By Hook Or By Crook

We make no secret that Jason Isaacs is one of our favourite actors, so we're happy to hear today that the actor was treated with appropriate respect by the Costume Designer for Peter Pan. Isaacs, who in line with tradition will be playing both Mr Darling and Captain Hook in the upcoming PJ Hogan film, explains in an interview with USA Today that his costumes were to die for. '[Hook]'s very cool and sexy,' says Isaacs, who decided to give the costume department a little direction as far as his outfits were concerned. 'I said, "Let's have open shirts, sort of Julio Iglesias-style. Happily the designers were only too pleased to accommodate the pirate. 'I'm pretty sure that any one of my jackets cost more than what I got paid for this film,' laughs Isaacs, who adds that even his footwear were, 'were the Excaliber of pirate boots.' As for the hook itself, Isaac's Captain Hook has a deadly weapon indeed. 'It was described as a claw by Barrie,' he tells the paper, 'But we've got a talon, a really nasty instrument.'