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Based on a lesser-known Marvel hero, the new
Disney+ show sees Isaac portraying "at least four"
personalities.
"That was part of the challenge and the excitement of taking
this on, the opportunity to show so many facets of one
individual and really explore in a literal and symbolic way the
different identities that he has," Isaac told Reuters as he
premiered the series at the British Museum on Thursday.
In a twist from the comic books, in which Moon Knight's alter
ego is the Jewish-American mercenary Marc Spector, Isaac plays
gift shop worker Steven Grant. The sleep-deprived Londoner
suffers from dissociative identity disorder and is haunted by
memories of Spector.
"The emotional reality of struggling with this disorder and not
only that, but the journey of healing from abuse and trauma,
that really became the central orienting theme of the whole
thing. Everything you see, including the really crazy symbolic
imagery, is an expression of that internal struggle," Isaac
said.
Ethan Hawke stars opposite Isaac as villain Arthur Harrow.
"In our story the hero is struggling with mental illness and it
created a real problem for me because the antagonist has to be
something else. I had to create a very sane lunatic to compete
with the mad hero," said Hawke.
Isaac convinced Hawke, a fellow New Yorker, to take on the role
during a chance encounter.
"Sometimes things just come together, right? I met him at a
coffee shop in New York and he told me he was doing this and
that he needed somebody to be in it with him ... I said, 'Well,
make me an offer'," said Hawke.
The series, directed by Egyptian filmmaker Mohamed Diab, also
features French actor Gaspard Ulliel, who died after a ski
accident in the French Alps on Jan. 19, in his final completed
role.
"Moon Knight" debuts on Disney+ on March 30.
(Reporting by Hanna Rantala; Editing by Karishma Singh)
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