"In terms of when actors talk about research, it was one-stop shopping. On meeting John le Carre, who was a spy in British intelligence before becoming an author 'Tinker, Tailor': The Greatest Spy Story Ever Told Nov. It's not every day that Smiley comes through the letterbox." I thought, 'Awfully big shoes to walk in.' I was a little apprehensive, a little fearful, even though I obviously knew it was wonderful source material. was a very much-beloved actor and part of the British establishment of acting. "I was apprehensive because Alec Guinness was really the face of Smiley and made him so iconic. That's the good thing about being a character actor. But I can move around with a certain degree of anonymity. Basically, 'We like you as an actor, but oh my God, we love you in Sid and Nancy.' They love The Professional. There are the Sid and Nancy fans, who - for them, you have done nothing over the last 25 years. "But people are, on the whole, very kind and they have favorites. I liked the film, but I love your socks.' 'Well, I'm glad you like my socks.' I was at a Q&A a couple of months ago, and a woman had sat through Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and then afterwards came up to me and said, 'I love your socks. And occasionally, I would put in a little homage to Bela Lugosi." And I listened to her and various tapes and made it my own.
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They found a girl, who actually ended up being one of the brides in the movie - she was from Transylvania. "I tried to lower my voice almost an octave for that role. "Now of course are plastic it's all soft. "They're rather uncomfortable to wear, and after about a half-hour, the muscles around the eye socket start to reject it and they start to cramp," he says.
For that role, he wore heavy robes, an enormous wig and old-fashioned glass contact lenses that covered his entire eyeball. He has portrayed everyone from Sid Vicious to Harry Potter's godfather to Dracula, in the 1992 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
George Smiley is, of course, radically different from Oldman's other iconic roles. I liked being in his company."Ī Character Actor Playing Many Characters "He's one of the few characters that I missed when the movie ended. "I was leading a quiet life, an anonymous life outside of the set," he says. Playing such a subdued character, says Oldman, was good for his blood pressure, among other things. He is not the man who is wearing a white tuxedo, jumping out of an Aston Martin."įor Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Oldman says, he tried on dozens and dozens of pairs of glasses, searching for just the right look. And, of course, that's what makes him dangerous. "Here is a man who doesn't wear a tiepin. Oldman notes that his character has been described as the "anti-James Bond" because he rarely if ever loses his calm, collected manner. He has been, over his career, a wonderful interrogator, and this is what makes him dangerous." It's a complete physical thing with Smiley. "He listens, he sees everything, and he hears everything, but there's action in the listening, in a way," says Oldman. But the story mainly revolves around the laconic Smiley - a man Oldman says leads from a passive position. In the new version, Oldman joins an ensemble cast of British actors including Colin Firth, Ciaran Hinds, David Dencik and John Hurt. Gary Oldman on his character, George Smiley
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