Whereas Jason Isaacs has been open about an allegedly native expertise he had with a former costar, he has but to disclose his so-called bully’s id.
Isaacs first spoke concerning the alleged incident between him and a former costar throughout a 2011 interview with the Telegraph. The actor claimed to the outlet that the unnamed individual tried to push him out of their shared mission. No extra particulars or clues got on the time.
In 2011, Isaacs’ profession had already taken off, as he had labored with numerous massive Hollywood names. He appeared alongside Dennis Quaid and Sean Connery in Dragonheart, along with Mel Gibson and the late Heath Ledger in The Patriot. Isaacs was within the star-studded Armageddon solid, which included Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Owen Wilson and Steve Buscemi. Isaacs additionally labored with Daniel Radcliffe, Ralph Fiennes and the late Alan Rickman within the Harry Potter franchise.
For TV, Isaacs snagged a job in The West Wing alongside Martin Sheen, Bradley Whitford and Rob Lowe. He additionally appeared in Entourage which starred Kevin Connolly, Adrian Grenier and Jeremy Piven.
Greater than a decade later, Isaacs shared extra particulars about his alleged encounter with the mysterious costar in an interview with Vulture, revealed on June 16, 2025. Isaacs referred to the previous costar as ‘the worst bully ever and a worldwide icon.”
“[They did all of the previous tips of doing a totally completely different efficiency off-camera than on,” Isaacs recalled. “Yeah, it sucked. I’d by no means seen something prefer it.”
Isaacs added that the actor was somebody he regarded as much as and he “would’ve licked the bottom that this individual walked on.”
Along with his former costar bully, Isaacs admitted that there have been a number of situations the place somebody has rubbed him the improper means.
“Once I suppose somebody’s horrible, another person would possibly suppose they’re sensible. One of many issues that’s very charismatic is insanity,” he recalled. “I bear in mind speaking about one explicit one who I assumed was simply unwatchably dangerous, and my spouse stated, ‘Don’t you perceive that’s why you’ll be able to’t take your eyes off them? They don’t ship strains like they perceive what they’re saying, however what they do is simply mesmeric.’ And subsequent time I used to be on set, I went, ‘Oh God. You’re proper.’”
Isaacs defined that he retains an eye fixed out for “dangerous habits” on set.
“It’s selfishness, cruelty, bullying, or individuals complaining to the one who’s getting them dressed, who doesn’t get in a 12 months what they earn in a day to choose their filthy underwear off the ground,” he instructed the outlet. “That, or not turning up, or going house early, or considering they know higher than the director, or being on crack and calling prostitutes to their trailer. I come throughout all that stuff.”