"Any actor who tells you that they have become the people they play, unless they're clearly diagnosed as a schizophrenic, is bullshitting you." Gary Oldman
An actor that can one moment make you cheer him and whatever cause he’s fighting for and the next make you cringe as he tortures your favorite hero with nothing but a glance.
Gary Oldman is this weeks
Bad Ass Mofo! Born in New Cross, London, England, I actually had no idea that he was English until I saw an interview with him. One f his memorable roles was in
Leon The Professional where he chases a little girl after murdering her entire family in broad daylight in a ratty apartment. His breakout role came in the form of playing Sid Vicious in
Sid & Nancy. He has the ability to transform himself physically almost becoming whatever role he is playing. In
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban he looks crazy way too easily.
While looking for images for this I had trouble finding him not looking insane.
Observe! Now this is crazy. In
The 5th Element he managed to look like this but still be deadly. How many people can pull this look off? He also played Lee Harvey Oswald in
JFK and the creepy yet attractive Dracula in
Bram Stoker’s Dracula. He was the only good thing about that film by the way. If you really want to scare yourself check him out in
True Romance. And have you seen him in
Air Force One? Damn, he was insane! I know I keep talking about how nuts and dangerous he is but like I said he does play the good guy sometimes.
In the new
Batman films he has played Commissioner Gordon, ally and friend of The Dark Knight. When I first heard that he was going to be in the movie I got so excited because I knew he would do it right. I recently watched him in
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and his performance was great. He didn’t even have to talk all that much to make you know exactly how he was feeling in each scene. Gary Oldman has been and will continue to be one of the best actors to ever live and a
BAM forever. Married multiple times, even to
Uma Thurman, he has been voted one of the sexiest men alive in publications. Way to go, Oldman!
1 comment:
Gary Oldman can always be depended on to bring the edge to whatever role he's in. He consistently out-acts anyone who is co-starring with him.
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