Jason Isaacs Has a Surprising Pick for Who Should Play Lucius Malfoy in HBO's Harry Potter TV Series

Thailand is acold from Hogwarts, nary doubt, but The White Lotus Season 3 prima Jason Isaacs inactive has immoderate thoughts connected who should instrumentality implicit his relation arsenic Lucius Malfoy successful HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter TV series.

“Meryl Streep,” the What If…? dependable histrion revealed arsenic his prime to Variety successful a caller interrogation focused connected The White Lotus.

“She tin bash anything, that woman. There’s virtually nary bounds to what she tin do.” Streep has really played a antheral erstwhile before; she portrayed respective characters successful the HBO miniseries mentation of the epic play Angels successful America, 1 of which was an aged antheral rabbi. So, honestly, she could astir apt propulsion this off.

Meryl Streep. Photo by Christopher Polk/GG2025/Penske Media via Getty Images.

That said, Isaacs doesn’t person immoderate proposal for her, oregon anyone who mightiness extremity up stepping into his role. “I wouldn’t person immoderate proposal astatine all. Why would I bother?” helium said. “I cognize immoderate of the radical they’re casting already. They’re superb actors. It’s going to beryllium fantastic, and the past happening they request is proposal from immoderate aged fart similar me.”

Isaacs debuted arsenic Lucius Malfoy successful the 2nd Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and past reprised that relation successful the 4th film, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, onward done to the last installment, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. As for this upcoming adaptation, determination is lone 1 confirmed casting prime astatine the clip of publishing this story.

John Lithgow is acceptable to prima arsenic Albus Dumbledore, primitively played by Richard Harris and past Michael Gambon, successful the upcoming series. The lone different roles that look adjacent to being formed are professors Severus Snape, primitively played by Alan Rickman, and Minerva McGonagall, primitively played by Maggie Smith. Black Mirror prima Paapa Essiedu is reportedly adjacent to being formed arsenic Snape, portion Jessica Jones prima Janet McTeer is allegedly adjacent to being formed arsenic McGonagall — but determination are nary authoritative confirmations for those roles conscionable yet.

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.