The fourth chapter of moon knight of Disney + surprised by its unexpected and total script twist. Also, to close with one of the most surprising scenes of the entire series. But it was not only about the surprise of seeing to what level the psychiatric disorder of its main character could have taken the plot. At the time, several of the episode’s sequences surprised fans by his ability to clearly show the hero’s dissociative disorder. How to manage to show the double role of Oscar Isaac with such intelligence and neatness?
The answer seems to be a little more digital effects and careful timing. According to an interview that TheWrap made Oscar Isaac, giving life to Steven Grant/Marc Spector has been the work of a little unexpected trick. The performance of the actor’s brother Michael Benjamin Hernandez in several of the most complicated scenes. Hernandez has been the body double in several of the scenes involving Steve and Marc. Especially, in which both personalities are shown at the same time in an elaborate conversation and fast-paced alternation.
For Oscar Isaac, the very strange experience of playing a double character at such complicated levels is a long stretch of trial and ingenuity. But also, at the same time have all the production help to make the experience more complete and credible. As the actor told TheWrap, filming two characters in Moon Knight allowed him to create a common thread about how personality manifests itself. A staged tour that gives the series several of its best moments and a rare ability to deconstruct its curious antihero.
A journey into the darkness of Moon Knight’s mind
moon knight has proven to be an amazing experiment for Marvel. From the fact of building a disconcerting story about a hero linked to the mystical, to his mental health. The role of Oscar Isaac implies assuming the duality of his interpretation as a relevant fact. Besides, work on the key point that embodies more than one character. A complicated challenge in which the actor coped with the most unexpected help.
“You know, who really was my co-star throughout this whole thing was my brother. I had my brother, Michael Hernandez, he is also an actor. I asked him to play Steven or Marc, depending on the scene,” Isaac told TheWrap. “He is the closest thing to me there is, he is my little brother. So it was actually great to have him there to work with.”
The experience of delving into the confusing world of Moon Knight, became an organizational challenge for the entire production team. Mohamed Diab, director of several episodes of the series, commented that the most complicated work was to differentiate the two personalities of the antihero. And of course, that required making some decisions. Like the one where Isaac played Steven and Marc at different points in the shoot.. This allowed the actor to develop the personalities in depth, but left the production team with a long editing job.
“At first, we were not clear on who Marc is and who Steven is. At first, Oscar just wanted [encarnar] Steven one day and Marc one day, never the same day,” Diab told marvel.com. “After a while, there were a couple of scenes where she was talking in the mirror and I said, ‘Why don’t you try [ambos personajes]?’ I kept pushing him and cheering him on. Suddenly he did something magical.”
The result was surprising and in fact, the interpretation of Isaac in moon knight It is one of the relevant points of the series. “When the camera is panning, all of a sudden, it’s someone else. Once it’s Marc, you see him getting taller and taller. When he’s Steven, he’s very approachable,” Diab commented, also for Marvel. com. “A whole new way of understanding the character.”