“If I had read the books, I might have played the role differently,” Oldman admits.
Although “Harry Potter” probably saved the career of Sirius Black actor Gary Oldman, he is rather mediocre with his acting performance. In the Happy Bad Confused Podcast with Josh Horowitz He takes stock of his performance and explains what he thinks he could have done better.
“My work in it is mediocre”
He made his first appearance in the film series based on JK Rowling’s bestsellers in the third part, “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” in 2004. To this day, fans rave about his character and Oldman’s talent in portraying it. However, he himself says in the podcast: “I think my work in it is mediocre.” A statement with which he not only causes horror among moderator Horowitz. He adds: “No, I do. If I had read the books, like Alan Rickman, if I had been ahead of the curve, if I had known what to expect, then maybe I would have played it differently.”
In general, the actor tends to give himself less self-praise, and he has a reason for that: “It’s kind of like when I see myself somewhere and say, ‘Oh my God, I’m incredible!’ That would be a very sad day because you should always aim to get better.”
Gary Oldman guest on “Happy Bad Confused”:
“Thank God for ‘Harry Potter'”
Despite this, Gary Oldman remains grateful to this day for his role in the “Harry Potter” universe and also for his casting in “Batman” (2005, 2008 and 2012).
He recently said in the “Drew Barrymore Show”, how the two roles helped him get out of a career low. Regarding his situation at the time, he said: “At 42, I woke up divorced and had custody of my boys. That in itself was tough because there was a shift in the industry where a lot of productions were filmed in Hungary, Budapest, Prague, Australia. […] So I turned down a lot of work.”
But then came the offer to portray Sirius Black. “Thank God for ‘Harry Potter.’ […] ‘Batman’ and ‘Harry Potter’ – really saved me because they meant I could do as little work as possible for as much money as possible and then be home with the children,” he said, delighted with the happy coincidence .