# Gary Oldman as Sirius Black?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 17, 2003, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-oldman-as-sirius-black/149299 "2003-01-17T20:44:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-oldman-as-sirius-black/149299/21 "2003-01-21T19:09:39Z")

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> Erg: maybe you didn’t see Lost in Space. I could see him really blowing this role. Though it’s hard to think of him as a good guy: how long has it been since he’s actually PLAYED a good guy?

Well, to be honest, he tried. There is only so much to do, and his character in that movie was a caricature - much like the TV show. Only the presence of the Divine itself could have saved that movie. He, in fact, was the only thing I liked about the movie.

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**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-oldman-as-sirius-black/149299/22 "2003-01-21T20:27:46Z")

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I’m not so much saying that he was bad… but I could see him giving that sort of overacted performance in Prisoner, which would seem a little off. He can play the crazed escapee: but can he do the potential loving father-figure thing?

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**Author:** ![Stephi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Stephi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephi)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-oldman-as-sirius-black/149299/23 "2003-01-21T22:19:34Z")

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Actually, I think Jason Carter would make a great Lupin.

And besides, I’ve had a crush on him since he did B5. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-oldman-as-sirius-black/149299/24 "2003-01-22T01:07:39Z")

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Eric Idle has to be that crazy knight from the paintings! I demand it!

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