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Posts: 1927 · Joined: Feb 3, 2008 Posts: 1927

Gary Oldman is amongst the true actors of our day. Since I first watched him in Dracula, I was a fan. He plays diverse roles, and is never a "just play myself and phone it in" type of actor... unfortunately we have too many unseasoned actors who, no matter how many films they star in, will keep that unseasoned energy from either lack of effort or lack of genuine talent.

I felt that his skills in conveying emotion, depth, and character worth, made OotP all that more watchable. In a movie with actors that aren't so superb, he really shined as Sirius Black... a character that you are forced to relate to as a human, because his performance was SO human.

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He really is an incredible actor, although I'm pretty sure the only movie I've ever actually seen him in is HP.
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He's a brilliant actor!! He is definitely one of my favourites, he is just so amazing!
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Found that on Google.
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Posts: 25604 · Posted: February 11, 2008 4:27 am Post subject:

^ He looks so different in that picture!
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He went through a drastic transformation (in appearance, but most of all behavior) to become Sirius. If you didn't know any better, you might mistake them for two different people. That's the mark of a proficient actor.
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Posts: 25604 · Posted: February 11, 2008 4:48 am Post subject:

^ I agree. I get annoyed when actors play the same basic character over and over again and are called "good actor." How good can they be when all they've done is played the same character in every movie. And the kicker is, the character they are playing, is really just them playing themsselves. Truly good actors, like Gary Oldman, really become the characters and embrace that. If you sit there through the whole movie and are distracted by where you have seen the actor before, theen the actor isn't doing a very good job.
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Posts: 175 · Posted: September 16, 2008 1:28 pm Post subject:

I like him. I didn't even know he was the bad guy in The Fifth Element.
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Posts: 227 · Posted: September 16, 2008 1:52 pm Post subject:

He was also the bad guy in Air force One, with Harrison Ford. I agree that he is one of the few true actors of our time. He's a character actor and I love that. Although I was actually trying to figure out where I'd seen him before when I watched Prisoner of Azkaban, not because his acting, but because I recognized his face. But I agree that there are many actors that are considered great that really are not at all. Gary Oldman is not one of them.
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Posts: 2072 · Posted: September 16, 2008 2:29 pm Post subject:

If Gary Oldman was a little younger, I personally think he'd grow into something like the British version of Robert de Niro. Not neccessarily the attitude, but the talent.

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