Date 20/09/2017 - News People
Gary Oldman got nicotine poisoning while filming the upcoming movie 'Darkest Hour.'
The actor, portraying British World War II Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, had to have a cigar all of the time, as well as a fat suit. The biopic follows Churchill as he opposes Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. Oldman became ill from the high levels of nicotine from the cigars. Speaking to Variety Studio Presented by AT&T, Oldman said, "It took four hours a day to get into the fat suit and 45 minutes to take it off. You just focus. [...] Once in it, it was very comfortable apart from a bout of nicotine poisoning." 'Darkest Hour' is set to hit theaters at the end of the year.
