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Exclusive: Jason Isaacs on a Return to Harry Potter

by Joe Utichi | February 13, 2008

Summary

The Brit actor mourns his character's absence in Half-Blood Prince, makes plans to return for Deathly Hallows and tells RT just why being involved in Potter is so much fun. Back to Article

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ffamilyguy writes:
on Feb 13 2008 06:34 AM

Great actor. Very good villian actor! Just has that villianous voice ya know!

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Landshark writes:
on Feb 13 2008 07:13 AM

His part in the DH is far too essential to cut, so he'll be back.

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The Great One writes:
on Feb 13 2008 07:59 AM

He always steals the show!

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Rated_Xpert writes:
on Feb 13 2008 09:18 AM

Was it just me or was he hinting that DH might never happen?

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Joe Utichi writes:
on Feb 13 2008 09:39 AM

Of course they'll do Deathly Hallows. Far, far too much money involved for them not to, and there's absolutely no reason they wouldn't. Radcliffe did Equus in London in-between the filming and release of Order of the Phoenix, so I wouldn't assume he couldn't do the same in New York when Half-Blood Prince wraps.

Isaacs was just saying he doesn't know when they'll start the film. There's also the issue of the potential actors' strike to think about.

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RainNIU writes:
on Feb 13 2008 09:44 AM

If there's any movie sequel that we can be absolutely assured that will happen - Deathly Hallows is it.

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opTIMus Nerd writes:
on Feb 13 2008 10:36 AM

Isaacs is one of those actors that just oozes villainy...to the point that I have a hard time imagining him NOT playing a villain.

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starlett2005 writes:
on Feb 13 2008 11:28 AM

Great actor. Plus, Jason Isaacs looks really as a blonde.

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frothy writes:
on Feb 13 2008 11:36 AM

He does. I can't imagine anyone else in the role. Well, maybe I could, but he's so good there's no point.

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Bigbrother writes:
on Feb 13 2008 12:07 PM

Alan Rickman and Jason Isaacs. The two best villains currently working in Hollywood in the same movie series. No wonder it's been such a success. Now, if only they could have a word with Micheal Gambon about how to portray Dumbledore.

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ajmk123 writes:
on Feb 13 2008 12:10 PM

Optimus Nerd he played an awesome Ranger in Black Hawk Down. He was a hard ***, not a villain but did a great job.

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opTIMus Nerd writes:
on Feb 13 2008 12:35 PM

ajmk123; Oh yeah! I forgot about that!

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hppamela writes:
on Feb 13 2008 02:05 PM

I feel you big brother. It's not that he's bad, but I just don't think he does the role justice. He's been playing Dumbledore too short-tempered. In regards to Jason Issacs, though, I think there is no better actor for the role. He kind of is Lucius Malfoy.

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jokerboy1991 writes:
on Feb 13 2008 02:25 PM

They better have him back in the 7th one.

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SalvadorRuizJr writes:
on Feb 13 2008 03:24 PM

I don't know anything about acting nor have I ever seen his acting in other movies, but what I do know is he is good in Harry Potter.

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Nil writes:
on Feb 13 2008 07:18 PM

Saw Jason portray even a gay role in the movie "Someone Like You" and yet he was still awesome. Great actor..

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rt_hire_me writes:
on Feb 13 2008 07:21 PM

Watched Peter Pan, kept wondering where I had seen Wendy's father and Cpt Hook before. Mystery solved. Yeah, he rocks, no matter what his coiffe.

What about the villain from Knight's Tale? Why don't we see more of him?

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Ashron writes:
on Feb 14 2008 06:53 AM

In reply to this comment (#1573937)
You mean Rufus Sewell? He's around, just not in big blockbuster things. If you saw The Illusionist you saw him. He's also in The Holiday.

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Hamboner writes:
on Feb 14 2008 10:22 AM

I was really hoping they would split this movie into two and get more of the subplots in there.

These last 2 films will be an utter cluster***** if they don't let the running times hit near the 4-hour range for each. I know it won't happen, but seriously, STOP LEAVING IMPORTANT STUFF OUT!

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Tony Jaa's girl writes:
on Feb 16 2008 11:07 AM

He Plays Lucius to the fullest!

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Tommy F writes:
on Mar 07 2008 10:54 AM

RDawg5555 y is his role essential? i like him and want him to come bk.

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Tommy F writes:
on Mar 07 2008 10:54 AM

oh yh the whole wand thing dur lol

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paskunia writes:
on Apr 28 2008 11:08 AM

Hamboner- If the two DH parts are 2 1/2 hours each or so, then that is finally doing justice to the larger Rowling novels, which have each been shredded to what is considered to be a "reasonable" running time. Five hours devoted to the essential parts of the book is plenty of time. It also allows them to add some smaller details from the DH book- such as Luna Lovegood's writings, the ones they saw when they went to her house- that they couldn't afford to keep in the previous movies (for one, Hermione's seeking of support for fair treatment fair treatment for the elves).
What I would like to see at the end of the DH saga is a slight extension of the book's ending. Like so many others, I really cared about what happened to the survivors, but I felt like the epilogue was way too short, as if Rowling mentally ran out of gas at the end, that she could and should have given us more information.

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Alexson writes:
on Jul 23 2008 03:54 PM

who?

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