Gary Oldman Says He Was ‘Typecast’ as the ‘Poster Boy for Rent-a-Villain,’ Which Was ‘Fun for a While’ But Eventually ‘Got a Little Old’: ‘I Just Put a Stop to it’ ...

I became kind of like the poster boy for the 'rent-a-villain.' Sort of, 'Oh, we need a villain and we'll get Gary.' I don't know how that happened, but it happened.

Gary Oldman says he grew tired of always being typecast as a villain, and eventually 'put a stop' to it: 'I became the poster boy for rent-a-villain.' ...

“I became kind of like the poster boy for the ‘rent-a-villain.’ Sort of, ‘Oh, we need a villain and we’ll get Gary.’ I don’t know how that happened, but it happened. And it was fun for a while, but ...

"I became kind of like the poster boy for the 'rent-a-villain.' Sort of, 'Oh, we need a villain and we’ll get Gary.'" He continued, "I don’t know how that happened, but it happened. And it was ...

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He told ‘Variety’, “I got sort of typecast for a while. I became kind of like the poster boy for the ‘rent-a-villain’. Sort of, ‘Oh, we need a villain and we’ll get Gary’.

“I got sort of typecast for a while,” Oldman said. “I became kind of like the poster boy for the ‘rent-a-villain.’ Sort of, ‘Oh, we need a villain and we’ll get Gary.’ I don’t know how that happened, ...