Oscar Isaac Doesn't Think Too Much About Moon Knight's Role In The MCU
Moon Knight certainly brought a different flavor to the MCU and it’s partly down to this spin that its star, Oscar Isaac, isn’t really too concerned over what will happen to his character now that the series is over, as he explained in a recent in-depth interview.
According to recent data from Nielsen, Moon Knight debuted as Marvel Studios' least-watched series on Disney Plus. It remains to be seen how those metrics evolved in the following weeks, though part of the explanation behind them may lie in one topic addressed by Isaac: Moon Knight's status as a brand new character and his detachment from the rest of the MCU.
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In The New York Times interview before the series concluded, Isaac's brain was picked on a wide range of issues, including how he is unbothered by what the future holds for his character. “[It] doesn’t matter so much, [...] If it goes somewhere else, that’s great,” he said about Moon Knight. Although the actor expressed his satisfaction to work in a blockbuster production once more, he did say he’s “glad it’s not just an advertisement for synergy” after going through a brief burnout phase that he experienced before finishing his work on the Star Wars sequel trilogy.
Isaac spoke of his previous Marvel experience, which came in the heavily pannedX-Men: Apocalypse, a role he claims he doesn’t disown, especially because it meant having the opportunity of working with Jennifer Lawrence, James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender. His summary of X-Men is one for the books, confessing, “I loved Apocalypse, I just found him such a freaky, weird character. And then you get there and you’re like, Oh my God, I’ve got all these prosthetics
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