Moon Knight Episode 4’s Marc & Steven Hug Was Inspired By Marvel Comics
Warning! Spoilers ahead for Moon Knight episode 4.
Moon Knight director Aaron Moorhead reveals Marc Spector and Steven Grant’s hug in episode 4 was inspired by a moment in the comics. The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s latest live-action series debuted on Disney+ on March 30. The six-episode limited series follows Oscar Isaac as a man living with dissociative identity disorder (DID). One of his alters is Steven Grant, a mild-mannered gift shop employee unaware of the DID system and in turn, his alternate personas including the mercenary Marc Spector, who became the avatar for the Egyptian moon god Khonshu (voiced by F. Murray Abraham). In addition to Isaac, Moon Knight stars Ethan Hawke as Arthur Harrow, May Calamawy as Layla El-Faouly, and the late Gaspard Ulliel as Anton Mogart.
Episode 4, “The Tomb,” appeared to be the standard, tomb-raiding affair until it pulled the rug out from under audiences in its final act. After Marc/Steven and Layla find Alexander the Great’s sarcophagus, Arthur arrives and shoots the former twice in the chest. Then, Marc wakes up in a psychiatric hospital filled with familiar faces. For example, Layla is a fellow patient and Harrow is Marc’s doctor. While attempting to escape, Marc soon finds his other personality trapped in a sarcophagus. After freeing Steven, the two embrace before being hilariously confronted by a friendly hippopotamus. Now, Moon Knight’s director has explained the touching moment between Steven and Marc was inspired by Marvel Comics.
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In a recent interview with Marvel, Moorhead, who’s part of Mohamed Diab’s directorial team alongside Justin Benson, talked about having Marc and Steven actually meet. While
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