
Rowling once admitted gets on her nerves. "It's bad boy syndrome, isn't it? It's very depressing," Rowling stated in an interview (via The Rowling Library).
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It is a fascination that series creator J.K. What is less understandable is the army of fans that Lucius Malfoy and his son Draco have. To his surprise, Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe responded immediately to the bit of improv with, "Don't worry, I will be." The filmmakers loved the impromptu exchange so much that they decided to keep the whole thing in the final cut of the movie.īut Snape has that whole "misunderstood anti-hero" thing going that makes his appeal at least slightly fathomable. Potter will always be around to save the day," was also an improvisation on the part of the actor, he revealed in a behind-the-scenes interview. Interestingly, Isaacs chose to try to curse Harry with the killing spell "avada kedavra," which had not been introduced in the films yet, but which had already been introduced in the fourth "Harry Potter" novel ( via The Things).Īdditionally, the scene where Lucius says, "Let us hope that Mr. In the movie, Jason Isaacs improvised drawing his wand from his cane and attempting to curse Harry. In the book, an angry Lucius "lunges" at Harry before being stopped by Dobby. Lucius' most memorable scene in "Chamber of Secrets" comes near the end when Harry tricks him into freeing Lucius' magical slave Dobby.

Thus Isaacs was finally convinced to accept Lucius' role and grew to love playing the character. "I said to my agent, 'When they call, tell them, no, thank you very much, I am about to go play Captain Hook,'" Isaacs told Digital Spy, adding that he is "not playing two children's villains!" When the actor's family got wind of the news, all his nieces, nephews, and godchildren banded together to demand he take the role so they could visit the "Harry Potter" film set. Isaacs was already scheduled to play another children's film villain Captain Hook at the time, and that was enough kid-friendly villainy for his appetite. It was the role of Lockhart that Isaacs had initially auditioned for, and he was disappointed when he was offered the part of Lucius Malfoy instead.

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Lucius makes his initial appearance in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets." The movie is famous for debuting the character of Gilderoy Lockhart, a hilariously inept and overconfident Hogwarts teacher.
