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Gary Oldman recalls apologising to Demi Moore for drunken behaviour on the set of 1995 film Scarlet Letter

Gary Oldman recalls apologising to Demi Moore for drunken behaviour on the set of 1995 film Scarlet Letter

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Apr 29, 2025 04:48 PM IST The 67-year-old actor, who portrayed Arthur Dimmesdale in the 1995 adaptation, spoke about the impact of his drinking during that time. English actor Gary Oldman, renowned for his portrayals of complex characters including Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour and Jackson Lamb in Slow Horses, has opened up about his past struggles with alcohol, revealing how it impacted his professionalism on the set of the 1995 film The Scarlet Letter, where he starred opposite Demi Moore. Gary Oldman recalled apologising to Demi Moore for his drunken behaviour during the shooting of Scarlet Letter The Oscar-winning actor, played Arthur Dimmesdale in the romantic drama, which featured Demi in the lead role. Reflecting on that period in an interview with Radio Times, Gary admitted he was battling intermittent bouts of drinking during the production. “I think the worst thing you can do is inspire disappointment. I was in The Scarlet Letter with Demi Moore, and I had intermittent bouts of boozing during filming. It was towards the end of [my drinking] where …

Slow Horses Season 4: When and where to watch new episodes of Gary Oldman series | Web Series

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Sep 04, 2024 09:21 PM IST The first episode of Slow Horses season 4 has kicked off. The Emmy-nominated spy series is based on Mick Herron’s novel Slough House. The fourth season of Slow Horses is finally here! The first episode has even introduced a bunch of new faces who will join Gary Oldman‘s Jackson Lamb. It includes Joanna Scanlan as Moira, Ruth Bradley as Emma and Tom Brooke as JK. The first episode, titled Identity Theft, released on Apple TV+ on September 4. (Also read: Gary Oldman’s Slow Horses season 4 gets a stellar 100% Rotten Tomatoes score; rave early reviews) Gary Oldman in a still from Slow Horses. More about Slow Horses Season 4 premiere Slow Horses will premiere one episode per week and run from September 4 to October 9. Season 4, which has 6 episodes, will premiere one episode every Wednesday. Episode 2 titled A Stranger Comes to Town will also premiere on September 4. The details for the rest of the episodes will be announced soon. Early reviews of the …

Gary Oldman Opens Up On Regrets Playing Sirius Black In ‘Harry Potter’ Film, “There Was Such Secrecy…”

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Gary Oldman Opens Up On Regrets Playing Sirius Black ( Photo Credit – IMDb ) Gary Oldman has a few regrets about playing Sirius Black in the “Harry Potter” film franchise. Oscar-winner Gary Oldman portrayed Harry’s fugitive godfather, Sirius Black, in four films, first appearing in the third Harry Potter movie, 2004’s “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.” Gary Oldman later reprised his role in “Goblet of Fire” and “Order of the Phoenix.,” before making a final appearance in “Deathly Hallows — Part 2.” During an interview with Josh Horowitz on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast last year, Gary Oldman called his performance in the movies “mediocre” compared to the late Alan Rickman, who portrayed Severus Snape. The “Darkest Hour” actor explained that he didn’t prepare for the part by reading J.K. Rowling’s fantasy novels as Rickman did. According to Indiewire, during the Cannes Film Festival, Gary Oldman revealed what he really regretted about his role in the Harry Potter Films. Gary Oldman admitted that he’s hypercritical of his performance in every move. He …

Gary Oldman says he jumped at chance to be in Cannes drama ‘Parthenope’ | Hollywood

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By Hanna Rantala and Miranda Murray Gary Oldman says he jumped at chance to be in Cannes drama ‘Parthenope’ CANNES, France -Gary Oldman jumped at the chance to be in Italian director Paolo Sorrentino’s new coming-of-age drama, “Parthenope,” even if it was just a small role, the Oscar-winning actor told Reuters. Unlock exclusive access to the latest news on India’s general elections, only on the HT App. Download Now! Download Now! “I was in anyway. I didn’t care what it would have been either,” said Oldman on Wednesday at the Cannes Film Festival, where the competition film celebrated its premiere. Oldman has a bit part as melancholic American novelist John Cheever. The title character, a long-haired beauty played by newcomer Celeste Dalla Porta, is inexplicably drawn to him on vacation. Parthenope enchants the men in her life, and the film follows her from her birth in the waters of the Bay of Naples to her last day before retiring as a professor of anthropology. Sorrentino said his own life experience gave him the idea of …

Gary Oldman says his performance as Sirius Black in Harry Potter was ‘mediocre’ | Hollywood

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Gary Oldman recently critiqued his performance in the Harry Potter franchise. Oldman, who played Harry’s godfather Sirius Black in the movies, believes his portrayal of the character was “mediocre.” The actor’s Apple TV+ series Slow Horses returned for a third season in November.  Gary Oldman recently critiqued his performance in the Harry Potter franchise (Amazon Prime Video) Oldman made the comments on the latest episode of Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast. “I think my work is mediocre in it,” he said, adding that he thinks he could have played the role “differently.” Wrap up the year gone by & gear up for 2024 with HT! Click here Oldman went on to say that his approach may have been different if he had read the books, written by J.K. Rowling, before acting in the films. “Maybe if I had read the books like Alan, if I had got ahead of the curve, if I had known what’s coming, I honestly think I would have played it differently,” Oldman said, referring to the late Alan Rickman, who played …

Gary Oldman is thankful for Harry Potter and Batman films: ‘They saved me’ | Hollywood

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Gary Oldman has thanked the Harry Potter franchise and the Batman franchise for saving his life. In his latest appearance at The Drew Barrymore show, Gary expressed his sincere gratitude to both the film franchises he starred in, and said how those films helped him raise his children after his divorce. (Also read: Gary Oldman says he wants to retire from acting in near future) Gary Oldman talked about his career decisions while being a single parent. What Gary Oldman said For the unversed, Gary played Sirius Black in the Harry Potter films, and as James “Jim” Gordon in the Batman films. Talking about his career in retrospect at The Drew Barrymore Show, the Academy Award-winning actor said: “At 42 years old, I woke up divorced and I had custody of [my] boys. That, in itself, was… that was hard because there was a shift in the industry where a lot of productions were being [filmed in] Hungary, Budapest, Prague, Australia, you know, all of these places. So, I turned down a lot of work. …