Sometimes a certain role is assigned to an actor, and many representatives of this profession call it a real curse. But Gary Oldman doesn’t have such problems – with amazing talent he plays the roles of various characters. Moreover, in the opinion of many fans, the roles of intellectual and charismatic villains are especially good for him. It is difficult to argue with this – what is the only role of Mr. Zorg in the Fifth Element!
Oldman has an older sister who also became an actress. As a child, he mastered playing the piano and wanted to connect his life with music, but later made a choice in favor of an acting career. He was also fond of boxing. In his youth, he earned his first money as a porter at the slaughterhouse. Gary Oldman received an Oscar in 2018 for the role of Winston Churchill in the biographical film Dark Times. Before the first time in the movie, he played for nine years on the theater stage, having received several awards during this time.
The alcohol problems that had plagued Gary Oldman in the past caused several divorces in his life. However, he was cured of this disease for a very long time. Oldman agreed to the role of Mr. Zorg in the Fifth Element, without even reading the script, stating that, since the director of the film is Luc Besson, this film cannot be bad. After the role of Count Dracula in the eponymous film, Gary Oldman began to actively invite negative characters to play. For the role of Dracula, he specifically worked with a professional singer to learn how to control his voice and lower it by one octave.
He took part in the character dubbing of several computer games and cartoons. Negative characters Gary Oldman played more than positive. For two years he was married to Ume Thurman. In his own words, Oldman’s desire to become an actor was influenced by Malcolm McDowell’s play in one of the films that he had seen as a child. For the role of Sid Vishez in Sid and Nancy, Gary Oldman purposefully lost a lot of weight. He even overdid it, because of what he ended up in the hospital.
For the role of Beethoven, he practiced playing the piano for five hours every day, making sure that his hand movements looked flawless. Oldman is friends with Daniel Radcliffe, who played Harry Potter in the franchise of the same name. They met in person on the set of The Prisoner of Azkaban. In 2017, the actor got married for the fifth time. One day in 1991, Gary Oldman was arrested by the police for drunk driving.
