Gary Oldman gave complete justice to the character of Sirius Black but actor felt he could do it even better due to this reason.
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00:00 Gary Oldman has done variety of roles throughout his career in the Hollywood industry, but
00:06 is mainly known for the amazing character of Sirius Black from the movie Harry Potter.
00:13 Gary Sirius Black was so convincing that he is one of the most favorite characters of
00:19 many from the Harry Potter franchisee.
00:22 Though he came much later in Harry Potter frame and had life for only four parts, he
00:28 made a strong impact of his presence on the Potterheads.
00:33 But still the actor feels that his work in Harry Potter was mediocre.
00:38 It was of average quality.
00:41 In a conversation with Josh Horowitz, he talked about his role in the movie Harry Potter.
00:47 He mentioned that he didn't read any books when the character was assigned to him and
00:52 how he was guessing the plot of the movie about who would die next in the movie.
00:57 But later on he got upset to know that it was his character.
01:02 He talked about his off-screen bond with Severus Snape played by Alan Rickman.
01:07 Snape had read all the books and he was aware of the details of the movie.
01:13 Among all the other characters he played, Sirius came much in the limelight.
01:17 Gary said that he could have done much better work for the character, but he had not read
01:23 any of the books of J.K.
01:25 Rowling's Harry Potter.
01:26 He said that if he had read the books earlier, like Alan Rickman, he would have played the
01:31 character in a different way than what he did originally.
01:37 This 65-year-old actor has proved his skills by winning an Academy Award for his role of
01:43 Winston Churchill in the biographical drama Darkest Hour.
01:47 Recently, he was seen in the OTT series, Slow Horses.
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