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26/12/2017

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Gary Oldman

Gary Oldman on his career-defining performance as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour.

Gary Oldman on his barnstorming performance as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour, hailed as the performance of a lifetime. Plus Gary looks back at his 30-year career in film.

Gary Oldman on his 30 year career in film, from playing punk rebel Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy to a barnstorming performance as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour. 

He tells Kirsty why he was reluctant at first to take on the role. How he transformed himself into Britain's wartime Prime Minister and the challenge of recreating Churchill's distinctive voice. How when he was young his drama teachers told him that he wouldn't amount to anything. And as he approaches his 60th birthday, why he would like to return to British theatre.

Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Timothy Prosser.

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