Skip to content
Search AI Powered

Latest Stories

Gary Oldman Drags His 'Mediocre' Performance In The 'Harry Potter' Film Series

Gary Oldman
Dominik Bindl/Getty Images

The Oscar winner didn't have kind words for his work as Sirius Black in the 'Harry Potter' film series while chatting on the 'Happy Sad Confused' podcast.

Gary Oldman claimed his performance as Pure-Blood wizard Sirius Black in the Harry Potter movies was "mediocre" in an interview.

On the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the 65-year-old Oscar winner said:


“I think my work is mediocre in it."

He continued with a nod to his late co-star Alan Rickman:

“Maybe if I had read [J.K. Rowling’s] books, like Alan, if I got ahead of the curve, if I had known what’s coming, I honestly think I would’ve played it differently."

You can watch the bit on a clip shared on X (formerly Twitter) here.


While Oldman was tough on himself over his portrayal of Sirius Black, Harry Potter fans thought otherwise.







Others gave him props for being honest.





But the majority were convinced he was still nothing short of brilliant.


The celebrated actor, known for portraying Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), James "Jim" Gordon in The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012), and Dreyfus in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), said he would take his roles "on the fire and burn it and do it all again."

“It’s like anything. If I sat and watched myself in something and said, ‘My, God, I’m amazing,’ right? That would be a very sad day, because you want to make the next thing better,” said the actor, adding that it was all “so subjective.”

Here is the full episode.

Gary Oldman talks SLOW HORSES, HARRY POTTER, BATMAN I Happy Sad Confusedyoutu.be


Despite the criticism of his performances, Oldman expressed gratitude for his roles in the Harry Potter and Batman films during an appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show on December 14.

The roles came amid his 2001 divorce and custody battle with photographer Donya Fiorentino, with whom Oldman had two sons, Gulliver (born in 1997) and Charlie (born in 1999).

“Thank God for ‘Harry Potter.' I tell you, the two—‘Batman’ and ‘Harry Potter’—really, they saved me, because it meant that I could do the least amount of work for the most amount of money and then be home with the kids," he said.

Oldman has been married five times. He is currently married to writer and art curator Gisele Schmidt, whom he wed in August 2017 in a private ceremony.

He has another son, Alfie, from a previous marriage when he was married in 1987 to his ex-wife, English actor Lesley Manville.

Oldman and Manville remain friends and through Alfie they have two grandchildren, Matilda and Ozzy.

More from Entertainment/tv-and-movies

Karla Sofia Gascón
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic

'Emilia Pérez' Star Opens Up About Getting Hit With Transphobic Hate And Death Threats

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, actor Karla Sofia Gascón opened up about the transphobic hate and vile death threats she's received since her critically acclaimed performance in Netflix's Emilia Pérez.

The film, a maximalist musical darkly comedic crime film that also stars actors Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez, won the Jury Prize and the Best Actress award for its female ensemble at last year's Cannes Film Festival. It is about a cartel leader (Gascón) who enlists the help of an attorney (Saldaña) to help her fake her own death by undergoing a gender transition.

Keep ReadingShow less
Screenshots of dog-owner being reunited with his dog
@LizKreutzNews/X

Man Who Lost Home To LA Wildfires Has Emotional Reunion With Dog He Feared Had Perished

Raging wildfires continue to devastate areas throughout Los Angeles County since January 7, primarily due to a lack of humidity and powerful wind gusts.

Thousands of LA residents were forced to leave under mandatory evacuation orders while surrounding neighborhoods in Red Flag Warning zones are on standby as firefighters continue fighting the blazes around the clock.

Keep ReadingShow less
Khabib Nurmagomedov; screenshot from @viceplayer28's TikTok video
Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images, @viceplayer28/TikTok

Frontier Airlines Responds To Outrage After Muslim UFC Champ Was Kicked Off Flight

Former UFC Lightweight Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has responded after viral clips showed him getting kicked off a flight following a dispute over seating arrangements with a flight attendant.

According to a TMZ report, the boarding dust-up took place on a flight leaving Las Vegas' Harry Reid International Airport on Saturday.

Keep ReadingShow less
Donald Trump; Screenshot of Tom Emmer
Scott Olson/Getty Images; Tom Emmer

GOP Rep. Dragged For His Awkwardly Fawning Reaction To Past Criticism From Trump

Minnesota Republican Representative Tom Emmer, the House Majority Whip, was mocked online after he had only glowing things to say about President-elect Donald Trump despite Trump's negative assessment of him from 2023.

That year, the former president took to Truth Social to deride Emmer as “totally out-of-touch with Republican Voters” and a “Globalist RINO," even getting on the phone with members of Congress to stress he would not support Emmer's bid for the House speakership.

Keep ReadingShow less
A woman in a hospital bed
a woman laying in a hospital bed with an iv in her hand

People's Wildest 'I Should Have Died But Didn't' Experiences

Many of us sometimes wish we were given a different life.

We grew up in a different place, found ourselves working a different career, or, in more extreme cases, were born into a different family.

Keep ReadingShow less