Talk:Jason Isaacs

Is Jason Isaacs married?

Edited section on private life--Jason and Emma are not married. He's said in several interviews that they've talked about it, but something's always come up, and that they'll probably get married when Lily tells them that they're embarassing her.nmw 07:44, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Somebody had changed it back to "wife". I've fixed it and added a reference.--Brother William 08:26, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Actually, as of sometime late last year, Jason's been referring to Emma as his wife, and he's started wearing what appears to be a wedding band. I guess they figured that after the second kid, they might as well make it legal.nmw 20:58, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Haven't seen any articles mentioning that Jason Isaacs and Emma Hewitt have married. In an article on the website of The Sun, believed to have been published in 2006, Isaacs states that he and Hewitt have not formally married yet. If there are any new articles, please update the article with a citation. Cheers, Jacklee 18:19, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Did Isaacs drop out of university?

The article states that Jason dropped out of Bristol to go to Central--is this correct?nmw 20:58, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

I don't know. The article currently states that he graduated from Bristol University before studying at the Central School of Speech and Drama, but an article from Moviefone, which I've put in a footnote, says he dropped out of university. If anyone can clarify this, please update the article with a citation. Cheers, Jacklee 18:19, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Publicity photo

I've removed the publicity photo from the article. It's copyrighted, and fair use specifically does not cover use in the actor's article. WP:FUC explains the details. The copyright notice on the image's page also explains it pretty well. The short of it is that the image is owned by the the movie folks and can only be used to illustrate movie related stuff. Oddly enough, the actor's bio isn't covered. I suppose if we created a "roles" section, we could use the image to illustrate that particular role. Rklawton 01:59, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Doh! I see there is a such a section, so I went ahead and moved the image down there. Rklawton 02:01, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

All photographs have been removed from this article by an administrator for non-compliance with the non-free content criteria. Please try to locate copyright-free images for use in this article, if possible. Cheers, Jacklee 13:01, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Trivia section

I have parked the "Trivia" section of the article here because such sections are now deprecated. This is because they encourage editors to add bits of information to an ever-growing list rather than trying to incorporate them into the article (see the link in the above box for more information).

• Isaacs has a long-running professional relationship with director Paul W. S. Anderson and producer Jeremy Bolt. Isaacs has appeared in four of Anderson's movies, mostly from his early period including Shopping, Event Horizon and Soldier. He had an uncredited role as Dr. William Birkin (and the narrator) in Resident Evil (2002). He was also set to play Dr. Birkin in Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004), but for some reason left the project. That is why in the 2002 movie the only part of Isaacs' face that can be seen are his eyes; the rest was covered by a medical mask. It is assumed that his role was taken over by Iain Glen.
• In a 26 November 2006 article published in the San Francisco Chronicle, Isaacs was voted by the author as one of the 13 "Sexiest Men Who Are Real and Alive", while Lucius Malfoy, the character he portrayed in the Harry Potter films, was named as one of the 12 "Sexiest Men Who Were Never Alive".
• Isaacs writes with his left hand, but uses his right hand when playing sports or when portraying acts of violence in films.
• He is afraid of horses and spiders.
• When taking on the role of Lucius Malfoy in the "Harry Potter" films, Issacs disagreed with the producer's idea that Malfoy be in a business suit and created the costume of a dark cape and cane.

Cheers, Jacklee 22:46, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

I have readded the information into the article. Realistically, moving it to the talk page is the same as simply deleting it. Individual facts on the talk pages of all but the most-trafficed pages is likely to never be reincorporated in the text. When dealing with trivia and trivia sections, I think it is better to simply incorporate the information yourself, delete the information, or leave it for someone else. -- Black Falcon ^(Talk) 03:08, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Trivia items and quotations have been incorporated into the body of the article or into footnotes. Cheers, Jacklee 15:58, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Fixes needed

Looks ok, layout and prose ok at first glance. points to follow. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 11:02, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Isaacs had initially planned on becoming a lawyer, following his more traditionally-inclined brothers who are a doctor, lawyer, and accountant, and, in 1982, entered Bristol University to read law. - ungainly, try "Isaacs had initially planned on a career in law, following his more traditionally-inclined brothers who became a doctor, lawyer, and accountant; thus in 1982, commenced reading Law at Bristol University." or something. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 11:06, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

OK, done. Jacklee 17:54, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

"There is a streak of cruelty in me that comes from having a quite competitive background. There were four boys in the house and we were pretty unkind to each other. I've been bullied a lot, sometimes by my brothers, sometimes at school. It wasn't a great thing to be a Jewish teenager when the National Front were passing leaflets around the school."

- a long quote but a good one. Would look better in a quotation box. However tehn the text before it is a bit meagre. Consider embellishing a bit and adding a bit of early biographical stuff before.

Added a bit more information about Isaac's childhood. Think the quote is all right where it is, though. Jacklee 17:54, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Jason made an unnervingly memorable impression as a fictional sadistic British army officer,... - comes across as POV. Got to mention instead that it was critically accliamed and mention which reviewers and the adjectives they used (not quotes but general idea and would need an inline ref for FA...)

Toned down the comment (which was probably from some film review). Jacklee 17:54, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

the actor was not content to be typecast in the historical-scum mold. - huh? I'm not sure what this means

Rephrased the sentence. Jacklee 17:54, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Awards and nominations - may be better as a paragraph and discussing nominations and awards, was he favourite - who won - add more colour and depth to section. Not a biggie though.

I don't have any further information about this at the moment, unfortunately. Will leave the section as it is. Jacklee 17:54, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Personal life - lacks some detail - there are things you can go into which are not too personal - eg any witty stuff about supporting Liverpool FC. More on acting stuff?

Haven't got any additional information at the moment, I'm afraid. Jacklee 17:54, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Lead has to summarise article. Maybe mention born Liverpudlian but lived London.

Added to the lead the fact that Isaacs was raised in Liverpool and London. I think the rest of the lead already adequately summarizes the article. Jacklee 17:54, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Ultimately with these tweaks is ok for GA. Not too far off a crack at FA - before that - try to get more colour - eg more on acting technique - I never knew he was a northerner, always heard his accent from Harry Potter...where was the family from, was englsh his first language as a kid etc. Politics/causes etc. Have to be careful with BLP and if in doubt leave it out.

Thanks for reviewing this article. I think I'll stick to getting it to GA status first – at the moment I don't have any of the additional information about Isaacs that you suggested adding to the article. Found an article stating that his great-grandparents were from Eastern Europe, but it doesn't say exactly where. Since his family has been in the UK for four generations, I'm quite sure English is his first language. My responses to your comments are set out above. Cheers, Jacklee 17:54, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

GA passed

That's fine - the others are minor and wouldn't preclude GA status. Still, with not too much more work could be worth a crack at FA.cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 01:37, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks very much! Cheers, Jacklee 03:43, 13 July 2007 (UTC)