Gary Oldman Calls His Performance In Harry Potter As Sirius Black 'Mediocre'

Veteran legend Gary Oldman, known for his versatile filmography, recently critiqued his performance in the Harry Potter franchise.

New Delhi: Veteran legend Gary Oldman, known for his versatile filmography, recently critiqued his performance in the Harry Potter franchise. Oldman played the role of Harry Potter's godfather Sirius Black. In a recent interactiom, Oldman called his character portrayal in the film series 'mediocre'.

Speaking at the latest episode of Josh Horowitz's Happy Sad Confused podcast, Gary Oldman shared, "I think my work is mediocre in it,” he said, adding that he could have played the role "differently."

Gary Oldman said that his appraoch would 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 added, referring to the late Alan Rickman, who played Severus Snape in the franchise.

Gary Oldman was seen in the third Harry Potter film in 2004, 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'. He then appeared again in 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenic' and did a shot cameo in the final movie 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2'.

"It's like anything, if I sat and watched myself in something and said, 'My god, I'm amazing,' that would be a very sad day,” said Oldman. “Because you want to make the next thing better."

However, recently, Oldman appreciated the franchise films in an interview with Drew Barrymore and shared that the Harry Potter and the Dark Knight trilogy helped him in general, in life.

"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 told Barrymore.

“At 42 years old, I woke up divorced and I had custody of these boys and so that, in itself, was... That was hard because there was a shift in the industry where a lot of productions were being [filmed in] — it was Hungary, Budapest, Prague, Australia, you know, all of these places," he added.