Moon Knight Star Oscar Isaac Needed His Brother's Help In Order To Play Multiple Personalities
In order to play dual personalities, Marc Spector and Steven Grant, for his upcoming role in Moon Knight, Oscar Isaac reveals he sought out his brother’s assistance. Isaac has already dominated other massive franchises such as Star Wars and Dune. Now with landing this role, he makes his grand introduction into the MCU.
Isaac was originally cast in the role of Marc Spector in late 2020, and he will be officially making his long-awaited, on-screen debut next week. Isaac will be joining stars May Calamawy and Ethan Hawke, who portrays the cryptic villain Arthur Harrow. Moon Knight is more of an experimental leap for Marvel Studios, as it centers on a character who has yet to be fully developed in any major films. The series is also much darker and adult in tone than ever before and deeply explores the realms of mental health. Moon Knight follows the character of Steve Grant (Isaac), “a mild-mannered gift-shop employee, who becomes plagued with blackouts and memories of another life.” Marc is unlike any other Marvel heroes in that he has acquired his powers from an Egyptian god, and he lives with dissociative identity disorder — meaning he battles with multiple personalities existing within him.
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Isaac had the challenge of not only playing two vastly opposite characters, but had to do so in a way that was somewhat fluid and still cohesive to follow for audiences. However, in order to tackle this Moon Knight role, Isaac shared that he called upon the help of his brother, Benjamin Hernandez, to role-play with him. Isaac stated, “It was the closest thing to me there is on Earth. So, he came in, and he would play either Steven or Marc — even did the accent and everything, both
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