My worst moment: 'Death of Stalin's' Jason Isaacs and the missing co-star

Well-known in the U.K., British actor Jason Isaacs is probably best recognized in the U.S. as Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, or more recently as "Star Trek: Discovery's" Captain Gabriel Lorca. He's also currently filming the second season of Netflix's "The OA."

But his role as a puffed-up army general in the new 1953-set comedy "The Death of Stalin" from "Veep" creator Armando Iannucci - a film that "somehow manages to acknowledge the murderous depths of Josef Stalin's regime while rising to the level of incisive, even invigorating political satire" per Tribune critic Michael Phillips - is something entirely unexpected: Isaacs being absurd and funny.

"My friends know that I'm funny," he said, "but I was stunned that