Gary Oldman talks sobriety and 'Harry Potter' at Cannes
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Imagine being in the rarified air of the Cannes Film Festival to promote a prestigious new film and having to answer questions about the children’s movie you made 20 years ago? Gary Oldman, like many of his co-stars, is stuck in that Harry Potter purgatory; no matter how many awards he wins, critically acclaimed series he stars in, or Cannes-worthy movies he promotes, he’ll still always get asked about ol’ HP. Oldman made the mistake late last year of saying he thought his performance in the...
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Gary Oldman Never Intended To Disparage ‘Harry Potter’ Fans When He Called His Sirius Black Performance “Mediocre” – Cannes
Today at the Parthenope Cannes press conference, actor Gary Oldman was asked about throwing his performance as Sirius Black in Harry Potter...
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Gary Oldman Clarifies ‘Harry Potter’ Comments Where He Called His Acting ‘Mediocre’: I’m ‘Always Hypercritical’ and if I Was ‘Satisfied,’ That ‘Would Be the Death of Me’
Gary Oldman took the opportunity to clarify his comments about his acting in the “Harry Potter” franchise during the Cannes press conference for his new film, “Parthenope,” on Wednesday. When asked about a prior comment in which he disses his performance as Sirius Black as “mediocre,” Oldman said he didn’t mean to “disparage anyone out […]