Gary Oldman - These two movie roles "saved" him
Gary Oldman (65) is grateful in many ways for his roles in the "Harry Potter" and "Batman" film series. They not only made him internationally famous and successful. The film projects also "saved" him in his private life after a difficult time.
"I thank God for Harry Potter," said the Brit on Drew Barrymore's show (48 ), recalling his chaotic divorce and custody battle at the time with his ex-wife Donya Fiorentino, with whom he has two sons. The two separated in 2001 after four years of marriage. At the age of 42, he "woke up divorced and had custody of my boys".
Gary Oldman had to look after his children
That alone was difficult, says Oldman. Then there was also "a change" in the film industry, with many productions being shot in Hungary, Budapest, Prague and Australia. He therefore had to turn down a lot of work.
He is all the more grateful for his roles in "Harry Potter" and "Batman". In 2004, Oldman first appeared as Sirius Black in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban". In 2005, he played police chief James Gordon for the first time in "Batman Begins". The film roles, which he also played in the sequels, "saved" him because he could have stayed at home with his children for them and he did little work for "the most money".
He has married five times
Gary Oldman has been married to author and curator Gisele Schmidt for the fifth time since 2017. He first tied the knot with "The Crown" actress Lesley Manville (67) at the end of the 1980s, and the two have a son together. He was married to Uma Thurman (53) from 1990 to 1992 and then to Donya Fiorentino. He had two more sons with the latter. Oldman married singer Alexandra Edenborough in 2008 and filed for divorce in 2015.
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Source: www.stern.de
