CALLED OUT

‘White Lotus’ Star Slams ‘Global Icon’ as ‘Worst Bully Ever’

The actor allegedly “physically shoved” Isaacs.

The White Lotus star Jason Isaacs is calling out “the worst bully ever,” who just so happens to be an A-list actor. In a new profile for Vulture, Isaacs was asked about a story he’s told in years past, about an actor who pushed him out of a shot on an unnamed project. “Oh Jesus,” Isaacs said, “Did worse than that. Was the worst bully ever and a global icon. Did all the old tricks of doing a completely different performance off-camera than on. Yeah, it sucked. I’d never seen anything like it. Before, I would’ve licked the ground that this person walked on.” Isaacs “mimed” the interaction to The Telegraph in 2011, but was first quoted about it in 2020, when he told Backstage, “One famous, late, knighted actor literally physically shoved me out of the shot with his elbows.” Isaacs has never named the actor in question, but said he has many such stories he could tell about various well-known people: “I know where all the bodies are buried. I often fantasize about doing a junket and telling the truth, and when I win the lottery, possibly that will be the case. But there is no value, other than masochism and sabotage, in telling people the truth about people I’ve worked with or experiences I’ve had. Acting is all about secrets.”