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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Gary Oldman clarifies comments about his 'mediocre' performance in Harry Potter
Caption: Gary Oldman clarifies comments about his 'mediocre' performance in Harry Potter. The Oscar-winning actor shocked fans in December when he criticised his performance and described his portrayal of Sirius Black as "mediocre" on the Happy Sad Confused podcast. Oldman addressed his critical comments at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday, during the press conference for his new film Parthenope. "(I didn’t want to) disparage anyone out there who are fans of Harry Potter and the films and the character who I think is much beloved.", Gary Oldman, Cannes Film Festival / Press Conference. "What I meant by that is, as any artist or any actor or painter, you are always hypercritical of your own work.". "If you're not, and you're satisfied with what you're doing, that would be death to me. If I watched a performance of myself and thought, 'My God, I'm fantastic in this,' that would be a sad day." Oldman played Harry's godfather in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the Order of the Phoenix, the Goblet of Fire, and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. Repeating his comments from the December podcast, the British actor said he would have approached his portrayal of Black differently, looking back. He insisted that his comments were not a reflection on the franchise as a whole, but rather a regret that he didn't read more of J.K. Rowling's books beyond The Prisoner of Azkaban. "It's not me looking at the movie and saying it's a terrible film or I'm terrible, I just wish it had been under different circumstances." , Gary Oldman, Cannes Film Festival / Press Conference. "That's what I meant, not to be rude to any of the people out there who like that film.” THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
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