Oscar Isaac, who plays Moon Knight, said he’d love to return to the role, but he’s not sure whether the Disney+ series will be renewed for a second season.
In an interview with Empire, the actress acknowledged that the success of Season 1 would determine whether or not Season 2 will be approved by Marvel Studios. “It all depends on whether or not the frickin’ program is seen beforehand. Maybe we’ll see more Moon Knight if they see it “ Isaac said. “But I love playing him. Particularly Steven. I hope I get to visit him again. I love him so much. I feel he’s someone real, who lives in the world. It’s been a long time since I felt that kind of connection.”
Isaac recently expressed how excited he was to have the chance to do something different with a superhero performance thanks to Moon Knight. He remembered, “Since Iron Man, [Moon Knight] is the first true Marvel character study. ‘Perhaps I can take over this monster,’ I reasoned. Maybe this is your time to do something completely insane on a big stage.'”
In order to portray Steven Grant, one of Moon Knight‘s civilian alter-egos when he isn’t combating crime, Isaac adopts a British accent. Some fans have chastised the Guatemalan-born American actor for what they believe to be a bad effort at the accent. Isaac has now clarified that his voice isn’t supposed to sound natural. “That voice is about where Steven’s from, where he’s living now, and some of his believed heritage,” said Issac. “It’s not an idea of what Brits actually sound like.”
Despite Isaac’s best efforts to set Moon Knight apart from other costumed adventurers, the character has already been compared to another, more well-known superhero: Batman. “We’ve seen that side of Moon Knight [in some comics] as a playboy philanthropist, throwing moon-shaped boomerangs, flying around in a moon-shaped plane,” Moon Knight head writer Jeremy Slater said in a recent interview, “but I don’t think that’s the coolest possible version of the character.”
Moon Knight‘s creative team also wants the program to distinguish itself apart from the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as well as its DC counterparts. Moon Knight’s less restrained approach to violence compared to past MCU chapters was recently discussed by Marvel Studios President and Chief Creative Officer Kevin Feige. “There are moments [in the series] when Moon Knight is wailing on another character, and it is loud and brutal, and the knee-jerk reaction is, ‘We’re gonna pull back on this, right?” Feige explained. No. We’re not pulling back. There’s a tonal shift. This is a different thing. This is Moon Knight.”
On March 30, Moon Knight will be aired on Disney+.
