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Jason Isaacs approves of Johnny Flynn casting as Lucius Malfoy in 'Harry Potter' series: 'Just please don't make him sing'
The big-screen version of the villainous Lucius Malfoy has spoken.
Jason Isaacs, who portrayed the wizard in several films based on J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter saga, approves of Johnny Flynn being cast in the role of the father of Draco Malfoy in the upcoming TV adaptation for HBO.
A fantastic actor, a lovely man and, irritatingly, a rather brilliant musician too. Couldn't have handed the snake-topped baton on to anyone better. Just please don't make him sing…#HarryPotter #JohnnyFlynn#KillTheElfEarly
— Jason Isaacs (@jasonsfolly) June 9, 2025
"A fantastic actor, a lovely man and, irritatingly, a rather brilliant musician too," Isaacs posted Monday on X. "Couldn't have handed the snake-topped baton on to anyone better. Just please don't make him sing...."
The actor is known for starring in the Netflix series Lovesick, which aired from 2014 to 2018, and for the 2020 movie Stardust, in which he portrayed the late David Bowie. Flynn also appeared in the 2020 version of Emma. In the streamer's 2024 drama series Ripley, he played the ill-fated Dickie Greenleaf.
As Isaacs noted, Flynn is a singer and songwriter who's released several albums and soundtracks.
The younger actor is one of more than a dozen cast members headed to Hogwarts, following the phenomenal success of the movies and books following the adventures of the boy wizard and his friends attending a school of magic.
Isaacs has said that he thinks he will be but a memory, if anything at all, once the new show has debuted.
"I have to say, I'll milk this, because this time next year, there's gonna be another Lucius Malfoy, and he's gonna be fantastic, and I'll be long forgotten," he said in April on the Awards Chatter podcast. "So I am savoring every round of applause I get."
He said he wasn't looking for compliments, but being realistic.
"I'm just saying, they are making the TV series, and it will be brilliant," Isaacs said. "And I will be — just like I'm now last season's White Lotus actor — I will be the [previous] iteration of Lucius Malfoy, and that's fine by me. I've had a good run."
While the cast includes other showbiz veterans, such as John Lithgow, Janet McTeer, and Nick Frost, it also features several newcomers: Dominic McLaughlin, Arabella Stanton, and Alastair Stout will play Harry and his closest friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley.
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