Gary Oldman on Playing Winston Churchill in ‘Darkest Hour’

 

Gary Oldman on Playing Winston Churchill in ‘Darkest Hour’: “You have a responsibility to the family to the people, to the icon, and to the image”

Oldman talks about how he got into character as the former Prime Minister.

By Chris McKittrick

January 31, 2018

On one hand, acting great Gary Oldman is virtually unrecognizable as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour. One the other, that’s par for the course for Oldman, who even went as far as being uncredited for his sinister role in 2001’s Hannibal. But Oldman may have undergone his greatest transformation in Darkest Hour. Playlist reports on Oldman’s appearance at the 92nd Street Y’s Reel Pieces when he spoke about how he got into character as the former Prime Minister.

 

Joel Kinnaman on Playing a “Broken Down” Character on ‘In Treatment’

Joel Kinnaman reveals that the part was pitched to him as Aduba's "boy toy" and what appealed to him about the role and working with Aduba.

By Chris McKittrick / Actors On Acting / November 10, 2021

“I liked playing a guy who’s a little broken down and not necessarily an alpha male…. Being an actor and not being entirely successful is a tough thing to deal with.” – Joel Kinnaman on His ‘In Treatment’ Character

 

Dakota Fanning in Netfix’s, The Perfect Couple

Dakota Fanning on Outgrowing the ‘Child Actor’ Label and Finding Freedom on Set

Fanning also reflects on her two-decade career, and the surprising insights she gained from directing her first short 

By Chris McKittrick / Actors On Acting / November 18, 2024 Because Screen Actors Guild Award-nominated actress Dakota Fanning has appeared in films for over 20 years, it’s easy to forget that she is only 30 years old. Her career has had incredible breadth in those years, from Steven Spielberg-directed blockbusters (War of the Worlds) to animation (Coraline) to the Twilight film series, Tarantino movies (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) and ythe Netflix hit, The Perfect Couple. Having developed all that experience at such a young age puts Fanning in a rare class. Speaking about her career with IndieWire, Fanning reflected on being labeled a “child actor,” being present on a film set without distractions, and what she learned from directing a short film (something that she doubts that she will do again).