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Gary Oldman says his portrayal of Sirius Black in the 'Harry Potter' franchise was "mediocre." The actor made his debut as Sirius Black in 2004's 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'.

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00:00Gary Oldman says his portrayal of Sirius Black in the Harry Potter franchise was mediocre.

00:05The actor made his debut with Sirius Black in 2004's Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

00:10Who is that? That man?

00:12He's a murderer. Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban prison.

00:18On the latest episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast,

00:21the actor told host Josh Horowitz this about playing the character in the franchise.

00:26I think my work is mediocre.

00:27Oldman suggested that he may have portrayed Sirius Black better or differently

00:31if he'd known what was coming next in J.K. Rowling's books,

00:34like his co-star Alan Rickman, who played Professor Snape, did.

00:37Maybe if I had read the books like Alan,

00:40no, if I'd got ahead of the curve,

00:46I would have played, if I'd known what's coming,

00:51I honestly think I would have played it differently.

00:53But his role in the Harry Potter films isn't the only performance Oldman has judged harshly.

00:57The actor admitted that it's difficult for him not to find faults in his own work.

01:01If I sat and watched myself in something and said,

01:05my God, I'm amazing, right, that would be a very sad day.

01:12He continued, because you want to make the next thing better.

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01:17This is The Hollywood Reporter News.

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