The character of Moon Knight has always been categorized as a superhero, but Oscar Isaac's darker and sometimes violent interpretation of the character has arguably called Moon Knight's status as an actual hero into question. The stars of the new series on Disney+ have shared their own thoughts on the matter.
"I think what he ends up doing is very heroic, which is the story of integration," Isaac told Ask Marvel.
Ethan Hawke, who plays cult leader Arthur Harrow in the series, agrees, adding, "I think he's a hero, but his true superpower is the journey towards being a whole person. Because if any one of us can really be our whole self, we can do anything."
Isaac plays the role of Marc Spector, a mercenary with Dissociative Identity Disorder, who as Moon Knight serves as the avatar of the Egyptian moon god Khonshu. The identity shown most frequently on the series thus far, however, is that of Steven Grant, a seemingly timid and lonely museum gift shop worker. Grant is plagued by the voices of both Khonshu and Spector in his head, and repeatedly finds himself waking up in locations unknown after either Moon Knight or Spector's identities become his dominant personality.
At the conclusion of the series' pilot episode "The Goldfish Problem," Grant allows Spector to again take control, when Spector then transforms into Moon Knight, replete with the character's white cape and cowl, to take out a jackal creature summoned by Harrow. In the second and most recent episode "Summon the Suit," Grant is pursued by another of Harrow's jackals, but this time refuses to give Spector control. Instead, Grant inadvertently conjures up a different version of the suit -- that of the so-called Mr. Knight, garbed in a white business suit and mask. The latter suit has served as the character's costume in his recent comic incarnation.
The character's DID in the series serves as an additional obstacle Spector has to overcome, all while facing Harrow and opposing his mission to procure an ancient Egyptian scarab to resurrect the Ammit, the evil god Harrow serves. When first introduced in the comics, Moon Knight adopted multiple identities to further his fight against crime, but did not outwardly have DID.
Fellow star May Calamawy, who plays Spector's wife Layla El-Faouly on the series, also concurred with Isaac and Hawke regarding Moon Knight's status as a hero when asked, simply stating, "Yes."
New episodes of Moon Knight premiere every Wednesday on Disney+.
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