Gary Oldman Video Interview On ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’

Gary Oldman, the legendary English actor, stars with Colin Firth in the film version of the John le Carré novel, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. In the film, Oldman plays George Smiley, an English spy taken out of retirement to investigate a potential mole in a senior role in British intelligence. For Oldman, the process of discovering and developing his character was an intricate one. “You know, you draw on really what you can, you use a bit of your own life, and a bit of the book, and I met with John le Carré, and you use a little of him. You piece it together like a jigsaw. Actually, it’s like a Rubik’s cube, you want to get all the sides lined up,” remarks Oldman in the interview.

Oldman has had an incredibly successful career in Hollywood. He first rose to prominence portraying Sid Vicious in 1986’s Sid and Nancy, and has more recently appeared as Sirius Black in the Harry Potter films and as James Gordon in Christopher Nolan’s Batman reboot. Oldman has been nominated for every major award and was named by Tom Hardy, who also appears in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, as “the greatest actor in the history of film.”

Whether this is true or not, Oldman is undoubtedly a legend, an actor whose roles continue to challenge us. Oldman takes questions exclusively from users of Uinterview.com here.

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