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Published: 2011-01-21 02:22:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 6137; Favourites: 94; Downloads: 240
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"I hadn't read the script, and knew nothing about it. Tony (Scott) and I had tea at the Four Seasons and he said, 'Look, I can't really explain the plot. But Drexl's a pimp who's white but thinks he's black'. That was all I needed to hear. I said, 'Yes, I'll do it'." ~Gary OldmanDrexl Spivey in True Romance.
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As soon as I looked at this I thought of Gary Oldman.
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This is beautiful!
Dan Storm
Co-Creator, True Romance Fest
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I recognized his face on the thumbnail. I think he is one of the most beautiful men there is. Your painting looks great, very painterly/artsy without loosing the character focus 
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heehee thank you so much!! (It was kind of lucky, actually, since that was before I installed all my cool brushes and was just using the standard Photoshop ones, blech--most of my paintings then turned out kind of stiff because of it. 
I really ought to paint him some more, hmmm...
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thank you!! (Gary Oldman makes everything better. 
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thank you!!
(I actually use this as a lot of my profile/avatar pictures. 
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I love the texture feel of the skin
you definitely captured his expression
well done!
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wow, really, really good, sit down n grab your self an eggroll, you,ve earned it
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This makes me want to go and watch this film. For serious.
Insanely good stuff, arta! INSANELY GOOD.
And Gaz can seriously play anyone/anything. Have you seen him as Lee Harvey Oswald in JFK? Amazing!
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thank you!! I'm really feeling the "insane" part lately, let me tell you. xD Obsessions give me so much more energy to work with though, so I'm riding this wave out while I can. ;3
I'm actually in the process of remedying all the films I've missed seeing him in (an embarrassing amount, really, I don't know where to begin)--should I add JFK to the top of the list?
but as far as True Romance goes... it's kind of a silly movie, actually. ^^ I was pretty disappointed when I bought it only to discover that I had already seen the scenes he was in (all both of them 
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He's not in JFK that much, but it's a good movie anyway!
And I'll deffo be watching those Drexl scenes when I've finished my essay.
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Man.. that guy creeps me out. You did a fantatic job on the skin; the wrinkles and scars are just.. great. Lol.. drreadlooocks
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haha thanks! xD you know, I guess he's kind of a creepy character but it's so hard to be put off by him... Oldman plays him so well I ended up just feeling impressed. ;D
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Damn you! You are too good for your own good (what??????) I am thrilled with your Gary Oldman series!
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Drexel Spivy is LEGEND! I love the powdery texture you've captured here, btw.
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I'm not quite sure how it ended up like that actually, but thanks! xD (honestly my art benefits so much from happy accidents all the time 
and I didn't realize I had pretty much seen the whole movie (at least as far as Drexl is concerned <3) on YouTube already... MOAR PLZ ;~;
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Alas, no more Drexel. The world definitely needs MOAR DREXEL.
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He was Dracula in Brom Stoker's Dracula he was way sick in that as well more face to to show case his awesomeness!
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For sure. He's awesome in every role, actually. It's hard to pick a fave. XD
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I knooow~! I first saw it on a clip from YouTube actually and I was just like OMG NOWAI
He really eats up the screen for the amount of time he's in that movie I MEAN WOW
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There's a deleted scene too, on youtube! It's just fascinating. If you close your eyes you'd swear it's not a white boy.
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yeah--all it took was the first line out of his mouth (the scene I saw first was the one in the club ) and honestly all I could think was HOLY **** THAT'S GARY OLDMAN??! 
And shortly thereafter I realized I was so desperately hooked that I was compelled to make art after art... x3
Is the cut scene the one with Samuel L. Jackson or is there another one out there? I'm trying to think if I saw it already. ^^
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It's amazing. He's such an amazing actor. Move over Brad Pitt. Nobody does it like Garyboy.
It's the uncut scene, yeah! My bad! :3
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Deleted scene? MUST WATCH!
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It's actually an uncut scene! 
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I love this comment on the page: "Gary Oldman can do anything. Like he could play the role of a 75 year old Korean nun and make it convincing." So true!
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thank you! I was trying to think of a way to explain who Drexl was, and I thought that would do the job perfectly. xD
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