Despite Moon Knight’s skill and strength, Khonshu is not content with giving Marc Spector his powers, and therefore would seek out Layla as his new avatar on earth.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has welcomed Moon Knight, the hero who takes on the body of Marc Spector to deliver justice on behalf of Khonshu, the Egyptian God. However, Khonshu has a plan B in case Spector cannot fulfill his plans as Moon Knight, and the African deity has already set his sights on Layla, the secret agent’s still wife.
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Recall that in the comics Marc Spector, a CIA agent of Israeli origin, who died during a mission in Egypt. But Spector came back to life thanks to a pact with Khonshu.
Spector is an expert in hand-to-hand combat and various martial arts, is an Olympic-level athlete, acrobat and skilled gymnast, as well as being a strategist on the battlefield.
In a vision, Khonshu offers Spector a second chance at life if he becomes the god’s avatar on earth. However, Khonshu did not count on Spector’s mental illness, dissociative identity disorder.
Steven Grant vs Marc Spector
As we have seen in the series, dissociative identity disorder is characterized by the alternation of different identities. Those who suffer from the disorder can feel the presence of two or more people who speak or live in their head.
Each identity can have a name, a personal history and unique characteristics. People with dissociative identity disorder usually also have dissociative amnesia and often experience dissociative fugue.
Dissociative disorders often manifest as a way of coping with traumas that occurred during childhood.
Khonshu’s plan B
That is why Khonshu is not satisfied when Steven Grant takes control of the situation, something that irritates the Egyptian god to the point of insulting him every time Grant regains his memory.
For this reason, Khonshu threatened Spector and is determined to take the body of Layla El-Faouly, an archaeologist who knows Marc Spector, to make her his new avatar on earth.
“Layla is aware of Marc’s secrets with Khonshu but she is discovering other secrets as the audience is also discovering them. So we meet her at a point where her partner has disappeared for several months and when she sees him again, she meets a different person, Steven.”, stated actress May Calamawy, who plays Layla.
The Moon Knight series follows Steven Grant (Oscar Isaac), a gift shop clerk who suffers from memory afflictions, blanking out or bringing back memories of another life.
Steven discovers that he has dissociative identity disorder, and that he shares a body with mercenary Marc Spector. As they face off against their enemies, Steven/Marc must navigate their complex identities. As they plunge into a deadly mystery among the mighty gods of Egypt.
Moon Knight stars Oscar Isaac, Ethan Hawke, and May Calamawy. Mohamed Diab and the team of Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead directed all six episodes. Jeremy Slater is the showrunner for the first season.
The first episodes of Moon Knight will air on March 30 on the Disney+ digital platform.
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Source: Marvel
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In the desert sands of Egypt, Marc Spector received a brutal beating and was left to his own devices, his body was destroyed by the terrible pain. He was alone until Khonshu appeared. The great god needed a weapon, an arbiter of vengeance on Earth willing to hurt those who deserved it in his name.
A pact was formed and a warrior was born: Moon Knight. The night he had his new protector and Marc Spector had a reason to live. A new opportunity to redeem himself, a new thirst for life and a new purpose.
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