Among many actors that made the ‘Harry Potter‘ universe the wonder that it is, is the 65-year-old actor Gary Oldman. Apart from his brilliant acting, the Oscar winner is also known for his candidness. Oldman speaks his mind, and he has done it yet again.
Though he was much loved for his portrayal of Sirius Black in the movie, the actor himself does not seem quite happy with his own performance. The actor recently opened up about his role in the ‘Harry Potter‘ franchise, and what he said was the last thing his fans would have expected.
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Gary Oldman Says “It Would Be A Sad Day” When He Thinks He Is Amazing
Speaking on the ‘Happy Sad Confused‘ podcast hosted by Josh Horowitz, Oldman bluntly said, “I think my work is mediocre in it,” referring to his character Sirius Black, the godfather of the boy wizard.
The actor mentioned that he perhaps would have been able to do better justice to the role had he read the books before taking up the role. “Maybe if I had read the books … if I had known what was coming, I honestly think I would have played it differently,” he said.
The actor clarified that this self-criticizing stance is not limited to this particular role, it extends to some of his other roles as well. He asserted that it has more to do with his general approach towards his work and the satisfaction he aims to draw from it.
“I’ll tell you what it is. It’s like anything, I think if I sat and watched myself in something and said, ‘My God, I’m amazing,’ that would be a very sad day because you want to make the next thing better,” he said.
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Gary Oldman Says Acting Is Subjective And Personal
Talking about how acting is a subjective art, Oldman said, “It’s so subjective. It’s such a personal thing that you’re looking at that other people are not seeing. … It’s not to disrespect someone who says to me, ‘Oh, I really love you in that movie,’ and I’m thinking, ‘I’m terrible in that movie. What are they talking about?’ It’s not that. It’s (that) they’re seeing something else.”
Oldman joined the ‘Harry Potter‘ franchise in ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’ released in 2004. He appeared in two more films of the franchise before his character died in ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix‘ released in 2007.
Despite his self-critical evaluation, Oldman said Sirius Black’s death made him sad. “I’m still upset about that,” Oldman said. He further added that the entire cast was “taking bets, you know, it’s Hagrid, and I was there going, no, no, no, maybe it’s Ron. And then you kind of open the script and you go, it’s me. I’m out of here.”
Whether or not Oldman is happy with his character, we will always remember him as the Sirius Black we loved as much as Harry did.
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