Jason Isaacsalways strives to get inside the heads of his characters, even when he loathes them.
“My job wasn’t being in a franchise.
“As much as it was fantastical, I always take the acting incredibly seriously,” he explained.
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It was heartbreaking and humiliating.
I don’t know how to phone a performance in, really.
That felt like serious acting.
It didn’t feel like we were in something silly.”
Effort doesn’t always neatly translate to enjoyment, however.
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“It’s quite boring making big special effects films; however, the pleasures all come afterward.
Some people say their lives were saved by it, and I believe it.”
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Jason Isaacs in 2025 and in ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’.Gary Gershoff/Getty; Murray Close/Warner Bros
