Harry Potter star Jason Isaacs DESTROYS Lucius Malfoy theory but says THIS about Draco

The actor is currently promoting powerful new movie Hotel Mumbai about the devastating real-life terrorist attacks on the city in 2008. The movie also stars another Brit Dev Patel, as well as Armie Hammer. Isaacs is always passionate and eloquent on any subject, and fans know he is just as dedicated to his fandoms, whether from the Potterverse, Star Trek or the OA. So, during our chat, I managed to squeeze in a few cheeky Harry Potter questions.

I bring up one extraordinary theory which believes Lucius Malfoy is actually the unsung secret hero of the entire saga.

The theory rests on Lucius planting Tom Riddle’s diary on Ginny. It is assumed it was intended as a way to discredit her and thus her father since the Weasley were opponents of the Malfoys within the Ministry of Magic and the wider Wizarding World.

By making Ginny Weasley the agent of muggle-born deaths, Lucius hoped to derail and discredit Arthur Weasley’s plans to bring the Malfoy patriarch in for questioning and possibly prosecution for still practising dark magic.

The diary, as fans know, also contained part of Voldemort’s soul and persuaded Ginny to reopen the Chamber of Secrets. Lucius hoped this would lead to the Basilisk attacks on muggle-born wizard students. However, in the long term, the diary started Dumbledore on the track on Voldemort’s horcruxes. Without this first clue, the theory argues Voldemort might never have been defeated.

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Somehow, inadvertently and totally unintentionally, this makes Lucius the secret saviour of the world. What does Isaacs think of that?

The actor does not hold back: “I’ve no idea where you got that from. That’s definitely not true. I do think Draco is the real hero.

“Harry is always going to make the right decision. There is never any ethical dilemma for him.  But Draco, having been brought up by me in that loveless environment with a chain going back generations to be a Death Eater, actually, in the end, makes the bravest decision – which is to break those chains and throw the wand and not identify Harry.

“So, to me, he is the real hero of the piece.”

I also can’t resist letting Isaacs know that some fans also call his character Lucious Malfoy…

He laughs and adds; “I think that’s more about the hair than me. I’m a bottomless pit of need for flattery, so I’ll take it anywhere I can get it.”

As for the recently cancelled OA, does Isaacs hold out any hope for a reprieve? 

He says: “I don’t know. I love the OA . There is an amazing fan movement. We are all so moved and thrilled by it. Whether it will have any traction with Netflix, I have no idea.

“I love the show and I would kill to do more of it, but I don’t know if we will get to do it.”

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