Jun 14, 2022
Based on the Marvel
Comics featuring the character of the same
name, Moon Knight follows Marc Spector / Steven
Grant (Oscar Isaac), two alters of a man with dissociative identity
disorder (DID) who gets drawn into a deadly mystery involving
Egyptian gods. Head writer Jeremy Slater discusses the series'
approach to featuring a protagonist with DID and the creative
challenges it posed: "It was the biggest creative opportunity and
also one of the hardest things about the show. It's actually
surprising how few characters we have in the show; it's really kind
of only three. It's just that Oscar Isaac is doing so much as Mark
and as Steven and commanding the screen as both sides of that
system... on screen, it's just the actor, and they have to convey
who's in charge and what's going on."
Slater goes on to share what drew him to adapting this particular Marvel story and bringing a brand new character to the screen: "One of the reasons I gravitated towards Moon Knight was because he didn't have that former baggage... No one knows who the hell Moon Knight is; no one knows what his powers are; no one knows who his villains are. So for me, I view that as really creatively liberating, because we can come in here and put our own stamp on this."
Moon Knight is now streaming on Disney+.
Slater goes on to share what drew him to adapting this particular Marvel story and bringing a brand new character to the screen: "One of the reasons I gravitated towards Moon Knight was because he didn't have that former baggage... No one knows who the hell Moon Knight is; no one knows what his powers are; no one knows who his villains are. So for me, I view that as really creatively liberating, because we can come in here and put our own stamp on this."
Moon Knight is now streaming on Disney+.
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