"It'll embarrass him, but he is a hero of mine. "The career he's had I truly admire, because it's such a fantastic collection of characters," said Mark Strong, part of a stellar supporting cast in "Tinker" that includes Colin Firth, John Hurt, Tom Hardy, Ciaran Hinds and Toby Jones. Oldman delivers what could be his finest performance in a career that ranges from notorious dark spirits (Sid Vicious in "Sid and Nancy," Lee Harvey Oswald in "JFK," the bloodsucking fiend of "Dracula) to noble souls (Harry Potter's godfather in the fantasy series, Beethoven in "Immortal Beloved," stalwart policeman Jim Gordon in the current "Batman" franchise). No matter how good Guinness was as the frumpy, unfashionable spy whose bland exterior concealed fierce intellect and drive, Oldman figured he was entitled to create his own incarnation of Smiley.
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