Jason Isaacs dishes on his character in The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
By Callum Gunn
Still on the fence about watching The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance? A few more details about Jason Isaacs’ character may have you sold.
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance is now available to stream on Netflix. If you haven’t decided on whether to watch it or not yet, you’ll want to know more about the characters. Let’s take a deep dive into Harry Potter’s Jason Isaacs’ character.
Isaacs is back in the role of the villain, and we can’t say we’re complaining about that. After all, he made an excellent Lucius Malfoy. This time he’s not just a bad guy somewhere down on the totem pole. He’s the big bad villain, Emperor of the Skeksis. Think of him a little like the Voldemort of the show.
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This wasn’t a role that he even intended to go out for. It was offered to him. Obviously, the people behind The Dark Crystal knew that Isaacs can do bad very well. And it didn’t matter to Isaacs that the character was another villain. As long as the character and the story are well-written, he’ll consider the role. The selling point on The Dark Crystal prequel series was that Jim Henson’s daughter, Lisa, was the one running the show. This was always designed to be a beautiful addition to the original 1982 movie.
While playing the characters, our own Lucius Malfoy doesn’t view them as evil or the bad guys. After all, these characters don’t view themselves as the bad guys, right? Whenever people do things, they think that they’re right. In the case of Lucius Malfoy, he believed in Voldemort and that muggles were bad.
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As for skekSo, the Emperor of the Skeksis, he believes that ruling of Thra is right. skekSo believes that his way is the right way, and everyone else is wrong. These types of people can be scary, but they don’t view themselves as the bad guys in all this.
When it comes to the voice of the character, that was always going to be a little difficult. Many people don’t realize the work that goes into voicing the character. This isn’t just about speaking, but about bringing energy and personality through the voice. skekSo has a long snout and a lot of teeth. How would anyone sound like that?
Isaacs shared the process of coming up with the voice with Uproxx. What didn’t help him was that he was the first to come in to do the sound, and he didn’t get to record with anyone else, even though the Skeksis are usually in a group.
You’ll certainly want to watch The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance to see the decision made in the end. Expect a lot of shouting from the character considering his stance as the Emperor.
If you loved the movie, you’re going to enjoy the prequel series, which is more like a 10-hour movie according to Isaacs.
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The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance is on Netflix now.