First look at Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill in 'Darkest Hour'

Image from Taste of Cinema

By Darian Scalamoni

               Though Daniel Day-Lewis is the king of transformation and method acting, it’s hard to argue the transformations that an actor like Gary Oldman goes through every project. He might’ve outdone himself with his upcoming role as Winston Churchill, the British Prime Minister. Just by looking at the image you won’t be able to tell that it’s Oldman under all the makeup and prosthetic.

            Darkest Hour is an upcoming WWII drama from the Joe Wright (Atonement, Pride & Prejudice) in which Churchill leads a charge against Hitler’s army within the early days of the war. This is the first feature for Wright since the colossal failure that was Pan, but he also directed an episode of Season 3 of Black Mirror and he’s clearly a formidable filmmaker. Also, the cast is tremendous with Ben Mendelsohn, John Hurt, Lily James and Kirstin Scott Thomas joining Oldman.

            Darkest Hour is set to open in theaters on November 24^th, 2017. Check out the image of Oldman as Winston Churchill below!