Captain Hook Speaks

[theodosia]

A link I got from darthrami, that I want to pass on to my non-Due South-centric friends:

Jason Isaacs Interview

Here's an excerpt, and why I think I'd really like him as a friend in real life:

What makes villainous roles so appealing for you?

The best roles in Hollywood movies are always the bad guy, as heroes are pretty bland characters.

When you read a script the hero doesn't have anything about him other than the fact that all the women watching the film should want to sleep with him.

They don't normally get to do much acting. They're just the rock steady sex-bomb at the heart of the story, whereas the bad guys usually have extreme characters and situations.

I don't take acting very seriously, and you can take it even less seriously when you're licking your genocidal lips.

Comments

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

Oh, this Q&A is *priceless*!

Was there any competition between you and Alan Rickman on the set of Harry Potter over who is the most evil?

Oh no, I would always lie down and lick the bottom of his boots. I think he's absolutely sensational. But Professor Snape is not as evil as Malfoy is.

[janni.livejournal.com]

Although I do have to put in my usual gripe to the bad boy crowd that heroes are only bland if they're written badly. :-)

[rliz.livejournal.com]

> The show is sensational, it's the best programme on American telly. In the show Donna and Josh are the great unconsummated love story, but I suddenly stick my oar in.

> It could be my most unpopular role yet! Even when I was kissing her I could imagine myself watching it screaming "noooo!"

That is so cute! I am weirdly charmed. I never am interested in celebrity interviews.