Jason Isaacs recollects disastrous ‘very first day’ of shoot on ‘Armageddon’
Jason Isaacs virtually misplaced his position within the hit movie Armageddon.
The Harry Potter actor performed the position of scientist Ronald Quincy, who proposes a daring plan for NASA enlist a workforce of oil drillers to fly into area, land on an enormous asteroid hurtling towards Earth, drill into it, and plant a nuclear bomb to destroy it.
In an interview on The Hollywood Reporter’s podcast Awards Chatter, The White Lotus star recalled being questioned by the director Michael Bay about his efficiency on the “very first day” of shoot.
“I do the one scene in which I speak, and Michael goes, ‘Hey, what is that? Theatre training?'” stated Isaac.
After listening to the query from Bay, The Patriot actor stated, “I absolutely s— myself, obviously, thinking I’m gonna be fired. I’m clearly declaiming all over the place.”
Isaacs continued that he apologised and his “voice shot up five octaves” whereas doing so. “And Michael goes, ‘Is that what they teach you in theatre school? And I thought, ‘Oh my God. This is my worst nightmare.'”
“And I scurry over to him, and I go, ‘Was that terrible?’ He goes, ‘No. It was awesome,'” he added.
Along with Isaacs, Armageddon stared Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck Liv Tyler, Billy Bob Thornton, Will Patton, Steve Buscemi, Michael Clarke Duncan and Owen Wilson.
