Ethan Hawke's Moon Knight Villain Has Glass In His Shoes Because Of The Cane
Warning: This post contains slight spoilers for Moon Knight episode 1.
Moon Knight's unsettling opening scene involving Arthur Harrow, his sandals, and some shards of glass was actually actor Ethan Hawke's idea. As of this Wednesday, Marvel's latest Disney+ series has officially begun, with 5 more episodes to come over the next few weeks. Moon Knight stars Oscar Isaac as Marc Spector, a mercenary with dissociative identity disorder who has been gifted special abilities by the Egyptian moon god Khonshu. While he uses these powers for mysterious purposes, one of his alters, meek Steven Grant, is shaken to realize he's at the center of a much larger plot.
Hawke plays Moon Knight's primary villain, cult leader Arthur Harrow. Even before that familiar Marvel logo appears onscreen in the first episode, he makes quite an impression on the audience thanks to a brief, but disturbing scene. Harrow sits by himself in a darkened room and, with gentle music playing in the background, breaks a glass. While some might assume he would immediately discard all the sharp fragments, he instead pours them into his sandals, then immediately puts them on his feet. It's an unsettling way to kick off a Marvel series, but it makes it clear that Moon Knight isn't joking around.
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In an interview with Variety that emerged after the Moon Knight premiere, Hawke opened up about that scene and revealed its origins. Harrow's first onscreen moment wasn't actually in the script; instead, it came from Hawke's imagination after he put some serious thought into his character's motivations. When he realized Harrow would use a cane, it all came together. Hawke explained:
That [scene] really sprang out of my
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