Jason Isaacs Talks About the Final Acts of “Deathly Hallows”

Feb 27, 2010

Posted by: EdwardTLC

Isaacs Interviews

There is a new interview with Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy) with Collider.com online today, in which the actor spoke to the Harry Potter films coming to a close, and his last days on the set. This interview, which was part of a larger round table discussion at the press junket for Mr. Isaac’s upcoming film “The Green Zone,” begins with talk of his final days on the set, and his emotional response to knowing this will be the last time he’ll film as Lucius. Quoteage:

Well, it’s very sad for me. I was already nostalgic for the history of Harry Potter while I was still making it and I knew the end was coming. It was two film¦they made the last book into two films and it was a fantastic experience because everybody’s back¦everyone who is left alive that is¦and even some of the dead people. 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. And watching everybody crew 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. But I was always cognisant of the fact that I’d have to pack up my little furry friend of a wig and stick it in a box and say goodbye to the cane. All the joy was tinged with sadness for me.

He continues by speaking to the much anticipated final battle sequence in the film, and the ways in which the filmmakers have the “ability to make great cinema experiences out of [the book] and where they need to change the book or the central thrust of the story, they do it now with, I think, real aplomb and with Jo Rowling’s blessing.” When speaking on his opinion of the final act of the film, Mr. Isaacs says:

I think the end of the films will be a fantastically cinematic and visual feast. It will more than satisfy the readers of the books¦but you won’t get is the book on screen. You’ll get something more and different. 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.

On a related note, Mr. Isaacs spoke with ComingSoon.net during the same press junket round table and related a few expanded comments regarding what to expect in the final films. That interview can be read right here. Coming Soon is slated to release additional interviews with other actors from the final Harry Potter film, including Ciaran Hinds and Rhys Ifans, in the coming days.
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