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Gary Oldman Says ‘Thank God’ for ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Dark Knight’ Movies Because ‘They Saved Me’ (variety.com)
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[–] 37 points 2 years ago (7 children)

If those movies are what he call least amount of work, I love to see one where he went all in. Cause he was awesome in this ones.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    "EVERYOOONEEEE"

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  • [–] [S] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Leon is such a good movie. One of the first of the Oldman unhinged performances I can remember.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago*

    That and Bram Stokers Dracula were my introductions to him and some of my favorite characters to this day. He just completely owns the roles and defines the characters in ways nobody else can. He can be completely over the top and at the same time be completely believable. Gary Oldman is a great fuckin actor and any movie he's in automatically gets chance from me.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    The thing about these ones is that he is a side character for multiple movies. Both series had large casts and he was a key component to small sections of each. Large pay for little work is ideal. It's not that he didn't go all in. Just went all in for less time.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago*

    I've never thought about about it but I don't think Gordon is in the first movie all that much. They're just little scenes here and there, really.

    He's at his desk with a stapler. He's at the docks for ten seconds. He takes out the trash once. The batmobile scene. And the end when he plays with the batmobiles rockets. Aren't those the major scenes with him? I'm curious now.

    Either way he even says he worked for less than a month on it. That's pretty cool.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I don't care what anyone says, He won the Oscar for that.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago*

    Actually, he won it for playing Churchill in The Darkest Hour.
    Although I do believe Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy should have won all kinds of awards. And that includes Oldman for doing the nearly impossible as George Smiley: reprising a truly iconic Alec Guinness role and actually making it his own.

    EDIT: well it took me a minute to catch your real meaning.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Tiptoes, a movie about small (dwarfism) love where they cast Gary Oldman in the role of a lifetime.

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