Moon Knight: Here Are The Tricks Oscar Isaac Used To Play Marc Spector And Steven Grant
Playing two characters at the same time is often a big acting challenge, but it turns out Oscar Isaac had the best help he could call upon in Moon Knight, as shown in the series’ latest featurette. Sure, Marvel Studios' special effects go a long way, yet having his own brother as his stand-in-double surely must have helped.
Towards the end of Marvel Studios' Moon Knight, Marc Spector and Steven Grant finally get to share a few scenes together beyond the spectacular use of mirrors seen throughout most of the show, or the invasive dialogue whenever another of the superhero’s personas took over. This constant guessing game is possibly what gave Moon Knight part of its unique MCU identity, even though the show apparently failed to cement itself as one of Disney Plus' most-watched productions.
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Now, as to what kind of help Issac got to achieve such a performance, Moon Knight's VFX Supervisor Sean Faden explained it all came down to using a mixture of the typical magic cameras studios need whenever an actor needs a twin. Other methods include Isaac performing while listening to his own lines as the other character he wasn’t playing in a particular scene or simply having his brother and actor Michael “Mikey” Benjamin Hernandez lending a hand on the Moon Knight set. Faden singled out the first episode’s mirror scene as one of the most difficult to pull off, despite it requiring a different variety of tricks.
Isaac was heavily praised for his performance in the series, where he ultimately ended up playing three different characters due to the stealth inclusion of Moon Knight's third personality, the taxi driver turned limo chauffeur Jake Lockley. For those previously unaware of Isaac's
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