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FEBRUARY 27, 2010 at 8:56 AM
Posted by GERI
Source: Coming Soon via Yahoo! News
Actor Jason Isaacs who has plays Lucius Malfoy in the the Harry Potter movies talks about
the end of Deathly Hallows Part 2 and how sad it is to be at the end of the film making process.
They made the last book into two films, and it was a fantastic experience because everyone who is left alive is back... and even some of the dead people," he said with a sly smile. "There is one long sequence where everyone who is left standing is there when the forces of good meet the forces of evil."
"I think over the years that they've been adapting these incredibly popular and successful books, they've increasingly become more and more confident in their ability to make great cinema experiences out of it and where they need to change the book or the central thrust of the story, they do it now with real aplomb and with Jo Rowling's blessing," he continued. "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."
"This franchise goes out in an epic way," he concluded. "I think the end of the films will be a fantastically cinematic and visual feast and it will more than satisfy the readers of the books, but what you won't get is the book on screen. You will get something more and different."
"It's very sad for me," he admitted when asked about how he felt about the movies coming to an end. "I'm a particularly sentimental fool anyway so I was already nostalgic for the history of Harry Potter while I was still making it, and I knew the end was coming. I was always cognizant of the fact I was going to have to pack up my furry friend of a wig and stick it in a box and say goodbye to the cane and any magic powers. All the joy was tinged with sadness for me."
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 is scheduled for November 19, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 comes out July 15, 2011.
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Auror
Points: 2081
kermittounette says:
I wish we would be in november to see the first part of it, but I wish this would never happen because it will be the end. I didn't love Lucius Malfoy until the last book, so i'm happy to see that he'll be back.
Posted Feb 27, 2010 at 11:18 AM EST
Wizard
Points: 953
Rudeboy2025 says:
Jason Isaacs is great and I love that he's sentimental about the series.
Posted Feb 27, 2010 at 3:38 PM EST
I Am Queen of My Castle
Points: 4092
Hecate3fold says:
How eloquently he summarizes the end to an era.
Jason is one of my favorite adult actors in the series. He has made Lucius the kind of villian you love to hate.
I wonder if he gets to keep his hair and cane as part of his contract? I certainly hope he would.
Blessings! Hecate3fold!
Posted Feb 27, 2010 at 4:09 PM EST
Witch
Points: 844
darlingnikki says:
Cant wait till November, Lucius is one of my all time favorite villans!
Posted Feb 28, 2010 at 2:29 AM EST
Yoda's love child
Points: 3692
Dementywhatsit says:
I feel exactly the same. I wish I could spend the rest of my life looking forward to another Harry Potter book or movie in the making. Sadly,all things come to an end. *enormous SIGH*
Posted Feb 28, 2010 at 1:40 PM EST
Keeper of Harry's Fate
Points: 9172
TheOneWhoMustBeNamed says:
Very appropriate comments. I imagine all of the actors feel much the same way. Almost a grieving process. Although I imagine they can go out and talk and be appreciated for years to come.
Posted Mar 1, 2010 at 9:40 AM EST
Prof. Alfred W. Mandoore
Points: 2541
JAYSTARR says:
Brilliant...But, this Saga doesn't have to stop here. We could continue with more stories of the Wizarding world.
Posted Mar 6, 2010 at 2:10 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2393
Feelin' Felix Felicis says:
I loved how he said the end will be a "cinematic and visual feast". I can't wait to see how it will look at the end even though I will be so sad.
Posted Mar 8, 2010 at 1:58 PM EST