Oldman: Retirement from acting ‘on the horizon’
Gary Oldman might just take his Oscar and run.
The Academy Awardwinning “Darkest Hour” actor — and twotime nominee — told Deadline in a recent interview, “Retirement is on the horizon.
“Yeah. I can see it,” Oldman, 64, told the outlet, adding that if his role as Jackson Lamb in the new Apple TV+ series, “Slow Horses,” is his farewell part, he’d go happily.
“To be able to sort of wrap it all up playing Jackson Lamb, I would consider myself very honored and very lucky to be able to do that. I would never say never,” said Oldman, also noting he could see himself “playing Jackson for the next how many years.”
The Brit’s remarks come on the heels of a number of other actors announcing their plans to put acting on the back burner.
Bruce Willis’ family in late March announced that the “Die Hard” and “Sixth Sense” star, 67, would be stepping away from acting due to his diagnosis with aphasia, which affects a person’s abilities to communicate.
Also in late March, Jim Carrey revealed he’s “retiring but … It depends if the angels bring some sort of script that’s written in gold ink.” Then, he said, “I might continue down the road, but I’m taking a break.”