{"id":10432,"date":"2025-08-20T00:04:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T00:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/10432\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T00:04:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T00:04:07","slug":"gary-oldman-says-the-worlds-gone-to-shit-since-david-bowie-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/10432\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Oldman says “the world\u2019s gone to shit” since David Bowie died"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gary Oldman has looked back at his friendship with the late David Bowie<\/a>, and said that the \u201cworld\u2019s gone to shit\u201d since his death.<\/p>\n

The music icon and the renowned actor were friends for decades, and remained close until Bowie\u2019s death from cancer in January 2016.<\/a><\/p>\n

In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, the Slow Horses<\/a> star looked back at his relationship with the singer, songwriter, guitarist, actor and rock icon, and revealed one thing that he took from their time together.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo push the boat out,\u201d he said. \u201cDavid always said, \u2018When you\u2019re wading out into the water and you can feel the sand beneath your feet, you feel safe and calm. But if you just go a little bit farther where your feet don\u2019t quite touch the bottom, you\u2019ll be in a place where you can do your best work.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Adding that Bowie was \u201cvery, very, very funny\u201d, Oldman said that the two of them bonded initially as they had \u201csimilar kinds of backgrounds [and] grew up in similar neighbourhoods\u201d in London in the 50s and 60s. He also added that Bowie was a great source of inspiration to him throughout the years because of his ability to evolve artistically.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was always pushing the envelope. He reinvented himself and his music many times,\u201d the Harry Potter<\/a> star explained. \u201cHe was inspiring because he was a great innovator and not afraid to try things. It\u2019s nothing conscious, but that rubs off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Looking back at the time since his passing, Oldman said: \u201cDon\u2019t you feel that since he died, the world\u2019s gone to shit? It was like he was cosmic glue or something. When he died, everything fell apart.<\/p>\n

\u201cI miss him. Occasionally, I\u2019ll see something, it\u2019ll make me laugh, and I\u2019ll think, \u2018God, I wonder what Dave would have made of this\u2019, or \u2018Oh, that would have made him laugh\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

The two worked together multiple times over the years, including starring together in Basquiat \u2013 Julian Schnabel\u2019s 1996 film about the American postmodernist\/neo expressionist artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. In the film, Bowie took on the role of Basquiat\u2019s friend and mentor, fellow artist Andy Warhol.<\/p>\n

In 2013, Oldman also made an appearance alongside Marion Cotillard in the music video for Bowie\u2019s dong \u2018The Next Day\u2019, and would later deliver an emotional tribute<\/a> to the legendary singer at the BRIT Awards<\/a> shortly after his death in 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver his career, David challenged and changed our understanding of the medium, whether in music or in life, he emphasised originality, experimentation, exploration. And in his very unique way, he also reminded us to never take ourselves too seriously,\u201d he said at the time, accepting the Icon Award on behalf of the artist.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was the sweetest soul ever, with the best cheekbones, until it was done. David, you were mortal, but your potential was superhuman, and your remarkable music is living on. We love you, and we thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n

The following year, to celebrate what would have been Bowie\u2018s 70th birthday, Oldman performed alongside numerous special guests at a special tribute concert at Brixton Academy.<\/a><\/p>\n

Dubbed \u2018Celebrating David Bowie With Gary Oldman And Friends\u2019, the night saw the actor curate an evening featuring in Bowie\u2019s honour, inviting La Roux<\/a>, Keane<\/a>\u2019s Tom Chaplin, Duran Duran<\/a>\u2018s Simon Le Bon, members of Spandau Ballet<\/a>, Def Leppard<\/a> frontman Joe Elliott and many more to the stage. He also opened the evening by breaking out a cover of the 1997 Bowie track \u2018Dead Man Walking\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gary Oldman has looked back at his friendship with the late David Bowie, and said that the \u201cworld\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[8313,18,117,19,6082,17,6318],"class_list":{"0":"post-10432","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-alternative","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-indie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-rock"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}