Exclusive: Oscar Isaac talks Marvel's Moon Knight & playing multiple personalities
Set to premiere on Disney+ starting on March 30th is the upcoming Marvel Studios’ series “Moon Knight,” starring Oscar Isaac.
The series follows Steven Grant, a mild-mannered gift-shop employee, who becomes plagued with blackouts and memories of another life. Steven discovers he has dissociative identity disorder and shares a body with mercenary Marc Spector. As Steven/Marc’s enemies converge upon them, they must navigate their complex identities while thrust into a deadly mystery among the powerful gods of Egypt.
“Moon Knight” stars Oscar Isaac, Ethan Hawke and May Calamawy. Mohamed Diab and the team of Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead directed the episodes. Jeremy Slater is the head writer, and Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Brad Winderbaum, Mohamed Diab, Jeremy Slater and Oscar Isaac are the executive producers. Grant Curtis, Trevor Waterson and Rebecca Kirsch serve as co-executive producers.
Best known for his performance in the Star Wars sequel trilogy as X-wing pilot Poe Dameron, and in X-Men: Apocalypse as the titular mutant supervillain Apocalypse, Isaac recently starred in Dune, directed by Denis Villeneuve, and will reprise the role as the voice of Miguel O’Hara for the sequel, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One). He also starred opposite Academy Award winner Jessica Chastain in HBO’s Scenes from a Marriage. In speaking with Blackfilmandtv.com’s Wilson Morales, Isaac goes over playing multiple personalities in Moon Knight.