It is in family that Gary Oldman decided to walk the red carpet. On Tuesday May 21, the British actor went to the screening of the film Parthenope by Paolo Sorrentino. In this feature film in competition at Cannes film festival, he plays the role of John Cheever. When climbing the steps, the 66-year-old man was able to count on the support of his wife, Gisele Schmidt, and his son.
Guest on the set of C à vous on France 5, Gary Oldman then returned to his different roles in the cinema. The opportunity for him to talk about his performance as Sirius Black in Harry Potterbut also that of Winston Churchill in The Dark Hours. The latter also earned him the Oscar for best actor in 2018.
Gary Oldman recounts his very original marriage proposal
Asked by Patrick Cohen about his role in Joe Wright’s film, Gary Oldman did not escape a question about his love life. “Is it true that it was on the set of Churchill and dressed as Churchill that you proposed to your wife?” he asked her.
Faced with this question, Gisele Schmidt’s husband was forced to tell this surprising anecdote. While he was on set “like Churchill”, Gary Oldman asked his companion: “Would you marry me ?”. If she had immediately accepted, the couple had quickly been interrupted by the film crew. “They told me: ‘no, no, we have to go on set now’” recalled the actor with humor before confiding that “It was great”.
The British actor married for the fifth time in 2017
If Gisele Schmidt “fell asleep with Winston Churchill and woke up with Gary Oldman” as Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine pointed out, the couple then decided to get married in August 2017. For the occasion, the actor chose the house of his friend and manager Doug Urbanski. The ceremony took place in a very intimate setting, with only a few friends.
In the past, Gary Oldman has already been divorced four times. He first married Lesley Manville in 1988. From this union was born his son Alfie. In 1991, he married Uma Thurman and then in 1997, Donya Fiorentino. During this third marriage, the interpreter of Sirius Black became the father of Gulliver and Charlie. Subsequently, he married Alexandra Edenbourg in 2008 before finding love again with Gisele Schmidt.
