Playing the iconic role of Sirius Black in the films “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” (2004), “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” (2005) and “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” (2011), Gary Oldman was self-critical during an interview with the podcast “Happy Sad Confused”.
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The renowned actor admitted that he considers his performance in the franchise to be “mediocre”, suggesting that he could have delivered a better performance if he had gone deeper into portraying the character in the books.
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“I think my work [in the film] is mediocre. I really do. Maybe if I had read the books like Alan [Rickman], if I had gotten ahead of myself, if I had known what was coming, honestly, I think I would have done it differently… But it’s like anything, if I sat down and saw myself in something saying, ‘Oh my God, I’m amazing,’ that would be a really sad day, because you want to do the next thing better,” he said. Gary.
Despite the scathing self-criticism, Oldman also acknowledged that his involvement in “Harry Potter” and “Batman” was crucial in “saving his career.” In an interview with Drew Barrymore’s show, he shared the difficult phase in which he woke up at age 42, divorced and with custody of his children, facing rejections of job opportunities due to changes in the film industry.