Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (USE SPOILER TAGS!)

[toddly6666]

Originally Posted by Sknyfs

Im not saying he hasn't .. I was just saying. Before Dark Knight i wasnot familiar with him...

This is the moment when I tell you to blind buy Luc Besson's The Professional on Blu-ray and you'll realize how strange it was not to own this movie on Blu-ray after watching this masterpiece.

[ONE_DAY_AS_A_LION]

Originally Posted by Sknyfs

Im not saying he hasn't .. I was just saying. Before Dark Knight i wasnot familiar with him...

Are you serious???? This guy is only one of the greatest actors in the past 20 years!!!!!!!

Go now and check out his movies, there are so many great ones before DK.

[aiman04]

Gary Oldman hardly acted in a British speaking role. He's known better for his American roles.

[AmrlKJaneway]

Originally Posted by frogmort

Gary Oldman is one of my favorites. I would love for them to get him for this. I really like his more serious roles, but also really liked his neo-redneck accent as Zorg.

Loved that one!

I never knew he was British, and I've been watching his films since I was a kid. I thought he was putting it on in Lost In Space.

He's seriously great. I called him a "chameleon" as a kid, because he just absorbs his roles. I thought Commissioner Gordon looked like someone reached into the comic and just yanked him out. I didn't even see Gary Oldman through the role when I watched the first one in cinemas. Perfect!

[frogmort]

Gary Oldman is one of my favorites. I would love for them to get him for this. I really like his more serious roles, but also really liked his neo-redneck accent as Zorg.

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by AmrlKJaneway

Loved that one!

I never knew he was British, and I've been watching his films since I was a kid. I thought he was putting it on in Lost In Space.

He's seriously great. I called him a "chameleon" as a kid, because he just absorbs his roles. I thought Commissioner Gordon looked like someone reached into the comic and just yanked him out. I didn't even see Gary Oldman through the role when I watched the first one in cinemas. Perfect!

How did you quote me before I posted? Sorry, I was having trouble with the picture and reposted.

Yeah, he's so incredibly versatile. I really hope to see him in the new Star Wars movie.

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Originally Posted by Sknyfs

Im not saying he hasn't .. I was just saying. Before Dark Knight i wasnot familiar with him...

I'm tired of your Mickey Mouse bullsh*t!

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[ZoetMB]

Originally Posted by AmrlKJaneway

He's seriously great. I called him a "chameleon" as a kid, because he just absorbs his roles.

You're absolutely right. There aren't too many actors who completely disappear into the role, but Oldman does it in almost every role. It's almost hard to believe that the villains in "The Fifth Element" and "Air Force One" and Gordon in the Batman films are played by the same actor. Even his villains are totally different from each other. And his Sirius Black was a different character yet again and so was his Dracula. Even Meryl Streep doesn't disappear the way he does. Brando did it in The Godfather. DeNiro does it to a certain extent, but we still always know it's DeNiro. I can't think of anyone else. Even Dustin Hoffman doesn't disappear like Gary Oldman does. Ben Kingsley sometimes pulls it off.

I think Oldman is the most unheralded great actor working today.

[the sordid sentinel]

Gary Oldman's performance in True Romance is the one that really blows me away. Talk about a transformation..wow. For a guy that comes off as so friendly and affable in interviews he can really turn on the menace when it is called for. One of the top 10 working actors IMO.

[cinemaphile]

Originally Posted by the sordid sentinel

gary oldman's performance in true romance is the one that really blows me away. Talk about a transformation..wow. for a guy that comes off as so friendly and affable in interviews he can really turn on the menace when it is called for. One of the top 10 working actors imo.

YES! absolutely this!

[spanky87]

I hope the casting of the young characters is inspired and not the safe predictable choices of Chloe Grace Moretz, Miles Teller, Zac Efron etc.

[cinemaphile]

Originally Posted by spanky87

I hope the casting of the young characters is inspired and not the safe predictable choices of Chloe Grace Moretz, Miles Teller, Zac Efron etc.

I dont think it will be. Look at the young people he cast in Super 8. Almost all unknowns, and they did a phenomenal job.

[aiman04]

Originally Posted by cinemaphile

I dont think it will be. Look at the young people he cast in Super 8. Almost all unknowns, and they did a phenomenal job.

But those names were called by the production for roles.

[cinemaphile]

Originally Posted by aiman04

But those names were called by the production for roles.

but i also would not have a problem with any of those names. I can see them all fitting just fine.

[avilab]

Originally Posted by aiman04

Gary Oldman! Please make it happen.

Go watch State of Grace, where he plays a drunken brother of a small mob boss and prepare to be blown away by a masterful transformation.

[cinemaphile]

Originally Posted by avilab

Go watch State of Grace, where he plays a drunken brother of a small mob boss and prepare to be blown away by a masterful transformation.

Do not, however, watch Tiptoes.

[Bucky]

Originally Posted by cinemaphile

Do not, however, watch Tiptoes.

That was one of Oldman's best performances.

[blonde_devil]

Originally Posted by spanky87

I hope the casting of the young characters is inspired and not the safe predictable choices of Chloe Grace Moretz, Miles Teller, Zac Efron etc.

Predictable doesn't have to mean bad. Remember for a lot of people, including myself, those young actors have no name value as they are from a Disney background for the most part and that means nothing to an adult audience. As long as they fit the part, I don't care who they cast but considering it is Disney behind it, there is always a chance you will see someone with a Disney background in the roles.

With Gary Oldman, could be interesting. I haven't watched a ton of his work but I know it usually gets recognition so adding him probably won't hurt the movie unless they decide to do something dumb and cast him as a stormtrooper

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by blonde_devil

Predictable doesn't have to mean bad. Remember for a lot of people, including myself, those young actors have no name value as they are from a Disney background for the most part and that means nothing to an adult audience. As long as they fit the part, I don't care who they cast but considering it is Disney behind it, there is always a chance you will see someone with a Disney background in the roles.

With Gary Oldman, could be interesting. I haven't watched a ton of his work but I know it usually gets recognition so adding him probably won't hurt the movie unless they decide to do something dumb and cast him as a stormtrooper

Disney's not casting the movie, LucasFilm is. Disney doesn't cast the Marvel movies, they don't cast the Pixar films, and they won't be casting the Star Wars films.

[Jar Jar Stinks]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

Disney's not casting the movie, LucasFilm is. Disney doesn't cast the Marvel movies, they don't cast the Pixar films, and they won't be casting the Star Wars films.

Don't be naive.