Moon Knight Director Fought To Keep A Certain Scene In Episode 1

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The following article contains spoilers for Moon Knight episode 1.

Marvel Studios' Moon Knight has finally arrived on Disney Plus, and so far the series is already receiving rave reviews from critics and fans. Now, director Mohamed Diab has opened up about some of the first episode's key scenes, particularly one involving Oscar Isaac's Steven Grant ordering a steak dinner.

The scene from Marvel Studios' Moon Knight in question involves Steven Grant going on a date with a museum co-worker. However, he doesn’t remember making the date because his alter ego, Marc Spector, presumably arranged it instead. What makes it even worse is that Steven realizes he is two days late to his date due to Spector being involved in another mission as Moon Knight. Once he accepts he messed up, Steven, being a vegan, goes ahead and orders a steak anyway (even though he doesn't know how to), a decision that both felt comedic yet heartbreaking, especially since the scene also conveyed his struggle with dissociative identity disorder (DID).

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Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, Diab shared how such a smaller yet tragic scene almost didn't make the final cut in the episode, yet he fought to keep it in because it allowed audiences to get a greater understanding of Steven. “I remember fighting for that [steak] scene. That scene was written by me and [consulting producer] Sarah [Goher], and I knew that I was never going to know Steven unless we had that steak scene,” Diab recalled. “That is the moment when the audience is going to say, ‘It’s the first episode, but I’m in love with this character. It’s done.’ To me, it was very important to find something to express that DID is not just blackouts and then his life is fine and