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Khaleej Times
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Khaleej Times
Gary Oldman, Hollywood's go-to bad guy, on facing typecast in film industry
Actor Gary Oldman opened up about facing typecasting in the entertainment industry in the past, saying that he once was the go-to guy for the casting directors who needed a bad guy. While discussing his performance as Dr Zachary Smith in Lost in Space during a recent interview with Variety, the actor said that there was a point in his career when he was the primary choice of the makers for villain roles in movies. "I got sort of typecast for a while. I became kind of like the poster boy for the 'rent-a-villain.' Sort of, 'Oh, we need a villain and we'll get Gary.' I don't know how that happened, but it happened," Oldman was quoted as saying. "And it was fun for a while, but eventually, I just put a stop to it. It got a little old. But they are fun to play." Oldman likened the character of Dr Zachary Smith to another one of his iconic villain roles, Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg from The Fifth Element, which was directed by Luc Besson and was released in 1997. "[ Lost in Space ] was fun, great cast. I thought the story, it was a lot to put in. It was a lot of movie in two hours. But [Dr. Zachary Smith] was fun to play because it's a villain with a tongue in the cheek or a little twinkle in the eye," Oldman said. One of Oldman's first major switches from villain to hero was when he joined Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy as Commissioner Gordon. David S Goyer, who wrote Batman Begins and The Dark Knight for Nolan, recently recalled on the Happy Sad Confused podcast that he was "very surprised" to hear Oldman had landed the role, given his villain status. "Now that I'm a more experienced filmmaker, I realised that it's really exciting to cast against type," Goyer was quoted as saying by Variety. "It's exciting for filmmakers, and it's also exciting for the actors." Oldman will be seen in the fifth season of the Slow Horses series. The actor has been playing the lead role in this web series since season one. The fifth season is set to premiere this year.
Mint
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Mint
'I became kind of like poster boy for the rent-a-villain': Gary Oldman on facing typecast in film industry
Washington DC [US], June 18 (ANI): Actor Gary Oldman opened up about facing typecasting in the entertainment industry in the past, saying that he once was the go-to guy for the casting directors who needed a bad guy, reported Variety. While discussing his performance as Dr. Zachary Smith in 'Lost in Space' during a recent interview with Variety, the actor said that there was a point in his career when he was the primary choice of the makers for villain roles in movies. "I got sort of typecast for a while. I became kind of like the poster boy for the 'rent-a-villain.' Sort of, 'Oh, we need a villain and we'll get Gary.' I don't know how that happened, but it happened. And it was fun for a while, but eventually, I just put a stop to it. It got a little old. But they are fun to play," said Gary Oldman as quoted by Variety. Oldman went on to compare the character of Dr. Zachary Smith to another one of his iconic villain roles, Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg from 'The Fifth Element', which was directed by Luc Besson and was released in 1997. "This particularly, like 'The Fifth Element,' much like 'Lost in Space,' they're comic villains. ['Lost in Space'] was fun, great cast. I thought the story, it was a lot to put in. It was a lot of movie in two hours. But [Dr. Zachary Smith] was fun to play because it's a villain with a tongue in the cheek or a little twinkle in the eye," said Oldman as quoted by Variety. According to Variety, one of Oldman's first major switches from villain to hero was when he joined Christopher Nolan's 'Batman' trilogy as Commissioner Gordon. David S Goyer, who wrote 'Batman Begins' and 'The Dark Knight' for Nolan, recently recalled on the 'Happy Sad Confused' podcast that he was "very surprised" to hear Oldman had landed the role, given his villain status, reported Variety. "Now that I'm a more experienced filmmaker, I realised that it's really exciting to cast against type. It's exciting for filmmakers, and it's also exciting for the actors," said Goyer as quoted by Variety. Gary Oldman will be next seen in the fifth season of 'Slow Horses' series. The actor has been playing the lead role in this web series since season one. The fifth season is set to premiere this year. (ANI)
The Independent
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Fans praise ‘insane' production speed of Slow Horses
Gary Oldman announced that season seven of Slow Horses will begin filming in late September or early October this year, surprising fans who are awaiting the release of season five in September. Viewers have lauded the quick turnaround between seasons, contrasting it with Apple TV's Severance and Netflix 's Stranger Things. Oldman, who plays Jackson Lamb, expressed his fondness for the series, calling it "the wonderful gift that keeps on giving." Season six, which has already finished filming, will feature Lenny Rush and involve the Slow Horses in a high-stakes game of retaliation. Critics, including The Independent's Nick Hilton, have praised "Slow Horses" for its consistency and enjoyability.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Gary Oldman Names The Film Of His He's 'Triggered' By When He Sees It
