United Kingdom, April 24 -- Jason Isaacs almost lost out on his role in 'The White Lotus'.

While the 61-year-old actor won a host of new fans after playing Timothy Ratcliff in the third series of the HBO drama, he admitted that his own poor auditioning skills almost led to him missing out.

Speaking to Schon! Magazine, he said: "Because I don't normally audition, I was the same bumbling, stuttering, insecure fool that I had been for the first 10 years of my career."

However, he did go on to land the role, which required him to spend months filming in Thailand, with long separations from his family.

Jason said: "I'm not looking to build a career. I'm not looking to be anything that I'm not.

"I just want to keep having an interesting ti...