{"id":6064,"date":"2025-04-29T08:17:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T08:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=6064"},"modified":"2025-05-01T18:18:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T18:18:06","slug":"its-gary-oldmans-alcoholic-era-but-he-isnt-tempted-to-even-take-a-sip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/its-gary-oldmans-alcoholic-era-but-he-isnt-tempted-to-even-take-a-sip\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Gary Oldman\u2019s \u2018alcoholic era\u2019 but he isn\u2019t tempted to even take a sip"},"content":{"rendered":"
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British Oscar winner Gary Oldman, a recovering alcoholic, is playing another addict character in his new film (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There were times when Gary Oldman<\/a> was a heavy drinker. Now he just plays them. <\/p>\n

The iconic British actor, 67, jokes that he\u2019s in his \u2018alcoholic period\u2019, playing characters like his booze-addled screenwriter in Netflix<\/a>’s Mank and the slovenly, hard-drinking spy Jackson Lamb<\/a> in Apple TV Plus<\/a> show Slow Horses. <\/p>\n

This week he\u2019s back in cinemas in Parthenope as John Cheever, the American author who struggled with the bottle for years until he became sober aged 65.<\/p>\n

In the 90s, Oldman was just the same<\/a>, drinking two bottles of vodka a day at his peak. Did alcohol ever help him? \u2018No,\u2019 he says, firmly, when we meet. \u2018You think that it gives you an edge.\u2019 <\/p>\n

He recalls a day on 1995 film The Scarlet Letter when he drank at lunchtime and then performed a scene opposite co-star and now newly-minted Oscar winner, Demi Moore<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u2018That particular day…the devil got into me,\u2019 he sighs, mortified. \u2018Like the Baptists [say]…the devil came down!\u2019<\/p>\n

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On the set of 1995’s The Scarlet Letter, Oldman drank at lunchtime before acting opposite his co-star, Demi Moore (Picture: Moviestore\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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