Sir Gary Oldman has admitted there's one hugely popular film of his that he still struggles to sit through. The newly-knighted British actor recently sat down with the Happy Sad Confused podcast for a career-spanning conversation about his life and acting. During the discussion, host Josh Horowitz brought up The Fifth Element, the sci-fi movie Sir Gary starred in back in 1997. While the film – which also featured Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich and Chris Tucker – split opinion down the middle upon its original release, it's since gone on to become a cult classic with a loyal following. However, it seems Sir Gary is not a part of that. The Oscar winner revealed that while his wife of eight years, Gisele Schmidt, has talked him round from hating the film, it's still not one he'd want to watch without her encouragement. 'She has convinced me that it's a better film than I think it is,' he said, to laughter from the audience. 'I'm contaminated, because I was the one who had that haircut. And I was the one who was wearing rubber. So, others can experience it in a different way. I get a little triggered when I see it, and I go back to that place of Jean-Paul Gaultier and rubber.' He added: 'Bruce didn't like [that] either. You know that orange vest that he wears? He hated it.' During a 2014 interview with Playboy, Sir Gary claimed he 'can't bear' watching The Fifth Element, having said at a Bafta event years earlier: 'It was me singing for my supper because [director Luc Besson] had come in and partly financed Nil By Mouth.' It's fair to say that Sir Gary has no issues criticising his own past work, though. That same Playboy interview saw him admitting he's unimpressed with his own performance in Sid & Nancy, claiming he 'didn't want to make it in the first place' and was 'talked into it at the time'. In 2023, he also described his performance as Sirius Black in the Harry Potter movies as 'mediocre'. 'If I sat and watched myself in something and said, 'My God, I'm amazing,' that would be a very sad day, because you want to make the next thing better,' he added. 'I Was Broke': Gary Oldman Gets Honest About Starring In 1 Of The Most Hated Films Ever Gary Oldman Reveals Why He Had To Apologise To Demi Moore On The Set Of The Scarlet Letter We Want To Knight Gary Oldman All Over Again After These Exciting Slow Horses Updates
Forbes
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
A Wild Update About ‘Slow Horses' Season 5, 6 And 7 On Apple TV+
Slow Horses Apple TV+ In 2025, there are the 95% of streaming shows that are taking anywhere from 1.5 to 3 years to put out new seasons, and there is Slow Horses. At this point, the Apple TV+ spy show is an anomaly like nothing in the current market, as this latest update from Deadline demonstrates. Slow Horses has been making new seasons at absolutely blinding speed, and this new update shows just how crazy it's getting: Usually, a way to get a season out relatively quickly is to be on top of things to the point where you can be writing or even shooting as the current season is airing. But you read that correctly, the next season is already finished before season 5 is airing, and then the season after that, season 7, will be filming as season 5 is airing. I'm not sure there is anything like this happening in the market, even on more traditional broadcast TV. Slow Horses season 1 was released in April 2022. We will now get season 5 in September 2025, five seasons in three and a half years. Then what, six seasons in four? Seven seasons in five? It's certainly possible at this pace. It helps that the seasons are six episodes long, but even still, it's something of a miracle. Slow Horses Apple TV+ It's not as if the show is pumping out garbage. Quite the opposite. The series is one of the best on TV, landing Best Drama nominations for the series and Best Actor in a Drama nominations for star Gary Oldman, the recently knighted actor who says he will play the Jackson Lamb role forever, which is no doubt pleasing to Apple. The series has a 98% critic score across its four seasons, perfect 100s for seasons 2 and 4, 98% for season 3 and 95% for season 1. Again, there's nothing quite like this on TV. However, Slow Horses is somewhat cursed with the Apple TV+ association due to the fact that every time I try to bring the series up, almost no one has seen it, and few are even aware it exists. It's yet another example of Apple TV+ arguably being the best streaming service, given its proportion of great shows paired with how few people actually subscribe to it or watch it. It's unfortunate, and I recommend checking it out immediately. You have four seasons you can binge already. Follow me on Twitter, YouTube, Bluesky and Instagram. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.
