Los Angeles, May 3
Actor Jason Isaacs, who played Lucius Malfoy, has revealed the most “nerve-racking” part of working on the Harry Potter movies.
Isaacs participated in a Broadway talkback after the evening’s performance of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Issacs was joined by three stage actors from the show: Aaron Bartz, who played Draco Malfoy, Erik Christopher Peterson, who essayed Scorpius and Matthew James Thomas, who played the titular role of Harry.
Asked about the scariest part of joining the Harry Potter universe, the 61-year-old star said: “The most nerve-racking is that all of the actors in the films were my heroes. They’re people I queued up in the rain to watch on stage, mostly.”
The actor first joined the franchise for the 2002 installment, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. In the film, he plays Lucius Malfoy, the father of Potter’s adversary Draco Malfoy played by Tom Felton.
Isaacs reprised his role for five subsequent movies. His first foray into the magical universe was met with marvelous talent from his co-stars.
“My very first day proper day was with the late great Richard Harris, who played Dumbledore in the first two films,” Isaacs shared. But it wasn’t the first time meeting the acting legend.
“I went to drama school with his son, Jared Harris, and the days when Richard Harris came to watch us at drama school were days you wore four pairs of underpants.”