ActorJason Isaacsis sharing his thoughts about the upcoming HBO Harry Potter television series, which features a brand-new cast.
While speaking to Entertainment Weekly for an August 2025 interview, Isaacs referenced that he famously portrayed Draco Malfoy’s (Tom Felton) nefarious father, Lucius Malfoy, in the Harry Potter film franchise. He shared his thoughts about the casting of Johnny Flynn as the new version of Lucius in the upcoming show. He said that he believes “Johnny’s great.”
“Johnny will do his own thing. Maybe he’ll be more charming,” said Isaacs during the interview.
He then said he believes Flynn’s version of Lucius will look different from how he portrayed the character in the Harry Potter films.
“I doubt that he’ll look like me, because that was the look I came up with and he’s far too original to want to copy anything,” said the actor.
While speaking to Esquire in March 2025, Isaacs explained he came up with Lucius iconic long icy-blond hair, cloak, and having his wand inside a sleek cane. According to Isaac, the original sketch for Lucius in his introductory film Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, which premiered in 2002, showed the wizard with short hair and “a pinstriped suit.” Isaacs disagreed with the design because he believed that Lucius wouldn’t want to look like a Muggle. Eventually, he was able to convince the film’s director, Chris Columbus, to go with his vision of Lucius.
In the August 2025 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Isaacs, who co-starred with Flynn in the 2021 movie Operation Mincemeat, shared whether the Emma actor has approached him about playing Lucius.
“If he had, I wouldn’t tell anyone. I texted him, and I can say that because that’s my domain to talk about. I texted because we did a film together and we were friendly,” said Isaacs to the publication. “He’s absolutely delightful and phenomenally talented, and I have no doubt he’s going to do something completely different from what I did because I did my own thing.”
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