United Kingdom, March 9 -- Jason Isaacs was "terrified" he'd be stabbed or have his house "burned down" during a 10-year stalking ordeal.

The 'White Lotus' actor has slammed police for being "next to useless" and refusing to take him seriously "for a long time" over the menacing advances of an unnamed young woman, which began in the late 1990s.

He told the i newspaper: "I went mad with it. I should have written a film about it. 'Baby Reindeer' is maybe slightly more dramatic but not much.

"I was terrified my house would be burned down or I'd be stabbed.

"And because it was a young woman the police didn't take it seriously for a long time. She might read this, which is disturbing."

Jason recalled how one night, the woman was arrested ...