Sirius Black is an actor and character

All the famous screen version of the series of books by JK Rowling about the magical adventures of Harry Potter and his friends opens before us a fairy world with many interesting characters. The main character has many good allies and, of course, evil enemies, but there is also a mystery man - Sirius Black. Actor Oldman, who played it, that's how he spoke about it.

The history of Sirius Black's animagus

According to legend, he owns the magic skill of turning into a dark dog (Black Dog), was a devoted friend of the family and the godfather of Harry, and also a member of the Order of the Phoenix. When the choice arose, who should be the guardian of the secret of finding the Potters' family, then Sirius offered himself for this role, but eventually chose Pettigrew. However, the wicked wizard Volan de Mort still found him with his wife and killed them, but only Harry remained alive. Animag Black wanted to take him to his education, but Hagrid insisted that the boy get into the family of Dursley, where he could be safe.

Sirius in pursuit of justice still found a mean Pettigrew and tried to avenge him for the death of his best friend, but by deceptive cunning, the traitor slips away from the hands of the animagus. Worse, he was unjustly accused and imprisoned in Azkaban. After 12 years, he still manages to escape from prison, meet with Harry and his friends, whom he tells the whole truth. In the fifth part, Sirius Black (actor Oldman) participates in a battle with Bellatrix Lestrange, who casts a spell, and the animag disappears irretrievably. Everyone believes that he died, but there are rumors that Joanna Rowling will begin work on the eighth part of the book, in which Sirius will be resurrected and will return again. Who knows…

About Gary Oldman

Baby Gary was born on March 21, 1958 in the New Cross area, which is located in the south of London. My father was a welder, about whom the actor who played Sirius Black recalled: "... he was constantly drunk, always swore and threw us for another woman ...". Onn left them when the boy was 7 years old. His mother, Kathleen Cheriton, was a housewife, as she could, drawing a family, in addition to him there were two other sisters - Jackie and Maureen. Since the age of 16, as a teenager, he is taking a job as a salesman in a sports store and attending the lessons of the drama Roger Williles, who opened the entire cinema world before him. And it's not in vain, since by the mid-1980s the young Oldman had become one of the best actors in the theater in England and had several honorary awards.

His debut on the big screen took place in 1986 - in the film "Sid and Nancy", for which he is recognized as the best in the 1985-86 season. In the 90's, Gary has a serious problem with alcohol, he was even arrested for drunk driving, but he copes with addiction and returns to his fans after rehabilitation. It is shot in many famous Hollywood and British paintings, writes scripts, and also directs them.

Three times he was married, but something did not work out, and his companions left. From the marriage there were three sons (Alf, Gulliver and Charlie), about whom he constantly cares and says: "... we are civilizing each other." And the famous role of Sirius Black in the film adaptation of the saga about Potter helped the actor to get closer to his children. Since December 2008, he was married to Alexander Edenborough, with her adopted the fourth child - Roberto, but, according to reports in the press, in 2015 the couple filed for divorce.

Hard times

In 2001, he has a scandalous divorce from his third wife, Donia Fiorentino, the sons of Gulliver and Charlie are their joint children. He met her in 1997 during a session of anonymous alcoholics, when he underwent a treatment course for getting rid of addiction. Doña already brought up her own daughter Felix and also tried to end the problem of uncontrolled consumption of alcohol. On this basis they had a mutual feeling, which resulted in legalized relations.

Later, the actor recalled that he had been bribed by Donya's assurances that she was tied up with drinks and drugs, but this turned out to be untrue. Gary Oldman managed to overcome his addiction to alcohol, and Doña continued to aggravate the situation. She constantly pulled out a lot of money from Gary, worse, changed him with other men. The point in their relationship was a tragic case. A frightened Felix screams into the room to the actor that her mother is lying and not breathing in the bathtub. This was another drug overdose, which put the final point in their family alliance.

Gary Oldman: "... truthfulness and loyalty"

According to the actor, these are the main virtues that prevented him from being at the outset of the civilized world. Since 2004, in the film "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Askaban" he is Sirius Black. The actor continued to withdraw until 2007, when the ribbon appeared about the Order of the Phoenix. In it, according to the script, with the help of a magical spell, he is sent irrevocably into a zone of darkness. The actor had a very tense stage in his life, the children grew up, and more money was needed, so he agreed.

Gary Oldman was always distinguished by the truthfulness of his statements, and to questions about what made him take part in the saga about Potter, he said directly that the money needs. When others said how great it is to play in this film adaptation, what a wonderful book and so on, his worries were to feed his children, because at that time he was a single father. At the same time he did not conceal his satisfaction by the fact that for his sons he had become nothing but a popular Sirius Black. This could not but rejoice, given his past roles as villains and bad guys.

A new image - a new life

On the questions as to whether it does not upset him that he will no longer play such a hero as Sirius Black, the actor answered without reservation that he did not. But he always said with pleasure how he grew up in the eyes of his children. After all, he had on his hands three years old almost like Harry Potter, only the oldest Alpha was 15 years old. Two others immediately rushed to read books and lost interest in video game consoles and other "gadgets". Oldman laughs about when he first told the children that he would be filming in the book by Joan Rowling. For a long period for his children, he became a superstar, and this was their common happiness.