Moon Knight dropped its second episode on Wednesday and fans are still talking about it. The biggest thing though is that many are praising the performance of Oscar Isaac, as he’s playing all the versions of the character and its split personalities. We’re only two episodes in and the performance is rather stunning.
If you don’t believe us, ask director and executive producer Mohamed Diab, who couldn’t help but praise what he did in the most recent episode:
“At the beginning, it wasn’t clear to us who Marc is and who Steven is. Oscar at the beginning wanted only to [embody] Steven a day and Marc a day, never on the same day,” Diab said. “After a while there were a couple of scenes where he was talking in the mirror, and I told him, ‘Why don’t you try [both characters]?’ I kept pushing him and giving him encouragement. All of a sudden, he did this magical thing.”
Isaac slipped between characters so effortlessly that “when the camera is just panning all of a sudden, he’s someone else,” Diab said. “Once he’s Marc, you see him getting taller. When he’s Steven, he’s so approachable.”
He explained, “Oscar actually wanted to go back and do [some scenes] again, the shots that he did on different days. He actually wanted to do it in the same take because he became [both characters]. In all of the times that came afterwards, that’s how we did it. In those seconds, he’s someone else. It’s inhabiting a different character and being someone else, taking on a different demeanor and a different accent. It’s not easy, but he did it. He’s a genius.”
And remember, we still got 4 episodes left to go, so who knows what other “magical scenes” Oscar is going to be able to provide for fans. Stay tuned!
Source: Marvel.com
