The Drew Barrymore Show'ssa vieraillut Gary Oldman kertoi, että avioerossa lastensa huoltajuuden saanut näyttelijä joutui kieltäytymään useista rooleista, mutta että Harry Potter ja Batman olivat ne pelastavat enkelit. Vähän työtä, paljon rahaa ja siten paljon aikaa olla kotona lasten kanssa.
Harry Potterissa Oldman muistetaan Sirius Blackina, ja Batmanissa James Gordonina.
"At 42 years old, I woke up divorced and I had custody of these boys. That, in itself, was... that was hard because there was a shift in the industry where a lot of productions were being in Hungary, Budapest, Prague, Australia, you know, all of these places. So, I turned down a lot of work."
"Thank God for Harry Potter. 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."
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