With production on Moon Knight now completed, the cast and crew of the upcoming Disney+ series are celebrating the show setting a Marvel Cinematic Universe record that is both impressive and easily overlooked.
Moon Knight director Mohamed Diab recently revealed the series holds the MCU record for the fewest amount of reshoots, which are a common occurrence during the production of many big-budget projects. “Everyone who’s sitting here added his soul to that project, and I have to say that we hold the record of the least additional photography in the history of Marvel,” Diab said during a press event attended by CBR. As for what allowed the cast and crew to get it right the first time around, star Ethan Hawke explained, “Because we rehearsed a lot.” Series lead Oscar Isaac chimed in, adding that their active discussions about the show helped as well: “On the weekend while we were shooting, we would all sit around the table and have a Sunday brunch and we would all just talk about the episode.”
Hawke went into more detail about what those discussions entailed, with the actor explaining how talking about what they could do to make the series even better aided in creating an imaginative and collaborative work environment. “How it could be better,” Hawke said of the topic of their discussions. “What did that mean? Could that be more interesting? And it brought our collective imagination into one thing. And that made it easier when we’d be directed by [Diab] versus [Aaron Moorhead], it was always part of the same team. The imaginative force behind it was the same.”
Moorhead corroborated the effectiveness of those discussions, saying that he could feel how much more productive they all were because of them. “Yeah, those days were probably the days when the work felt like it was getting done,” Moorhead said, “in terms of building a plan to execute, more than any other single day. They were very exciting.”
Isaac, who will be playing the Fist of Khonshu himself when the series premieres later this month, hasn’t been shy about sharing his passion for the project. The actor has described Moon Knight as something akin to his “baby,” with Isaac also explaining how difficult it was to be “acting with myself” while portraying the vigilante’s multiple alters. As such, Isaac has expressed hope that audiences will watch the series more than once, saying that his character’s shifting perspectives will reward multiple viewings. That isn’t to say audiences should be wary of everything they see, though, as Isaac stated, “The one thing that’s absolutely real is his emotional journey.”
The first episode of Moon Knight lands on Disney+ March 30.
Source: Marvel Studios
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