Jason Isaacs says Harry Potter films “weren’t that much fun to make”

Harry Potter star Jason Isaacs has revealed that he found making the blockbuster films “quite boring”, but has said he greatly enjoys the “magic” of the stories in the years since.

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The British actor played Lucius Malfoy in six of the eight Harry Potter films, starting with Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in 2002 and ending with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 in 2011.

Appearing on The One Show, he remarked: “It’s a terrible confession to make, they weren’t that much fun to make. It’s quite boring, making big special effects films”. He would then clarify: “However, the pleasures all come afterwards”.

“I see and meet people for whom their lives were changed by it, and still people reading it and sharing it with their children,” he said. Some people say their lives were saved by it and I believe it”.

The actor, who has since appeared in the film The Death Of Stalin and the current season of The White Lotus, said he has found himself profoundly moved by the movies when watching them.

“Even though I was in the films, when I’ve taken godchildren or nephews and nieces to the tour and the thing comes up and suddenly, you’re in the Great Hall, every time, I burst out in tears,” he said.

“It’s incredibly moving and overwhelming. There’s some magic that happened in those stories”.

The Harry Potter novels will soon be adapted into a series for HBO, which is planned for 2027 and will shoot in the same studios as the films.

The show is planned to run for 10 years, and recently it emerged that actor John Lithgow is being considered for the role of Professor Dumbledore. Cillian Murphy has also be tipped for the role of villain Lord Voldemort by predecessor Ralph Fiennes.

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