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Gary Oldman on Why He Does Smaller Roles in Blockbusters: “Really good leading roles are few and far between”

Gary Oldman is one of those actors who can draw me to a movie just because his name is on the poster. While unfortunately that sometimes leads me to go to screenings for movies like Paranoia, most of the time it pays off because Oldman is a great actor. However,

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Screenplay Security: Gary Oldman and Mark Strong on the Extreme Measures Studios Go Through To Keep Them Under Wraps

Losing the script of a film you’re working on is bad enough. But losing a script to one of the most anticipated sequels of all time, which also happens to be directed by one of the most tight-lipped filmmakers Christopher Nolan? That’s a potential for disaster that could make a lot of very powerful people very disappointed in you.

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Gary Oldman: “There’s always room for a white Jamaican pimp. No matter who you are, everyone should do it at least once”

“I just got tired of being the villain, or the go-to guy when you wanted someone who was an extrovert or an eccentric. There’s a villain role that came in for me recently, and I just said, ‘This is how much I want.’ [Laugh] You have to pay me this much to even get me at the table, because I’m more expensive if I play a villain!”

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