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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Kevin E G Perry

Gary Oldman says Batman and Harry Potter roles ‘saved me’

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Gary Oldman has said that his casting in the Harry Potter and Dark Knight film franchises “saved him”, both professionally and personally.

During an appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show, Oldman reflected on the fact that his career was slowing down around the turn of the century, at the same time he was going through a divorce from his third wife Donya Fiorentino, with whom he has two sons.

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