Gary Oldman has claimed his Harry Potter performance was less than brilliant and said his role in the hit film as mediocre the 66-year-old actor took on the role of Serius black in the iconic franchise but confessed he wishes he had at least read the books to get a better sense of his character like co-star Allan Rickman who played Professor Snape despite looking back with a hint of regret the star admitted the film came at the right time for him as he was going through a messy divorce chatting with Josh Horowitz on his happy sad confused podcast the actor confessed I think my work is mediocre in it comparing himself to late Harry Potter star Rickman who died in January 2016 he asked maybe if I had read the books like Allen if I had got ahead of the curve if I had known what's coming I honestly think I would have played it differently however at the time he was understandably preoccupied after his marriage to model da fiorentino came to an end and he was granted full custody of the couple's children speaking recently on the Drew Barrymore show he previously told the actress thank God for Harry Potter I tell you the two Batman and Harry Potter really they saved me because it meant that I could do the least amount of work for the most amount of money and then be home with the kids Gary first appeared as serious black in Harry Potter series in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of aaban the film was released in 2004 and he later reprised his role in two more of the films however his character's last appearance came in the 2007 movie Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in the podcast Gary joked that his character shouldn't have been written out so early he continued we the cast were all taking bets on which character would die you know it's Hagrid and I was there going no no no maybe it's Ron and then you kind of open the script and you go it's me I'm out of here the Oscar winner also confessed to being a perfectionist when it came to his trade he went on I'll tell you what it is it's like anything I think if I sat and watched myself in something and said my God I'm amazing that would be a very sad day because you want to make the next thing better it's so subjective it's such a personal thing that you're looking at that other people are not seeing it's not to disrespect someone who says to me oh I really love you in that movie and I'm thinking I'm terrible in that movie what are they talking about it's not that it's that they're seeing something else a version of this article was originally published on December 30th 2023 follow miror celebs on Tik Tok Snapchat in Instagram Twitter Facebook YouTube and threads [Music]