Gary Oldman Takes Potter Break

By Ed Perkis: 2008-03-23 09:30:15

Although a young person might not remember it, Gary Oldman used to do movies featuring characters besides Harry Potter and Batman. Playing good guys in those movies is a switch for those of us who remember him as the bad guy in Air Force One, Murder in the First, The Contender, Leon, and, well, almost everything else he’s done.

Variety says that Oldman is negotiating to join the cast of Rain Fall, a thriller set in Japan. His character is not disclosed, but since the main character is a Japanese/American hit man, it’s likely not going to be Oldman. More probably is the CIA station chief in Japan who is, naturally, one of the bad guys. The movie, based on a book by Barry Eisler, follows the hit man who has to protect the daughter of one of his victims from being knocked off by the CIA.

The director is Australian Max Mannix, who I’ve never heard of. He previously directed a dance/martial arts movie starring Jason Scott Lee. The film will be mostly in Japanese, although it is likely Oldman’s parts will be some of those that are in English. The remainder of the article discusses the financing of the picture, which is unique in Japan. I don’t really care much about how this $7 million picture gets financed and you don’t either, so let’s just say it is complicated and leave it at that.

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caitlin H
March 24, 2008 at 17:58

Sara Tonin, bravo! I am a journalism student currently, and you have literally hit the nail on the head! Yes Sirius Black was killed in book five, yes he will make an apperance in movie seven...I do hope that Oldman is Black in deathly hallows, but i am sure that if he elects not to do it that the role of his ghost will be filled accordingly.

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Stephen Lignowski
March 24, 2008 at 16:07

Actually, Oldman's character, Sirius Black, made a brief appearance in the final book, and since the scene is integral to the plot, he may well be returning in part 2 of Deathly Hallows.

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Sara Tonin
March 24, 2008 at 05:45

I saw the article's titile and wondered what the author was talking about, as Oldman's character died in the last movie, he isn't taking a break. Whether is wants it or not, he's done.

And, by the way, if you weren't interested or didn't understand or couln't explain how a japanese movie gets financed why even bring it up? And, I am endlessly fasinated by japanese business deals, so telling me that I'm not interested is both presumptous and wrong.

Doesn't anyone get a journalism degree anymore?

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