Moon Knight Director Says Marvel Crossovers Were Cut From The Series
The first season of Marvel Studios' latest series, Moon Knight, has officially drawn to a close. The season ended with no announcements to renew the Disney Plus series for a second season, and the new hero didn’t meet up with any familiar faces. Mohamed Diab, who directed four episodes of the series, including the finale, revealed that those involved in the series agreed to cut some cameos that were originally going to occur.
Unlike Marvel Studios' WandaVision, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,Loki,and Hawkeye,Moon Knight introduced an entirely new cast. The series starred Oscar Isaac, May Calamawy, and Ethan Hawke. The six-episode series explored the intricate world of Marc Spector and Steven Grant (Isaac), who grapple with Dissociative Identity Disorder. Without any cameos, the series was able to remain contained within itself, and Diab preferred it that way.
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In an interview with Variety, Diab covered many topics relating to Moon Knight, including surprises from the finale, Moon Knight'sconnection to the rest of the MCU, and the significance of the series for Egyptians, including his family. When it came to relating Moon Knight to the rest of the MCU, Diab revealed that originally, there were cameos scheduled to air as part of the series. “I want to tell you the very first scene, there was a crossover, and the very end scene, there was a crossover,” Diab said. “But as the story developed we kept changing the scripts, we felt like, ‘We don’t need that.’”
Diab went on to admit that the more he mulled it over, he thought including a cameo from another Marvel character was necessary in order to connect Isaac's character to the franchise. Ultimately, he found that by
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