In a new interview with Fandango, Jason Isaacs discusses the final two Harry Potter films! Most of the interview was stuff we read already, but here is some new stuff:
“There is nothing greater than sitting around on a ‘Harry Potter’ set when you’re not filming and listening to the likes of Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Bill Nighy, and Jim Broadbent tell stories,” Isaacs said. “And watching everybody chew the scenery up in the few moments you get on screen, trying to out-ham each other, is magnificent. This big franchise goes out in an epic way.”
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Speaking of rollercoasters, Isaacs is less than enthusiastic about the idea of a ride inspired by his character at the “Potter” theme park. “Do you really want to go on a Lucius Malfoy ride?” he wondered. “The carriages would fly off or something.”
Jason Isaacs recently talked to MTV about the end of the Harry Potter series and how he doesn’t get to keep his wig (that is horrible!)
“I personally have finished my bit on ‘Potter,'” he said. “I’m looking for any excuse to go back, pretend I left things in my trailer, that kind of thing.” “It’s been nearly 10 years for me. It was very difficult saying goodbye to the entire thing,” he said. He’s keeping his spirits high though, joking about one of his most personal partings in letting go. Mostly saying goodbye to the wig was a very emotional experience,” he said, deadpan. “I don’t get to keep the wig. I don’t know, it might be on a traveling exhibit. I think it’s got a very good agent who’s got some more work lined up.”
Turning serious again, Isaacs described how he’s feeling about seeing those final films hit theaters. “I’m [both] dreading and looking forward to when it says ‘The End’ because it’s the end of a decade of an amazing experience for all of us.”
In a new interview with ComingSoon Jason Isaacs has talked about the final parts in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows! Spoilers ahead!
“They made the last book into two films, and it was a fantastic experience because everyone who is left alive is back… and even some of the dead people,” he said with a sly smile. “There is one long sequence where everyone who is left standing is there when the forces of good meet the forces of evil.”
“I think over the years that they’ve been adapting these incredibly popular and successful books, they’ve increasingly become more and more confident in their ability to make great cinema experiences out of it and where they need to change the book or the central thrust of the story, they do it now with real aplomb and with Jo Rowling’s blessing,” he continued. “Everybody is very savvy to the notion that this is a much-loved franchise and this will be the end of an eighth film, and it needs to have weight and substance and you need to feel drained by the end of it. It’s a ten-year roller coaster ride, not a two-hour roller coaster ride, and we all know it and we all felt it, and it was in the air while we were shooting it.”
“This franchise goes out in an epic way,” he concluded. “I think the end of the films will be a fantastically cinematic and visual feast and it will more than satisfy the readers of the books, but what you won’t get is the book on screen. You will get something more and different.”
“It’s very sad for me,” he admitted when asked about how he felt about the movies coming to an end. “I’m a particularly sentimental fool anyway so I was already nostalgic for the history of Harry Potter while I was still making it, and I knew the end was coming. I was always cognizant of the fact I was going to have to pack up my furry friend of a wig and stick it in a box and say goodbye to the cane and any magic powers. All the joy was tinged with sadness for me.”
Jason Isaacs, Lucius Malfoy, was interviewed by CNN and he discussed the Harry Potter series. Thanks to SS we have a small summary of what was said, and you can watch the interview below:
Jason admitted that he tried out for the Gilderoy Lockhart role in Chamber of Secrets, as well as Lucius (though is more grateful for getting the latter role). He said the best bits are off-camera, working with great actors like Michael Gambon, Maggie Smith, Richard Harris, Gary Oldman, and Bill Nighy, to name a few.
He said that work on the Harry Potter films is relatively easy for him, and that the biggest challenge is in keeping the wig up and act.
Jason joked that he was bitter and jealous that he never got a scene in Half-Blood Prince, but overall voiced his overall joy at being a part of the series.
If Jason were Lucius Malfoy for a day, he said he’d go around killing Muggles. If Jason were to meet Lucius, he might just shave off the long blond locks.
Moviefone has posted their list of Hollywood’s 10 Most Eeeeevil Actors and 10 Potter stars have made the list!
9. Gary Oldman
Oldman is so good at being bad, even his “good” roles are a bit on the dark side, like Harry Potter’s godfather Sirius Black or Gotham police captain Jim Gordon. His unabashedly-malevolent characters — legendary vampire ‘Dracula,’ a wannabe presidential assassin in ‘Air Force One,’ vengeful Lecter victim in ‘Hannibal’ and his latest turn as a post-apocalyptic crime boss in ‘The Book of Eli’ — create a fabulous filmography of bad-natured souls.
6.Jason Isaacs
The steely-eyed Brit’s standout performance as the sadistic Redcoat who kills Mel Gibson’s sons in ‘The Patriot’ set the tone for his popularity as Voldemort’s deliciously evil Death Eater — with awesome hair — Lucius Malfoy in the ‘Harry Potter’ series. On the small screen, Isaacs impressed critics as a hot-headed Providence mobster in Showtime’s drama ‘Brotherhood.’
1.Alan Rickman
Maybe it’s the deep and imposing voice, or because he’s got a mean sneer, but Rickman is always game to play a nasty character. He has memorably depicted the slimy and seemingly-traitorous Severus Snape in the ‘Harry Potter’ films, the greedy and perverted Judge Turpin in ‘Sweeney Todd’ and terrorist Hans Gruber in the original ‘Die Hard.’ We love Rickman when he’s good, but when he’s bad, he’s irresistible.
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