Gary Oldman Roasts His 'Mediocre' Performance As Sirius Black In ‘Harry Potter’ Films

The Oscar winner starred as the pure-blood wizard in the popular fantasy franchise.

Gary Oldman has a bone to pick with his performance as Harry Potter’s godfather, Sirius Black, in the “Harry Potter” films.

“I think my work is mediocre in it,” Oldman, 65, said on Thursday’s episode of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast.

“Maybe if I had read [J.K. Rowling’s] books, like Alan [Rickman], if I got ahead of the curve, if I had known what’s coming, I honestly think I would’ve played it differently,” he said in a nod to his late co-star, who played the infamously grumpy Professor Severus Snape.

The longtime actor, known for his transformative roles as Count Dracula in 1992′s “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” and Commissioner Gordon in Christopher Nolan’s “Batman” franchise, admitted that despite captivating audiences with his acting chops over the years, he’d pitch his former roles “on the fire and burn it and do it all again.”

“It’s like anything. If I sat and watched myself in something and said, ‘My, God, I’m amazing,’ right? That would be a very sad day, because you want to make the next thing better,” Oldman explained of critiquing his performances, calling it all “so subjective.”