum through motion-capture and voice work, though the fully developed character appears more prominently in the later films. The Ring’s power and history are explained across the trilogy rather than in one scene.