Jason Isaacs Revealed The “Deeply Humiliating” Time He Got Busted Stealing A “Harry Potter” Prop From Set
The White Lotus actor called the moment “deeply humiliating.”
However, for all his contributions to the franchise, Jason nearly got in trouble on set for stealing the tiniest of props.
In a recent interview, Jason recounted the story to BuzzFeed while promoting Season 3 of The White Lotus. You know, the wildly popular HBO TV show he’s starring in as Timothy Ratliff, a Carolina businessman who’s hiding a debilitating secret about a legal scandal from his family while on a trip to Thailand.
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The charming actor was game to discuss everything from revealing which actor is least like their character (Hint: it’s someone in the Ratliff family) to who got the party started when the cast wasn’t filming (Hint: it’s the husband of one of his co-stars.)
He also took some time to chat about Harry Potter, including his ill-fated prop grab. Jason credited his co-star, the late Alan Rickman, with blowing the opportunity. Rickman, who played Severus Snape, took the many gold coins that appeared in the Gringots Wizard Banks scenes for charity auctions.
So Jason set his eyes on just one copy of a Daily Prophet, the physical newspaper that appears in the series. A friend visited him on set and asked if he could have one. “Don’t you take it. I’ll take it,” Jason said, noting he later swiped one to put in his bag.
Once shooting wrapped for the day, Jason drove out only to be stopped by a security guard. The guard said, “Night, Jason. Give us the Daily Prophet back. Everyone knows. Give me the Daily Prophet back.”
Jason called it a “deeply humiliating moment” and a factor into why he took nothing from the Harry Potter franchise home.
The same can’t be said for his current show. “Oh my god, did I take stuff from White Lotus. I’ve got a house full,” he said. “I got the slippers, I got the towels, and I got the bathrobes.
“Everything that wasn’t nailed down when we finished with it on set got stuffed into my bag,” he continued. “I don’t know what I’m going to do with them all.”
