Jason Isaacs says ‘global icon' co-star was ‘worst bully ever': ‘Never seen anything like it'
Jason Isaacs revealed that one of his 'global icon' co-stars was the 'worst bully ever'.
The White Lotus star recalled a prominent actor pushing him out of a shot in a candid interview with Vulture, published this week.
'Oh Jesus. Did worse than that,' the actor remembered.
The unnamed A-lister 'did all the old tricks of doing a completely different performance off-camera than on,' Isaacs, 62, claimed, per Page Six.
'Yeah, it sucked. I'd never seen anything like it,' he continued. 'Before, I would've licked the ground that this person walked on.'
Isaacs opened up about his 'bully' co-star. Picture: Lisa O'Connor/AFP
While the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets star did not identify the thespian in question, he did share he has worked with many people who were 'bonkers'.
Isaacs previously spoke about the co-star in question in a 2011 interview with the Telegraph, meaning we can at least narrow down that the negative experience took place before then.
'When I think someone's terrible, someone else might think they're brilliant. One of the things that's very charismatic is madness,' he told Vulture.
Isaac clarified that what he 'mostly … judge[s] on set is bad behaviour.'
He said: 'It's selfishness, cruelty, bullying, or people complaining to the person who's getting them dressed, who doesn't get in a year what they earn in a day to pick their filthy underwear off the floor.'
Isaacs said he also noticed when actors didn't show up, left work to go home early, did drugs and called 'prostitutes to their trailer'.
'I come across all that stuff,' he shared.
The actor in Harry Potter.
He also recently starred in The White Lotus.
Isaacs said he would not name any names because 'there is no value, other than masochism and sabotage, in telling people the truth about people I've worked with or experiences I've had.'
He concluded, 'Acting is all about secrets.'
Elsewhere in the interview, Isaacs spoke about the 'very low' pay cheque of US$40,000 ($61,000) per episode he and his co-stars received for working on season three of The White Lotus.
'Generally actors don't talk about pay in public because it's ridiculously disproportionate to what we do — putting on makeup and funny voices — and just upsets the public,' he said.
'But compared to what people normally get paid for big television shows, that's a very low price.'
However, the Golden Globe nominee acknowledged, 'The fact is, we would have paid to be in it. We probably would have given a body part.'
This article originally appeared in Page Six and was reproduced with permission.
Originally published as Jason Isaacs says 'global icon' co-star was 'worst bully ever': 'Never seen anything like it'
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